Your Governor and Open Records

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  1. Alabama-Florida
  2. Georgia-Maine
  3. Maryland-New Hampshire
  4. New Jersey-Rhode Island
  5. South Carolina-Wyoming

Alabama-Florida


StateGovernorPartyRequested by?Date of requestInterim report
Alabama Bob Riley R in process - -
Alaska Sarah Palin R - - -
Arizona Janet Napolitano D - - -
Arkansas Mike Beebe D - - Governor's e-mail is exempt
California Arnold Schwarzenegger R - - Governor's e-mail is exempt
Colorado Bill Ritter D - - -
Connecticut Mary Jodi Rell R in process - -
Delaware Ruth Ann Minner D - - -
DC Adrian Fenty D - - -
Florida Charlie Crist R in process - -

Georgia-Maine


StateGovernorPartyRequested by?Date of requestInterim report
Georgia Sonny Perdue R in process - -
Hawaii Linda Lingle R Ilind request hand delivered & e-mailed 2.08.08 Some emails delivered, some denied
Idaho Butch Otter R - - -
Illinois Rod Blagojevich D in process - -
Indiana Mitch Daniels R - - -
Iowa Chet Culver D - - -
Kansas Kathleen Sebelius D Wichita Liberty mailed 2/7/08 charging $1,350
Kentucky Steve Beshear D in process - -
Louisiana Bobby Jindal R in progress - Governor's e-mail is exempt
Maine John Baldacci D in progress - -

Maryland-New Hampshire


StateGovernorPartyRequested by?Date of requestInterim report
Maryland Martin O'Malley D in process - -
Massachusetts Deval Patrick D - - Governor's e-mail is exempt
Michigan Jennifer Granholm D in process - Governor's e-mail is exempt
Minnesota Tim Pawlenty R - - -
Mississippi Haley Barbour R in process - Governor wants $14,170.48 for 4 days worth of e-mails
Missouri Matt Blunt R - - -
Montana Brian Schweitzer D - - -
Nebraska Dave Heineman R in process - -
Nevada Jim Gibbons R - - -
New Hampshire John Lynch D - - -

New Jersey-Rhode Island


StateGovernorPartyRequested by?Date of requestInterim report
New Jersey Jon Corzine D - - -
New Mexico Bill Richardson D - - -
New York Eliot Spitzer D Suitably Flip - clarification requested
North Carolina Mike Easley D - - -
North Dakota John Hoeven R North Decoder mailed 2-8-08 -
Ohio Ted Strickland D - - -
Oklahoma Brad Henry D in process - -
Oregon Ted Kulongoski D - - -
Pennsylvania Ed Rendell D - - -
Rhode Island Donald Carcieri R - - -

South Carolina-Wyoming


StateGovernorPartyRequested by?Date of requestInterim report
South Carolina Mark Sanford R Crack The Bell request emailed on 2.08.08 4 days will cost $1,169.88
South Dakota Mike Rounds R - - Governor's e-mail is exempt
Tennessee Phil Bredesen D Taxing Tennessee 2-11-08 records received
Texas Rick Perry R I Was the State request e-mailed 2.11.08 Gov is charging $217
Utah Gary Herbert R - - -
Vermont Jim Douglas R - - -
Virginia Tim Kaine D in process - -
Washington Christine Gregoire D - - -
West Virginia Joe Manchin D - - -
Wisconsin James Doyle D Fox Politics Feb. 18 Read all about it here
Wyoming Dave Freudenthal D - - -

See also:

Governors, e-mail and open records
Sunshine Blogger Project
FAQ about Sunshine Blogger Project
How to ask for records from your governor



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    Kimo Crossman:Not able to request this for California 6254 (l) Correspondence of and to the Governor or employees of the Governor's office or in the custody of or maintained by the Governor's Legal Affairs Secretary, provided that public records shall not be transferred to the custody of the Governor's Legal Affairs Secretary to evade the disclosure provision of this chapter. Comment: This exemption is designed to protect from disclosure communications to the Governor and members of the Governor's staff from correspondents outside of government. Cal. First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court, 67 Cal. App. 4th 159, 168, 78 Cal. Rptr. 2d 847 (1998). In Times Mirror Co. v. Superior Court, 53 Cal. 3d 1325, 1337, 813 P.2d 240, 283 Cal. Rptr. 893 (1991), the California Supreme Court held that the Governor's daily, weekly and monthly calendars and schedules were not exempt under this subsection, which the Court said was confined to "communications by letter." However, the Court in Times Mirror found such documents to be exempt under the "deliberative process" exemption pursuant to § 6254(a). Id. at 1344. Expanding the exemption beyond strictly "communications by letters," the appellate court in Cal. First Amendment Coalition, 67 Cal. App. 4th at 169, held that application forms as well as letters received by the Governor's office from applicants for appointment to a vacant supervisor position fell within the correspondence exemption.
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