States proclaim February 6 Ronald Reagan Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Every year the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project asks governors from all 50 states to make proclamations declaring February 6 “Ronald Reagan Day”. This year will mark the 100th anniversary of late President Reagan’s birthday. The Ronald Reagan Legacy Project proudly commends the governors -- Republicans and Democrats alike -- who have recognized February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in their states. Thus far, 21 out of 50 governors have issued proclamations.
“I urge every governor to issue a proclamation declaring ‘Ronald Reagan Day’ in their state,” said Grover Norquist, chairman of the RRLP. “For those states currently without a proclamation, citizens are encouraged to contact their Governor.”
Governors who have issued proclamations declaring “Ronald Reagan Day” in their states (21):
| Arizona - Jan Brewer (R) |
Maryland - Martin O'Malley (D) |
South Dakota - Dennis Daugaard (R) |
| Connecticut - Dan Malloy (D) |
Mississippi - Haley Barbour (R) |
Texas - Rick Perry (R) |
| Hawaii - Linda Lingle* (R) |
Nebraska - Dave Heineman (R) |
Utah - Gary Herbert (R) |
| Idaho - Butch Otter (R) |
Nevada - Brian Sandoval (R) |
Virginia - Bob McDonnell (R) |
| Illinois - Pat Quinn (D) |
New Hampshire - John Lynch (D) |
Washington - Christine Gregoire (D) |
| Indiana - Mitch Daniels (R) |
New Mexico - Susana Martinez (R) |
West Virginia - Earl Ray Tomblin (D) |
| Louisiana - Bobby Jindal (R) |
North Carolina - Bev Perdue (D) |
Wyoming - Matt Mead (R) |
Governors who have not yet issued proclamations (29):
| Alabama - Robert Bentley (R) | Kentucky - Steve Beshear (D) | Ohio - John Kasich (R) |
| Alaska - Sean Parnell (R) | Maine - Paul LePage (R) | Oklahoma - Mary Fallin (R) |
| Arkansas - Mike Beebe (D) | Massachusetts - Deval Patrick (D) | Oregon - John Kitzhaber (D) |
| California - Jerry Brown (D) | Michigan - Rick Snyder (R) | Pennsylvania - Tom Corbett (R) |
| Colorado - John Hickenlooper (D) | Minnesota - Mark Dayton (D) | Rhode Island - Lincoln Chafee (I) |
| Delaware - Jack Markell (D) | Missouri - Jay Nixon (D) | South Carolina - Nikki Haley (R) |
| Florida - Rick Scott (R) | Montana - Brian Schweitzer (D) | Tennessee - Bill Haslam (R) |
| Georgia - Nathan Deal (R) | New Jersey - Chris Christie (R) | Vermont - Peter Shumlin (D) |
| Iowa - Terry Branstad (R) | New York - Andy Cuomo (D) | Wisconsin - Scott Walker (R) |
| Kansas - Sam Brownback (R) | North Dakota - Jack Dalrymple (R) |
*Asterisk denotes those who made a proclamation before leaving office
