Most governors start the year with a State of the State address before state legislatures to outline their priorities to constituents.
Governing has compiled a list of text transctipts for each 2013 State of the State addresses, along with accompanying word clouds illustrating each speech. Common themes so far include jobs, education and gun control.
Our list will be updated as more governors address their states over the next few months. Be sure to check back in late February for an analysis of all speeches.
State | Governor | Date | Link |
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Alabama | Robert Bentley | 2/5 | Read speech |
Alaska | Sean Parnell | 1/16 | Read speech |
Arizona | Jan Brewer | 1/14 | Read speech |
Arkansas | Mike Beebe | 1/15 | Read speech |
California | Jerry Brown | 1/24 | Read speech |
Colorado | John Hickenlooper | 1/10 | Read speech |
Connecticut | Dan Malloy | 1/9 | Read speech |
Delaware | Jack Markell | 1/17 | Read speech |
Florida | Rick Scott | 3/5 | Read speech |
Georgia | Nathan Deal | 1/17 | Read speech |
Hawaii | Neil Abercrombie | 1/22 | Read speech |
Idaho | Butch Otter | 1/7 | Read speech |
Illinois | Pat Quinn | 2/6 | Read speech |
Indiana | Mike Pence | 1/21 | Read speech |
Iowa | Terry Branstad | 1/15 | Read speech |
Kansas | Sam Brownback | 1/15 | Read speech |
Kentucky | Steve Beshear | 2/6 | Read speech |
Louisiana | Bobby Jindal | 4/8 | |
Maine | Paul LePage | 2/5 | Read speech |
Maryland | Martin O’Malley | 1/30 | Read Speech |
Massachusetts | Deval Patrick | 1/16 | Read speech |
Michigan | Rick Snyder | 1/16 | Read speech |
Minnesota | Mark Dayton | 2/6 | Read speech |
Mississippi | Phil Bryant | 1/22 | Read speech |
Missouri | Jay Nixon | 1/28 | Read speech |
Montana | Steve Bullock | 1/30 | Read Speech |
Nebraska | Dave Heineman | 1/15 | Read speech |
Nevada | Brian Sandoval | 1/16 | Read speech |
New Hampshire | Maggie Hassan | 2/14 | Read speech |
New Jersey | Chris Christie | 1/8 | Read speech |
New Mexico | Susana Martinez | 1/15 | Read speech |
New York | Andrew Cuomo | 1/9 | Read speech |
North Carolina | Pat McCrory | 2/18 | Read speech |
North Dakota | Jack Dalrymple | 1/8 | Read speech |
Ohio | John Kasich | 2/19 | Read speech |
Oklahoma | Mary Fallin | 2/4 | Read speech |
Oregon | John Kitzhaber | 1/14 | Read speech |
Pennsylvania | Tom Corbett | 2/5 | Read speech |
Rhode Island | Lincoln Chafee | 1/16 | Read speech |
South Carolina | Nikki Haley | 1/16 | Read speech |
South Dakota | Dennis Daugaard | 1/8 | Read speech |
Tennessee | Bill Haslam | 1/28 | Read speech |
Texas | Rick Perry | 1/29 | Read speech |
Utah | Gary Herbert | 1/29 | Read speech |
Vermont | Peter Shumlin | 1/10 | Read speech |
Virginia | Bob McDonnell | 1/9 | Read speech |
Washington | Jay Inslee | 1/16 | Read speech |
West Virginia | Earl Ray Tomblin | 2/13 | Read speech |
Wisconsin | Scott Walker | 1/15 | Read speech |
Wyoming | Matt Mead | 1/9 | Read speech |
Read our coverage and transcripts of 2012 State of the State speeches.