2012 gubernatorial superlatives

By Jo Piazza / current.com / @jopiazza

The National Governors Association kicks off its annual conference today in Williamsburg, Va. In honor of the event, Current.com and Cenk Uygur of "The Young Turks" have assembled superlatives for governors of all 50 states. Who is most likely to steal your lunch money? Call you a Muslim behind your back? Helm a Midnight Oil tribute band? Scroll down to find out.

1. Alabama, Robert Bentley (R)

"Most likely to ask you to address him as 'Sir.'"

2. Alaska, Sean Parnell (R)

"Most likely to be remembered as the guy who came after Sarah Palin."

3. Arizona, Jan Brewer (R)

"Most likely to have been assembled in a Koch brothers lab."

4. Arkansas, Mike Beebe (D)

"Most likely to make friends with the rival high school."

5. California, Jerry Brown (D)

"Most likely to get elected a third time as a zombie."

6. Colorado, John Hickenlooper (D)

"Most likely to buy you a beer."

7. Connecticut, Dan Malloy (D)

"Most likely to ask Chris Christie to meet him by the bike racks after school (for a civilized debate)."

8. Delaware, Jack Markell (D)

"Most likely to let you win at Ping-Pong."

9. Florida, Rick Scott (R)

"Most likely to helm a Midnight Oil cover band."

10. Georgia, Nathan Deal (R)

"Most likely to rat you out for spiking the punch."

11. Hawaii, Neil Abercrombie (D)

"Most likely to wear cargo pants."

12. Idaho, Butch Otter (R)

"Most likely to rename the school mascot after himself."

13. Illinois, Pat Quinn (D)

"Least likely to sell a Senate seat vacated by a sitting president."

14. Indiana, Mitch Daniels (R)

"Most likely to find a soft place to land."

15. Iowa, Terry Branstad (R)

"Least likely to chew something before swallowing."

16. Kansas, Sam Brownback (R)

"Most likely to call you a Muslim behind your back."

17. Kentucky, Steve Beshear (D)

"Most likely to squat on your domain name."

18. Louisiana, Bobby Jindal (R)

"Most likely to make a wish on a carnival machine wherein he would wake up in the morning a fully grown man."

19. Maine, Paul LePage (R)

"Most likely to defend being Hitler for Halloween."

20. Maryland, Martin O'Malley (D)

"Dreamiest."

21. Massachusetts, Deval Patrick (D)

"Most likely to quietly take over the world."

22. Michigan, Rick Snyder (R)

"Most likely to call himself a nerd but get really mad when you put it on a sign on his back."

23. Minnesota, Mark Dayton (D)

"Most likely to tell you his innermost secrets."

24. Mississippi, Phil Bryant (R)

"Most likely to secede."

25. Missouri, Jay Nixon (D)

"Most merit badges."

26. Montana, Brian Schweitzer (D)

"Best zingers."

27. Nebraska, Dave Heineman (R)

"Most likely to be made fun of for his last name."

28. Nevada, Brian Sandoval (R)

"Most likely to join the glee club and the football team."

29. New Hampshire, John Lynch (D)

"Most likely to do what's right."

30. New Jersey, Chris Christie (R)

"Most likely to steal your lunch money and blame it on the unions."

31. New Mexico, Susana Martinez (R)

"Most likely to be asked to the prom to make someone's mom happy."

32. New York, Andrew Cuomo (D)

"Most likely to be someone else's plus-one."

33. North Carolina, Bev Purdue (D)

"Biggest flirt."

34. North Dakota, Jack Dalrymple (R)

"Most likely to be confused for Marcus Bachmann."

35. Ohio, John Kasich (R)

"Most likely to mug a union worker."

36. Oklahoma, Mary Fallin (R)

"Most likely to have a direct line to God."

37. Oregon, John Kitzhaber (D)

"Least likely to execute you."

38. Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett (R)

"Most likely to frack your house."

39. Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee (I)

"Most likely to host an underage party and score you some good pot."

40. South Carolina, Nikki Haley (R)

"Most likely to sell out her own gender for votes."

41. South Dakota, Dennis Daugaard (R)

"Most likely to be confused with a reality star with 19 children."

42. Tennessee, Bill Haslam (R)

"Most likely to be stopped at the airport because of his name."

43. Texas, Rick Perry (R)

"Most likely to execute you."

44. Utah, Gary Herbert (R)

"Most likely to be bullied."

45. Vermont, Peter Shumlin (D)

"Most likely to preside over your same-sex wedding."

46. Virginia, Bob McDonnell (R)

"Most likely to go as a Ken doll for Halloween."

47. Washington, Christine Gregoire (D)

"Most likely to take care of business."

48. West Virginia, Earl Ray Tomblin (D)

"Most first names."

49. Wisconsin, Scott Walker (R)

"Most likely to sell your mom to the Koch brothers."

50. Wyoming, Matt Mead (R)

"Most likely to remind you where Wyoming is."

For more Cenk, tune in to "The Young Turks" at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT.

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