  events from the year 2005 in the united states.  == incumbents == === federal government === * president: george w. bush (republican) * vice president: dick cheney (republican) * chief justice: william rehnquist (until september 3), john roberts (starting september 29) * speaker of the house of representatives: dennis hastert (r&ndash;illinois) * senate majority leader: bill frist (r&ndash;tennessee) * congress: 108th (until january 3), 109th (starting january 3) {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" ! governors and lieutenant governors |- | === governors === {{columns-list|2| * governor of alabama: bob riley (republican) * governor of alaska: frank murkowski (republican) * governor of arizona: janet napolitano (democratic) * governor of arkansas: mike huckabee (republican) * governor of california: arnold schwarzenegger (republican) * governor of colorado: bill owens (republican) * governor of connecticut: jodi rell (republican) * governor of delaware: ruth ann minner (democratic) * governor of florida: jeb bush (republican) * governor of georgia: sonny perdue (republican) * governor of hawaii: linda lingle (republican) * governor of idaho: dirk kempthorne (republican) * governor of illinois: rod blagojevich (democratic) * governor of indiana: joe kernan (democratic) (until january 10), mitch daniels (republican) (starting january 10) * governor of iowa: tom vilsack (democratic) * governor of kansas: kathleen sebelius (democratic) * governor of kentucky: ernie fletcher (republican) * [[
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