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Florida, New Jersey, Virginia, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands were additionally corroborated against official government pages; their evidence records identify those pages.","sources":[{"id":"nga-current-governors-2026-10-19","url":"https://www.nga.org/governors/","title":"Current governors","publisher":"National Governors Association","checked_on":"2026-10-19"}],"governors":[{"id":"governor-AL","code":"AL","jurisdiction_name":"Alabama","jurisdiction_type":"state","name":"Kay Ivey","party":"R","party_as_reported":"Republican","party_source":"National Governors Association biography","official_url":"https://governor.alabama.gov/","bio_url":"https://www.nga.org/governors/alabama/","checked_on":"2026-10-19","evidence":[{"url":"https://www.nga.org/governors/","title":"Current governors","publisher":"National Governors Association","checked_on":"2026-10-19","claim":"Listed as current governor for this jurisdiction."},{"url":"https://www.nga.org/governors/alabama/","title":"Gov. 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