CREW's List of America's Worst Governors
CREW’s Worst Governors report details the unethical and incompetent actions of 11 governors who pride their self-interests over their states'.

CREW reviewed the job performance of all 50 of our nation’s governors to determine which are the worst. We considered whether governors had violated ethics, campaign finance and personal financial disclosure rules as well as whether they had complied with state transparency laws. It is nearly impossible to compare governors’ adherence to the laws because state rules and laws vary so widely. Each state has its own ethical rules and standards. Requirements regarding disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures and personal finances differ significantly as do state open records laws. Some states make much more information publicly available than others.


Despite these difficulties, CREW was been able to reach some general conclusions about which governors violated agreed upon notions of competence, transparency and integrity.
  • Gov. Haley Barbour [[R-MS)
  • Gov. Donald Carcieri [[R-RI)
  • Gov. Jim Gibbons [[R-NV)
  • Gov. Bobby Jindal [[R-LA)
  • Gov. David Paterson [[D-NY)
  • Gov. Sonny Perdue [[R-GA)
  • Gov. Rick Perry [[R-TX)
  • Gov. Bill Richardson [[D-NM)
  • Gov. Mike Rounds [[R-SD)
  • Gov. Mark Sanford [[R-SC)
  • Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger [[R-CA)
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