For those keeping score at home, the current runner-up on the longest-name list is Governor Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming (11 letters). But, like Schwarzenegger (14 letters), he’s term-limited out in 2010. That leaves a quartet of 10-letter governors (Schweitzer-MT, Strickland-OH, Richardson-NM, Kulongoski-OR), the latter two of whom are also term-limited out. Anyway, although I obviously don’t know the names of all the gubernatorial contenders in all the states, Hickenlooper (12 letters) would seem a shoo-in to take over the title from AHH-nold. And more importantly, like Schwarzenegger and Kulongoski, but unlike, say, Richardson, it’s a suitably silly-sounding name. Governor Hickenlooper! Yay!
For those keeping score at home, the current runner-up on the longest-name list is Governor Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming (11 letters). But, like Schwarzenegger (14 letters), he’s term-limited out in 2010. That leaves a quartet of 10-letter governors (Schweitzer-MT, Strickland-OH, Richardson-NM, Kulongoski-OR), the latter two of whom are also term-limited out. Anyway, although I obviously don’t know the names of all the gubernatorial contenders in all the states, Hickenlooper (12 letters) would seem a shoo-in to take over the title from AHH-nold. And more importantly, like Schwarzenegger and Kulongoski, but unlike, say, Richardson, it’s a suitably silly-sounding name. Governor Hickenlooper! Yay!