Composition Quote by Lamar Alexander

Governor is the only office I've ever run for, and I did so in the first place because I felt that there was a…

— Deval Patrick

One thing was very clear and I made it always very clear at the beginning when I got into the governorship, and that was…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I was a Democratic governor with two Republican houses.

— Tim Kaine

Well, I've been a legislator, and I'm the governor now. When you get in these positions, you've got to be held to a pretty…

— Mike Parson

Had I stayed longer in some primaries, I would have probably done better in states like Nevada, California, and New Mexico - but I…

— Bill Richardson

My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

— Lajos Kossuth

What was I elected for? ... This is a matter of core principle.

— John Culberson

It's hard running as an independent. I wouldn't have won the Senate election if I hadn't been governor. I had credibility. The hard part…

— Angus King

If you want to replace an existing governor, you'd better tell people what you're going to do and how you're going to govern.

— Kevin Faulconer

I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.

— John Engler

When I ran for governor in 2016, we shook up the political establishment - then cut more than a billion dollars in spending, balanced…

— Doug Burgum

I have a reputation for taking on governors a lot more powerful than me.

— John Kennedy