Santa Fe, NM
Fri, Jan 1
Fri, Jan 1
1st Native American governor of any state
Eleven firsts · One January · Jan 1 – Jan 19, 2027
The Firsts Tour
Eleven firsts. One January.
Eleven governors who are the first of their kind in their state or territory, sworn in across nineteen days. The most firsts in a single election in American history. A nonpartisan celebration anyone can join: travel the road, host a watch party, or collect the stamps from your couch.
11firsts in one election, the most in U.S. history
4the previous record (2010 and 2022)
19days, Jan 1 to Jan 19, in eleven capitals
The Eleven
First of their kind, every one
The first person of their race or ethnicity, or the first woman, elected governor of a U.S. state or territory. Elected, not succeeded into office. Re-elections don't count. Age, party, religion and other categories are not criteria.
Sacramento, CA
Mon, Jan 4
Mon, Jan 4
1st Latino elected governor of CA
Madison, WI
Mon, Jan 4
Mon, Jan 4
1st Black governor of WI
St. Paul, MN
Mon, Jan 4
Mon, Jan 4
1st woman governor of MN
U.S. Virgin Islands
Mon, Jan 4
Mon, Jan 4
1st woman governor of the USVI
Carson City, NV
Mon–Tue, Jan 4–5
Mon–Tue, Jan 4–5
1st Black governor of NV
Tallahassee, FL
Tue, Jan 5
Tue, Jan 5
1st Black governor of FL
Atlanta, GA
Mon, Jan 11
Mon, Jan 11
1st Black woman governor of a state
Columbus, OH
Mon, Jan 11
Mon, Jan 11
1st woman elected governor of OH
Nashville, TN
Sat, Jan 16 (verify)
Sat, Jan 16 (verify)
1st woman governor of TN
Austin, TX
Tue, Jan 19
Tue, Jan 19
1st Latina governor of TX
Initials for now. Official portraits will be added with each governor's permission. Every card gets the same gold; parties are listed on the full cards and nowhere else.
One calendar, many roads
Nobody can see all eleven. Six is the max.
Five ceremonies fall on Jan 4 and two on Jan 11, so every route picks one stop per date. The Full Run takes six. Shorter routes take two or three. Build your own in a minute.
The Full Run, six stopsSwap-in stopsDrive legs: the Sierra; Atlanta to NashvilleEvery stop, same gold
Jan 1Santa Fe
Jan 4Sacramento · Madison · St. Paul · Virgin Islands
one of these
one of these
Jan 5Carson City · Tallahassee
one of these
one of these
Jan 11Atlanta · Columbus
one of these
one of these
Jan 16Nashville
Jan 19Austin
Pick a route or build your own
Nine named routes, from $3,295
The Full Run
$9,285
Santa Fe → Sacramento → Carson City → Atlanta → Nashville → Austin
Six firsts, eleven nights, three legs with breaks at home. Haaland, Becerra, Ford, Lance Bottoms, Blackburn, Hinojosa.
Sunshine, Peach & Volunteer
$4,795
Tallahassee → Atlanta → Nashville, all by road
Donalds, Lance Bottoms, Blackburn. Three Southern capitals, one car.
Seven more, or build your own
from $3,295
Five-Capital Run · North Star to Lone Star · Islands to Peach · Badger to Peach · Enchantment to Lone Star · Sunshine & Volunteer · Peach & Volunteer. Or pick one stop per date and watch the total.
Planning estimates per person, double occupancy, including connecting travel on named routes. Book your own travel through our links, or ask about escorted routes.
Not traveling?
You're still on the tour.
Collect the stamps
Every ceremony streams. The digital passport gives a stamp for each of the eleven, in person or from your living room, plus a twelfth for your hometown first. Leaderboard and the Full Eleven honor roll.
The passportHost a watch party
A free kit: a printable sign, a bingo card, a two-minute explainer for each governor, and a playlist. Register your party and it goes on the map.
Watch-party kit
Wear the dates
The tour tee, concert-style: the mark up front, eleven cities and dates on the back. Cities and dates only, never names or faces.
ShopGet the date changes first
Ceremony times, venues and ticket releases are still landing. We send each one the day it is announced.
One or two emails a week through January. Unsubscribe any time. No party asks, ever.
Why this, why now
Before Nov 3, 2026, three Black governors had ever been elected in U.S. history. Five were elected that night. Seventeen women will serve as governor in 2027. The previous record was fourteen.
Every governor is inaugurated in public, in their own capital, inside nineteen days. That is a tour. Read the thesis.