Starting about two years ago, there were a few challenges to connect former governors of Delaware, Texas, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Wyoming. Those challenges got a huge number of isolated profiles connected to the main tree in a remarkably short space of time. Okay, the Rhode Island has stalled on the last few governors, but a whole bunch of people still got connected within a matter of days.
I was so inspired by how well those challenges went that I went off and ran challenges for a bunch of other countries. With the exception of the Netherlands challenges, which went extremely well, most of those challenges have proceeded at, shall we say, a more leisurely pace.
I didn't bother to do governor challenges for the other 45 states, the 5 U.S. territories, or the District of Columbia, because I assumed that other WikiTreers would launch their own challenges for their home states. (Or states that mattered to them for whatever reason.) But, after those first five challenges, those governor challenges just kind of... stopped.
But there are still plenty of governors to connect! In fact, there is a list of them on the "Unconnected United States of America Governors" page, and Jayme Arrington has been doing a great job of adding more governors. So, if you've been waiting for a challenge to connect governors from where you live, here it is. Just look through the table for governors from where you live (unless you live in Connecticut, Delaware, Texas, or Wyoming, since all those governors are already connected), pick a governor, and start connecting. Jayme is adding governors all the time, so as you connect governors, she will be adding more.
(Or, if you want to launch a challenge for governors from your own state, territory, or D.C., go for it! People have been so enthusiastic in these challenges in the past, you may find that all your governors get connected up in just a few days. It would be interesting to see if any place can beat Texas in terms of how fast a connection is completed.)
