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Schedule and Texts of 2012 State of the State Speeches
Dates and full texts of 2012 state of the state speeches
| State | Full texts |
Speech date |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) | Full text | Feb. 7 |
| Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (R) | Full text | Jan. 18 |
| Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) | Full text Video |
Jan. 9 |
| Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe (D) | no address | |
| California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) | Full text | Jan. 18 |
| Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) | Full text | Jan. 12 |
| Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) | Full text | Feb. 8 |
| Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) | Full text | Jan. 19 |
| Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) | Full text Video |
Jan. 10 |
| Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) | Full text | Jan. 10 |
| Hawaii Gov. Neal Abercrombie (D) | Full text Video |
Jan. 23 |
| Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter (R) | Full text | Jan. 9 |
| Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) | Full text | Feb. 1 |
| Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) | Full text Video |
Jan. 10 |
| Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) | Full text | Jan. 10 |
| Kansas Sam Brownback (R) | Full text | Jan. 11 |
| Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) | Full text Video |
Jan. 4 |
| Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) | no address | |
| Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) | Full text | Jan. 24 |
| Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) | Full text Video |
Feb. 1 |
| Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) | Full text | Jan. 23 |
| Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) | Full text Video |
Jan. 18 |
| Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) | Full text | Feb. 15 |
| Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) | Full text | Jan. 24 |
| Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) | Full text Video |
Jan. 17 |
| Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) | no address | |
| Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman (R) | Full text | Jan. 12 |
| Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) | no address | |
| New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (D) | Full text Video |
Jan. 31 |
| New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) | Full text Video |
Jan. 17 |
| New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R) | Full text | Jan. 17 |
| New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) | Full text Video |
Jan. 4 |
| North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) | no address | |
| North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) | no address | |
| Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) | Full text | Feb. 7 |
| Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) | Full text | Feb. 6 |
| Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) | Full text | Jan. 13 |
| Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) | Full text | Feb. 7 |
| Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I) | Full text | Jan. 31 |
| South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) | Full text | Jan. 18 |
| South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) | Full text | Jan. 11 |
| Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) | Full text | Jan. 30 |
| Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) | no address | |
| Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) | Full text | Jan. 25 |
| Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) | Full text Video |
Jan. 5 |
| Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell (R) | Full text | Jan. 11 |
| Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) | Full text | Jan. 10 |
| West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) | Full text | Jan. 11 |
| Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) | Full text | Jan. 25 |
| Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) | Full text Video |
Feb. 13 |
| Compiled by Stateline.org staff |
Additional resources:
- Daily news coverage of state of the state speeches
- Stateline‘s calendar of 2012 state legislative sessions
- Stateline‘s archive of state of the state speeches back to 2000
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