<page_title> List of Governors of Georgia </page_title> <section_title> Governors </section_title> <table> <cell> Democratic <col_header> Term in office </col_header> <row_header> Roy Barnes </row_header> </cell> <cell> Mark Taylor <col_header> Election </col_header> <row_header> Roy Barnes </row_header> </cell> <cell> Sonny Perdue <col_header> Governor </col_header> <col_header> Archibald Bulloch </col_header> <col_header> Vacant </col_header> <col_header> John Wereat </col_header> <col_header> George Walton </col_header> <col_header> Wilson Lumpkin </col_header> <col_header> George Rockingham Gilmer </col_header> <col_header> Charles James McDonald </col_header> <col_header> George W. Crawford </col_header> <col_header> George W. Towns </col_header> <col_header> Howell Cobb </col_header> <col_header> Herschel Vespasian Johnson </col_header> <col_header> Thomas H. Ruger </col_header> <col_header> Rufus Bullock </col_header> <col_header> James Milton Smith </col_header> </cell> <cell> Republican <col_header> Party </col_header> <row_header> Sonny Perdue </row_header> </cell> <cell> 2006 <col_header> No. </col_header> </cell> </table>
Taylor was the Democratic governor of Georgia in 2006, losing to Republican incumbent Sonny Perdue.