Jan Brewer is the 22nd and current Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and a member of the Republican Party. She is the fourth woman, and third consecutive woman, to hold the office. Brewer previously served as Secretary of State of Arizona, from January 2003 until then-Governor Janet Napolitano resigned after being selected as Secretary of Homeland Security in January 2009. Brewer became Governor of Arizona as part of the line of succession, as determined by the Arizona constitution.

Luis Guillermo Fortuno Burset is the governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States of America. Fortuno is also the president of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (NPP), a member of the Republican National Committee, and serves as President-elect of the Council of State Governments.

Peter Shumlin is the 81st and current Governor of Vermont. He had represented the Windham Vermont Senate District for 8 terms (1992-2002, 2006-2011). He was elected the Governor in the 2010 election.

Rick Perry is the 47th and current Governor of Texas. Perry was a Republican candidate for President in 2012.

Scott Kevin Walker has been the 45th Governor of Wisconsin since January 3, 2011. A Republican, he won the office in the general election on November 2, 2010, defeating Democratic candidate Tom Barrett, 52 percent to 47 percent. Previously, Walker was the County Executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 2002 to 2010, and a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 2002.

Timothy James "Tim" Pawlenty is a Minnesota politician in the Republican Party who served as the 39th Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In the Minnesota gubernatorial election of 2002, he was elected governor and was inaugurated on January 6, 2003. He was re-elected with 46% of the vote. On June 2, 2009, he announced that he would not seek re-election in 2010. Pawlenty was succeeded by Democrat Mark Dayton. On March 21, 2011, he announced he was launching a 2012 presidential exploratory committee.