Who Is the Governor of Your State Now? Civics Question 61
Enter your ZIP code to see your governor, the answer to civics question 61. Every state and territory is listed, plus the D.C. answer USCIS accepts.
USCIS civics test, question 61 of 128 ★ 65/20
Who is the governor of your state now?
Accepted answer
- Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. does not have a governor.]
Wording from the official USCIS list of 128 questions.
Your answer is the governor of the state where you live now. Enter your ZIP code below to see the name.
Question 61 asks who your governor is. There is no single correct answer, because it depends on your state and because governors change with elections. Residents of the District of Columbia answer that D.C. does not have a governor. This is a starred question, so it can also appear on the shorter test for applicants who are 65 or older and have been permanent residents for 20 years or more.
Look up your governor
Enter the ZIP code on your N-400, or pick your state. Nothing you type leaves this page.
Every state’s governor
| State | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Kay Ivey |
| Alaska | Mike Dunleavy |
| Arizona | Katie Hobbs |
| Arkansas | Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
| California | Gavin Newsom |
| Colorado | Jared Polis |
| Connecticut | Ned Lamont |
| Delaware | Matt Meyer |
| Florida | Ron DeSantis |
| Georgia | Brian P. Kemp |
| Hawaii | Josh Green |
| Idaho | Brad Little |
| Illinois | JB Pritzker |
| Indiana | Mike Braun |
| Iowa | Kim Reynolds |
| Kansas | Laura Kelly |
| Kentucky | Andy Beshear |
| Louisiana | Jeff Landry |
| Maine | Janet T. Mills |
| Maryland | Wes Moore |
| Massachusetts | Maura Healey |
| Michigan | Gretchen Whitmer |
| Minnesota | Tim Walz |
| Mississippi | Tate Reeves |
| Missouri | Mike Kehoe |
| Montana | Greg Gianforte |
| Nebraska | Jim Pillen |
| Nevada | Joe Lombardo |
| New Hampshire | Kelly Ayotte |
| New Jersey | Mikie Sherrill |
| New Mexico | Michelle Lujan Grisham |
| New York | Kathy Hochul |
| North Carolina | Josh Stein |
| North Dakota | Kelly Armstrong |
| Ohio | Mike DeWine |
| Oklahoma | J. Kevin Stitt |
| Oregon | Tina Kotek |
| Pennsylvania | Josh Shapiro |
| Rhode Island | Dan McKee |
| South Carolina | Henry McMaster |
| South Dakota | Larry Rhoden |
| Tennessee | Bill Lee |
| Texas | Greg Abbott |
| Utah | Spencer J. Cox |
| Vermont | Phil Scott |
| Virginia | Abigail Spanberger |
| Washington | Bob Ferguson |
| West Virginia | Patrick Morrisey |
| Wisconsin | Tony Evers |
| Wyoming | Mark Gordon |
| District of Columbia | None: D.C. does not have a governor |
| American Samoa | Pula’ali’i Nikolao Pula |
| Guam | Lourdes Aflague Leon Guerrero |
| Northern Mariana Islands | David M. Apatang |
| Puerto Rico | Jenniffer González-Colón |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Albert Bryan Jr. |
Checked September 23, 2026. Sources: usa.gov, cross-checked against the National Governors Association. Answers change with elections, so check again in the week of your interview.
The same ZIP code answers question 23, question 29 and question 62.
Which State Counts
The state that matters is the one you live in now, the address on your naturalization application. Where you were born, where you first arrived, and where your family lives do not change the answer.
If you moved between states during your case, the governor of your current state is the one to learn.
How to Find Your Governor’s Name
Search for “governor of” followed by your state name. Every state government runs a website ending in .gov, and the governor’s name is on the front page of it.
Two rules make the lookup reliable:
- Trust official state sites and usa.gov over study guides, which go stale between printings.
- Check again after any election in your state, and check once more in the week before your interview.
Write the name down, then say it out loud until the pronunciation is easy. An officer needs to hear the name clearly.
The District of Columbia and the Territories
Residents of the District of Columbia answer that D.C. does not have a governor. D.C. is not a state, and its accepted answer is that no governor exists to name.
Residents of a U.S. territory name the governor of their territory. Territories do have governors, so the lookup works the same way it does for a state.
How to Remember Your Governor
This answer is a lookup, not a fact to memorize once and keep forever. Build the habit instead of the memory: one search, one official page, close to your interview date.
Look up question 62 in the same sitting. Your state capital appears on the same government website as your governor, so one visit answers both.
What to Say on Test Day
Say the name you found. Just the name, first and last.
You do not need the title, the party, or how long the person has been in office. If you live in D.C., say “D.C. does not have a governor,” then stop.
This is question 61 of 128 on the 2025 civics test, in the American Government section. See where it sits in the full list, or test yourself with a full mock civics test.
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