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	100.0	A+
02	Chris Sununu	New Hampshire	Northeast	97.1	A+
03	Wes Moore	Maryland	Northeast	90.5	A+
04	Tate Reeves	Mississippi	South	84.8	A
05	Kim Reynolds	Iowa	Midwest	83.2	A
06	Roy Cooper	North Carolina	South	79.4	A-
07	Ned Lamont	Connecticut	Northeast	79.3	A-
08	Phil Scott	Vermont	Northeast	79.1	A-
09	Tim Walz	Minnesota	Midwest	78.9	A-
10	John Carney	Delaware	Northeast	78.3	A-
11	Glenn Youngkin	Virginia	South	75.9	A-
12	Doug Burgum	North Dakota	Midwest	74.9	B+
13	Brian Kemp	Georgia	South	74.9	B+
14	Kristi Noem	South Dakota	Midwest	73.6	B+
15	Jim Pillen	Nebraska	Midwest	73.3	B+
16	Jay Inslee	Washington	West	67.3	B+
17	Kay Ivey	Alabama	South	67.0	B
18	Bill Lee	Tennessee	South	66.7	B
19	Josh Shapiro	Pennsylvania	Northeast	65.7	B
20	Maura Healey	Massachusetts	Northeast	64.6	B
21	Tony Evers	Wisconsin	Midwest	63.8	B
22	Jim Justice	West Virginia	South	63.4	B
23	Laura Kelly	Kansas	Midwest	63.2	B
24	Mike Parson	Missouri	Midwest	60.4	B-
25	Janet Mills	Maine	Northeast	60.3	B-
26	Greg Abbott	Texas	South	60.2	B-
27	Josh Green	Hawaii	West	59.1	B-
28	Katie Hobbs	Arizona	West	56.9	C+
29	Andy Beshear	Kentucky	South	56.8	C+
30	Mike DeWine	Ohio	Midwest	54.4	C+
31	Phil Murphy	New Jersey	Northeast	54.2	C+
32	Spencer Cox	Utah	West	53.7	C+
33	Greg Gianforte	Montana	West	53.6	C+
34	Brad Little	Idaho	West	53.2	C+
35	Joe Lombardo	Nevada	West	52.9	C+
36	Gretchen Whitmer	Michigan	Midwest	50.4	C
37	JB Pritzker	Illinois	Midwest	47.1	C
38	Eric Holcomb	Indiana	Midwest	46.7	C-
39	Henry McMaster	South Carolina	South	45.2	C-
40	Mark Gordon	Wyoming	West	44.9	C-
41	Kevin Stitt	Oklahoma	South	43.6	C-
42	Dan McKee	Rhode Island	Northeast	43.0	C-
43	Jeff Landry	Louisiana	South	36.4	D
44	Michelle Lujan Grisham	New Mexico	West	36.3	D
45	Tina Kotek	Oregon	West	34.0	D
46	Mike Dunleavy	Alaska	West	33.5	D
47	Kathy Hochul	New York	Northeast	32.8	D
48	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Arkansas	South	31.9	D-
49	Jared Polis	Colorado	West	30.4	D-
50	Gavin Newsom	California	West	22.7	F