National Index

All 50 Governors, Ranked.

Composite grades blend national benchmark, regional peers, and trend during tenure. Click any row for the full report.

Rank	Governor	State	Region	Score	Grade
01	Ron DeSantis	Florida	South	94.0	A+
02	Spencer Cox	Utah	West	92.3	A+
03	Chris Sununu	New Hampshire	Northeast	91.3	A+
04	Greg Abbott	Texas	South	85.6	A+
05	Glenn Youngkin	Virginia	South	83.9	A
06	Bill Lee	Tennessee	South	82.4	A
07	Brian Kemp	Georgia	South	81.6	A
08	Roy Cooper	North Carolina	South	76.1	A-
09	Kim Reynolds	Iowa	Midwest	76.0	A-
10	Doug Burgum	North Dakota	Midwest	75.7	A-
11	Jay Inslee	Washington	West	75.3	A-
12	Tim Walz	Minnesota	Midwest	74.6	B+
13	Brad Little	Idaho	West	73.9	B+
14	Maura Healey	Massachusetts	Northeast	72.4	B+
15	Kristi Noem	South Dakota	Midwest	71.7	B+
16	John Carney	Delaware	Northeast	70.8	B+
17	Jim Pillen	Nebraska	Midwest	70.7	B+
18	Eric Holcomb	Indiana	Midwest	69.0	B+
19	Phil Scott	Vermont	Northeast	66.2	B
20	Mark Gordon	Wyoming	West	64.5	B
21	Joe Lombardo	Nevada	West	64.5	B
22	Henry McMaster	South Carolina	South	63.9	B
23	Kay Ivey	Alabama	South	62.7	B
24	Greg Gianforte	Montana	West	62.0	B-
25	Wes Moore	Maryland	Northeast	61.7	B-
26	Laura Kelly	Kansas	Midwest	61.4	B-
27	Janet Mills	Maine	Northeast	61.3	B-
28	Ned Lamont	Connecticut	Northeast	59.8	B-
29	Jared Polis	Colorado	West	58.6	B-
30	Tony Evers	Wisconsin	Midwest	58.6	B-
31	Phil Murphy	New Jersey	Northeast	58.2	B-
32	Katie Hobbs	Arizona	West	57.1	B-
33	Mike Parson	Missouri	Midwest	55.5	C+
34	Dan McKee	Rhode Island	Northeast	50.0	C
35	Gavin Newsom	California	West	49.2	C
36	Josh Green	Hawaii	West	46.9	C-
37	Tina Kotek	Oregon	West	45.4	C-
38	Tate Reeves	Mississippi	South	45.2	C-
39	Gretchen Whitmer	Michigan	Midwest	44.4	C-
40	Josh Shapiro	Pennsylvania	Northeast	44.1	C-
41	Andy Beshear	Kentucky	South	42.9	C-
42	Kevin Stitt	Oklahoma	South	41.7	D+
43	Kathy Hochul	New York	Northeast	41.7	D+
44	Michelle Lujan Grisham	New Mexico	West	38.0	D+
45	Mike DeWine	Ohio	Midwest	36.4	D
46	Mike Dunleavy	Alaska	West	35.1	D
47	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Arkansas	South	33.1	D
48	JB Pritzker	Illinois	Midwest	31.6	D-
49	Jim Justice	West Virginia	South	27.1	F
50	Jeff Landry	Louisiana	South	13.9	F