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Money Report Card · Sitting governors
Governors Money Report Card
State money outcomes on jobs, tax burden, real paycheck, migration, fiscal health, and gas/energy — using existing DollarFlourish state rankings only. Party is a filter, not a weight. No invented scores. Housing is omitted because that franchise is metro-level.
| # | State / governor | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota Doug Burgum R |
65.7 |
| 2 | South Carolina Henry McMaster R |
64.4 |
| 3 | Alabama Kay Ivey R |
62.7 |
| 4 | South Dakota Larry Rhoden R |
60.3 |
| 5 | North Carolina Josh Stein D |
60.2 |
| 6 | Oklahoma Kevin Stitt R |
60.2 |
| 7 | Tennessee Bill Lee R |
59.8 |
| 8 | Arkansas Sarah Sanders R |
59.7 |
| 9 | Florida Ron DeSantis R |
58.7 |
| 10 | Kansas Laura Kelly D |
57.5 |
| 11 | Iowa Kim Reynolds R |
56.8 |
| 12 | Wisconsin Tony Evers D |
56.6 |
| 13 | Wyoming Mark Gordon R |
56.5 |
| 14 | Minnesota Tim Walz D |
56.4 |
| 15 | Missouri Mike Kehoe R |
56.2 |
| 16 | Texas Greg Abbott R |
56.2 |
| 17 | Colorado Jared Polis D |
55.9 |
| 18 | Georgia Brian Kemp R |
55.8 |
| 19 | Utah Spencer Cox R |
55.5 |
| 20 | Kentucky Andy Beshear D |
55.1 |
| 21 | Mississippi Tate Reeves R |
54.8 |
| 22 | Idaho Brad Little R |
54.4 |
| 23 | Indiana Eric Holcomb R |
54.3 |
| 24 | Louisiana Jeff Landry R |
53.9 |
| 25 | Nebraska Jim Pillen R |
53.4 |
| 26 | West Virginia Patrick Morrisey R |
53.2 |
| 27 | Virginia Abigail Spanberger D |
52.7 |
| 28 | Ohio Mike DeWine R |
51.8 |
| 29 | Nevada Joe Lombardo R |
51.2 |
| 30 | Maine Janet T. Mills D |
50.8 |
| 31 | Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro D |
50.8 |
| 32 | Vermont Phil Scott R |
50.7 |
| 33 | Montana Greg Gianforte R |
50.6 |
| 34 | Delaware Matt Meyer D |
50.1 |
| 35 | New Hampshire Chris Sununu R |
49.8 |
| 36 | Maryland Wes Moore D |
49.3 |
| 37 | New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham D |
48.9 |
| 38 | Massachusetts Maura Healey D |
48.8 |
| 39 | Arizona Katie Hobbs D |
47.8 |
| 40 | Michigan Gretchen Whitmer D |
47.4 |
| 41 | Oregon Tina Kotek D |
45.8 |
| 42 | Rhode Island Daniel McKee D |
44.7 |
| 43 | New Jersey Mikie Sherrill D |
44.6 |
| 44 | District of Columbia | 44.4 |
| 45 | Connecticut Ned Lamont D |
44.3 |
| 46 | Alaska Mike J. Dunleavy R |
43.9 |
| 47 | Washington Bob Ferguson D |
42.2 |
| 48 | Illinois JB Pritzker D |
42.1 |
| 49 | Hawaii Josh Green D |
40.1 |
| 50 | New York Kathy Hochul D |
36.4 |
| 51 | California Gavin Newsom D |
33.9 |
Re-skin of existing Money Power state franchises. Data as-of ranking retrieved dates; composite built 2026-08-25. Official names from the sourced officials table. Educational, not an endorsement.