2022 United States gubernatorial elections

For related races, see 2022 United States elections.

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8, 2022, in 36 states and three territories. As most governors serve four-year terms, the last regular gubernatorial elections for all but two of the seats took place in 2018 U.S. gubernatorial elections.^[a] The gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections, as part of the 2022 midterm elections.

2022 United States gubernatorial elections

← 2021 November 8, 2022 2023 →
39 governorships 36 states; 3 territories
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 28 22 Seats after 26 24 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 43,126,140 43,336,108 Percentage 49.05% 49.29% Seats up 20 16 Seats won 18 18
Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      Independent gain      No election

Democrats performed better than expected,^[b] including in closely-watched races in Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and the party picked up the governorships of Arizona, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Republicans picked up the governorship of Nevada, making incumbent Democrat Steve Sisolak the only incumbent to lose his seat, the first Democrat since the 2014 Illinois gubernatorial election, and the first of any party since the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election.

This is the first midterm cycle since 1998 in which the non-incumbent party suffered net losses, the first since 1986 in which the incumbent party gained seats overall, and the first since 1934 in which the president's party made net gains in both Senate seats and governorships.^[1] Democrats won the popular vote in this gubernatorial election cycle by 0.3 points, making this the closest midterm gubernatorial election cycle since at least 1990.^[2] However, the 2019 off-year elections were won by Democrats with a smaller margin of 0.01 points.

Partisan composition

Going into the election, there are 28 Republican governors and 22 Democratic governors in the United States. This class of governors is made up of 20 Republicans and 16 Democrats. In contrast to 2018, where Republicans were defending eight seats in states won by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Republicans hold six seats in states won by Joe Biden in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Meanwhile, Democrats were defending three governorships in states Trump won in 2016 (Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin) and one governorship in a state that Trump won in 2020 (Kansas).

Election predictions

Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive seats. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assign ratings to each state, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.

Most election predictors use:

• "tossup": no advantage
• "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
• "lean": slight advantage
• "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
• "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory

State	PVI^[3]	Incumbent^[4]	Last race	Cook Oct 28, 2022^[5]	IE Nov 3, 2022^[6]	Sabato Nov 7, 2022^[7]	Politico Nov 3, 2022^[8]	RCP Nov 2, 2022^[9]	Fox Nov 1, 2022^[10]	538^[c]^[d] Nov 7, 2022^[11]	ED Nov 7, 2022^[12]	Result
Alabama	R+15	Kay Ivey	59.5% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Ivey 67.4% R
Alaska	R+8	Mike Dunleavy	51.4% R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Dunleavy 50.3% R
Arizona	R+2	Doug Ducey (term-limited)	56.0% R	Tossup	Tossup	Lean R	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Lean R	Lean R	Hobbs 50.3% D (flip)
Arkansas	R+16	Asa Hutchinson (term-limited)	65.3% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Sanders 63.0% R
California	D+13	Gavin Newsom	61.9% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Solid D	Safe D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Newsom 59.2% D
Colorado	D+4	Jared Polis	53.4% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Solid D	Safe D	Polis 58.5% D
Connecticut	D+7	Ned Lamont	49.4% D	Solid D	Solid D	Likely D	Lean D	Lean D	Likely D	Solid D	Safe D	Lamont 55.9% D
Florida	R+3	Ron DeSantis	49.6% R	Likely R	Likely R	Safe R	Likely R	Lean R	Likely R	Solid R	Safe R	DeSantis 59.4% R
Georgia	R+3	Brian Kemp	50.2% R	Lean R	Lean R	Likely R	Lean R	Lean R	Lean R	Likely R	Likely R	Kemp 53.4% R
Hawaii	D+14	David Ige (term-limited)	62.7% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Solid D	Safe D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Green 63.2% D
Idaho	R+18	Brad Little	59.8% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Little 60.5% R
Illinois	D+7	J. B. Pritzker	54.5% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Likely D	Lean D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Pritzker 54.9% D
Iowa	R+6	Kim Reynolds	50.3% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Likely R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Reynolds 58.0% R
Kansas	R+10	Laura Kelly	48.0% D	Tossup	Tossup	Lean R (flip)	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D	Lean D	Kelly 49.5% D
Maine	D+2	Janet Mills	50.9% D	Lean D	Lean D	Lean D	Lean D	Tossup	Lean D	Likely D	Lean D	Mills 55.7% D
Maryland	D+14	Larry Hogan (term-limited)	55.4% R	Solid D (flip)	Likely D (flip)	Safe D (flip)	Solid D (flip)	Safe D (flip)	Solid D (flip)	Solid D (flip)	Safe D (flip)	Moore 64.7% D (flip)
Massachusetts	D+15	Charlie Baker (retiring)	66.6% R	Solid D (flip)	Likely D (flip)	Safe D (flip)	Solid D (flip)	Safe D (flip)	Solid D (flip)	Solid D (flip)	Safe D (flip)	Healey 63.8% D (flip)
Michigan	R+1	Gretchen Whitmer	53.3% D	Lean D	Tilt D	Lean D	Lean D	Tossup	Lean D	Likely D	Lean D	Whitmer 54.5% D
Minnesota	D+1	Tim Walz	53.8% D	Likely D	Lean D	Likely D	Lean D	Tossup	Lean D	Likely D	Likely D	Walz 52.3% D
Nebraska	R+13	Pete Ricketts (term-limited)	59.0% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Pillen 59.7% R
Nevada	R+1	Steve Sisolak	49.4% D	Tossup	Tossup	Lean R (flip)	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Lombardo 48.8% R (flip)
New Hampshire	D+1	Chris Sununu	65.1% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Solid R	Safe R	Sununu 57.1% R
New Mexico	D+3	Michelle Lujan Grisham	57.2% D	Lean D	Tilt D	Lean D	Lean D	Tossup	Tossup	Likely D	Lean D	Grisham 52.0% D
New York	D+10	Kathy Hochul	59.6% D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Tossup	Lean D	Solid D	Safe D	Hochul 53.2% D
Ohio	R+6	Mike DeWine	50.4% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Safe R	Likely R	Solid R	Safe R	DeWine 62.5% R
Oklahoma	R+20	Kevin Stitt	54.3% R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Tossup	Lean R	Likely R	Safe R	Stitt 55.4% R
Oregon	D+6	Kate Brown (term-limited)	50.1% D	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D	Lean D	Kotek 47.0% D
Pennsylvania	R+2	Tom Wolf (term-limited)	57.8% D	Likely D	Lean D	Likely D	Likely D	Lean D	Likely D	Solid D	Likely D	Shapiro 56.5% D
Rhode Island	D+8	Dan McKee	52.6% D	Solid D	Solid D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Solid D	Likely D	McKee 58.1% D
South Carolina	R+8	Henry McMaster	54.0% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	McMaster 58.1% R
South Dakota	R+16	Kristi Noem	51.0% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Likely R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Noem 62.0% R
Tennessee	R+14	Bill Lee	59.6% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Lee 64.9% R
Texas	R+5	Greg Abbott	55.8% R	Likely R	Solid R	Likely R	Likely R	Lean R	Likely R	Solid R	Likely R	Abbott 54.8% R
Vermont	D+16	Phil Scott	68.5% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Scott 71.3% R
Wisconsin	R+2	Tony Evers	49.5% D	Tossup	Tossup	Lean R (flip)	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Lean R (flip)	Evers 51.2% D
Wyoming	R+25	Mark Gordon	67.1% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Gordon 78.7% R

Race summary

States

State	Governor	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates^[13]
Alabama	Kay Ivey	Republican	2017^[e]	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Kay Ivey (Republican) 67.4% ▌Yolanda Flowers (Democratic) 29.4% ▌Jimmy Blake (Libertarian) 3.3%
Alaska	Mike Dunleavy	Republican	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Mike Dunleavy (Republican) 50.3% ▌Les Gara (Democratic) 24.2% ▌Bill Walker (Independent) 20.7% ▌Charlie Pierce (Republican) 4.5%
Arizona	Doug Ducey	Republican	2014	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Katie Hobbs (Democratic) 50.3% ▌Kari Lake (Republican) 49.7%
Arkansas	Asa Hutchinson	Republican	2014	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Republican hold.	▌ Y Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) 63.0% ▌Chris Jones (Democratic) 35.2% ▌Ricky Harrington (Libertarian) 1.8%
California	Gavin Newsom	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Gavin Newsom (Democratic) 59.2% ▌Brian Dahle (Republican) 40.8%
Colorado	Jared Polis	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Jared Polis (Democratic) 58.5% ▌Heidi Ganahl (Republican) 39.2% Others ▌Kevin Ruskusky (Libertarian) 1.2% ▌Danielle Neuschwanger (Constitution) 0.9% ▌Paul Fiorino (Unity) 0.3%
Connecticut	Ned Lamont	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Ned Lamont (Democratic) 55.9% ▌Bob Stefanowski (Republican) 43.1% ▌Robert Hotaling (Independent) 1.0%
Florida	Ron DeSantis	Republican	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Ron DeSantis (Republican) 59.4% ▌Charlie Crist (Democratic) 40.0% ▌Carmen Gimenez (Independent) 0.4% ▌Hector Roos (Libertarian) 0.2%
Georgia	Brian Kemp	Republican	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Brian Kemp (Republican) 53.4% ▌Stacey Abrams (Democratic) 45.9% ▌Shane Hazel (Libertarian) 0.7%
Hawaii	David Ige	Democratic	2014	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Josh Green (Democratic) 63.2% ▌Duke Aiona (Republican) 36.8%
Idaho	Brad Little	Republican	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Brad Little (Republican) 60.5% ▌Stephen Heidt (Democratic) 20.3% ▌Ammon Bundy (Independent) 17.2% ▌Paul Sand (Libertarian) 1.1% ▌Chantyrose Davison (Constitution) 0.9%
Illinois	J. B. Pritzker	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y J. B. Pritzker (Democratic) 54.9% ▌Darren Bailey (Republican) 42.4% ▌Scott Schluter (Libertarian) 2.7%
Iowa	Kim Reynolds	Republican	2017^[f]	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Kim Reynolds (Republican) 58.0% ▌Deidre DeJear (Democratic) 39.5% ▌Rick Stewart (Libertarian) 2.4%
Kansas	Laura Kelly	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Laura Kelly (Democratic) 49.5% ▌Derek Schmidt (Republican) 47.3% ▌Dennis Pyle (Independent) 2.0% ▌Seth Cordell (Libertarian) 1.1%
Maine	Janet Mills	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Janet Mills (Democratic) 55.7% ▌Paul LePage (Republican) 42.4% ▌Sam Hunkler (Independent) 1.9%
Maryland	Larry Hogan	Republican	2014	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Wes Moore (Democratic) 64.7% ▌Dan Cox (Republican) 32.2% Others ▌David Lashar (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌David Harding (Working Class) 0.9% ▌Nancy Wallace (Green) 0.7%
Massachusetts	Charlie Baker	Republican	2014	Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Maura Healey (Democratic) 63.8% ▌Geoff Diehl (Republican) 34.7% ▌Kevin Reed (Libertarian) 1.6%
Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Gretchen Whitmer (Democratic) 54.5% ▌Tudor Dixon (Republican) 43.9% Others ▌Mary Buzuma (Libertarian) 0.9% ▌Donna Brandenburg (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.4% ▌Kevin Hogan (Green) 0.2% ▌Daryl Simpson (Natural Law) 0.1%
Minnesota	Tim Walz	DFL	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Tim Walz (DFL) 52.3% ▌Scott Jensen (Republican) 44.6% Others ▌James McCaskel (Legal Marijuana Now) 1.2% ▌Steve Patterson (GLC) 0.9% ▌Hugh McTavish (IPM–Alliance) 0.7% ▌Gabrielle Prosser (Socialist Workers) 0.3%
Nebraska	Pete Ricketts	Republican	2014	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Republican hold.	▌ Y Jim Pillen (Republican) 59.7% ▌Carol Blood (Democratic) 36.3% ▌Scott Zimmerman (Libertarian) 4.0%
Nevada	Steve Sisolak	Democratic	2018	Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. Republican gain.	▌ Y Joe Lombardo (Republican) 48.8% ▌Steve Sisolak (Democratic) 47.3% Others ▌Brandon Davis (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌None of These Candidates 1.5% ▌Ed Bridges (Independent American) 1.0%
New Hampshire	Chris Sununu	Republican	2016	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Chris Sununu (Republican) 57.1% ▌Tom Sherman (Democratic) 41.6% ▌Kelly Halldorson (Libertarian) 0.8% ▌Karlyn Borysenko (Libertarian) 0.5%
New Mexico	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic) 52.0% ▌Mark Ronchetti (Republican) 45.6% ▌Karen Bedonie (Libertarian) 2.4%
New York	Kathy Hochul	Democratic	2021^[g]	Incumbent elected to full term.	▌ Y Kathy Hochul (Democratic) 53.2% ▌Lee Zeldin (Republican) 46.8%
Ohio	Mike DeWine	Republican	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Mike DeWine (Republican) 62.5% ▌Nan Whaley (Democratic) 37.5%
Oklahoma	Kevin Stitt	Republican	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Kevin Stitt (Republican) 55.4% ▌Joy Hofmeister (Democratic) 41.8% ▌Natalie Bruno (Libertarian) 1.4% ▌Ervin Yen (Independent) 1.4%
Oregon	Kate Brown	Democratic	2015^[h]	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Tina Kotek (Democratic) 47.0% ▌Christine Drazan (Republican) 43.6% ▌Betsy Johnson (Independent) 8.6% ▌Donice Smith (Constitution) 0.4% ▌R. Leon Noble (Libertarian) 0.4%
Pennsylvania	Tom Wolf	Democratic	2014	Incumbent term-limited New governor elected. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Josh Shapiro (Democratic) 56.5% ▌Doug Mastriano (Republican) 41.7% Others ▌Matt Hackenburg (Libertarian) 1.0% ▌Christina DiGiulio (Green) 0.5% ▌Joe Soloski (Keystone) 0.4%
Rhode Island	Dan McKee	Democratic	2021^[i]	Incumbent elected to full term.	▌ Y Dan McKee (Democratic) 58.1% ▌Ashley Kalus (Republican) 39.0% Others ▌Zachary Hurwitz (Independent) 1.3% ▌Paul Rianna Jr. (Independent) 0.9% ▌Elijah Gizzarelli (Libertarian) 0.8%
South Carolina	Henry McMaster	Republican	2017^[j]	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Henry McMaster (Republican) 58.1% ▌Joe Cunningham (Democratic) 40.7% ▌Bruce Reeves (Libertarian) 1.2%
South Dakota	Kristi Noem	Republican	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Kristi Noem (Republican) 62.0% ▌Jamie Smith (Democratic) 35.2% ▌Tracey Quint (Libertarian) 2.9%
Tennessee	Bill Lee	Republican	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Bill Lee (Republican) 64.9% ▌Jason Martin (Democratic) 32.9% Others ▌John Gentry (Independent) 0.9% ▌Constance Every (Independent) 0.6% ▌Deborah Rouse (Independent) 0.2% ▌Rick Tyler (Independent) 0.1% ▌Charles Morgan (Independent) 0.1% ▌Basil Marceaux (Independent) 0.1% ▌Alfred O'Neil (Independent) 0.1% ▌Michael Scantland (Independent) 0.0%
Texas	Greg Abbott	Republican	2014	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Greg Abbott (Republican) 54.8% ▌Beto O'Rourke (Democratic) 43.9% ▌Mark Tippetts (Libertarian) 1.0% ▌Delilah Barrios (Green) 0.4%
Vermont	Phil Scott	Republican	2016	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Phil Scott (Republican) 71.3% ▌Brenda Siegel (Democratic) 24.1% Others ▌Kevin Hoyt (Independent) 2.1% ▌Peter Duval (Independent) 1.7% ▌Bernard Peters (Independent) 0.8%
Wisconsin	Tony Evers	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Tony Evers (Democratic) 51.2% ▌Tim Michels (Republican) 47.8% ▌Joan Ellis Beglinger (Independent) 1.0%
Wyoming	Mark Gordon	Republican	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Mark Gordon (Republican) 78.7% ▌Theresa Livingston (Democratic) 16.8% ▌Jared Baldes (Libertarian) 4.5%

Territories and federal district

Territory	Governor	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates^[14]^[15]
District of Columbia	Muriel Bowser	Democratic	2014	Incumbent re-elected.^[16]	▌ Y Muriel Bowser (Democratic) 74.7% ▌Red Grant (Independent) 14.9% ▌Stacia Hall (Republican) 5.9% ▌Dennis Sobin (Libertarian) 1.3%
Guam	Lou Leon Guerrero	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.^[17]	▌ Y Lou Leon Guerrero (Democratic) 55.5% ▌Felix Camacho (Republican) 44.1%
Northern Mariana Islands	Ralph Torres	Republican	2015^[k]	Incumbent lost re-election.^[18] New governor elected. Independent gain.	First round: ▌ Y Ralph Torres (Republican) 38.8% ▌ Y Arnold Palacios (Independent) 33.2% ▌Tina Sablan (Democratic) 28.0% Runoff: ▌ Y Arnold Palacios (Independent) 54.1% ▌Ralph Torres (Republican) 45.9%
U.S. Virgin Islands	Albert Bryan	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Albert Bryan (Democratic) 56.0% ▌Kurt Vialet (Independent) 38.2% ▌Stephen Frett (Independent Citizens Movement) 3.4% ▌Ronald Pickard (Independent) 1.1%

Closest races

States where the margin of victory was under 1%:

1. Arizona, 0.66%

States where the margin of victory was under 5%:

1. Nevada, 1.51%
2. Kansas, 2.21%
3. Wisconsin, 3.40%
4. Oregon, 3.42%

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. New Mexico, 6.38%
2. New York, 6.40%
3. Georgia, 7.54%
4. Minnesota, 7.67%
5. Northern Mariana Islands, 8.28%

Blue denotes races won by Democrats. Red denotes races won by Republicans. Grey denotes races won by Independents.

Alabama

Main article: 2022 Alabama gubernatorial election

See also: 2022 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election

Alabama gubernatorial election

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Turnout	38.5%
Nominee Kay Ivey Yolanda Flowers Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 946,932 412,961 Percentage 66.9% 29.2%
County results Ivey:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Flowers:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election Kay Ivey Republican Elected Governor Kay Ivey Republican

Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey took office on April 10, 2017, upon the resignation of former Governor Robert J. Bentley, and was elected to a full term in 2018. She ran for re-election to a second full term in which she won her re-election bid in a landslide.^[19]

Primary elections in Alabama were held on May 24. Runoff elections for instances where no candidate received 50% plus one vote were scheduled for June 21. A runoff was avoided in the Republican primary, with Ivey winning outright. The Democratic primary advanced to a runoff between Malika Sanders-Fortier and Yolanda Flowers, with Flowers winning the Democratic nomination.

This was the first gubernatorial election in Alabama history in which both major party nominees were women. Flowers was also the first Black female gubernatorial nominee in Alabama.^[20] Governor Ivey was re-elected and sworn in for her second full term on January 16, 2023.

This is the only gubernatorial election in the 2020s to be won by a member of the Silent Generation.

Republican primary results^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Ivey (incumbent)	357,069	54.45%
	Republican	Lynda Blanchard	126,202	19.25%
	Republican	Tim James	106,181	16.19%
	Republican	Lew Burdette	42,924	6.55%
	Republican	Dean Odle	11,767	1.79%
	Republican	Donald Trent Jones	3,821	0.58%
	Republican	Dave Thomas	2,886	0.44%
	Republican	Stacy Lee George	2,546	0.39%
	Republican	Dean Young	2,356	0.36%
Total votes			655,752	100.0%

Democratic primary results^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yolanda Rochelle Flowers	56,991	33.88%
	Democratic	Malika Sanders-Fortier	54,699	32.52%
	Democratic	Patricia Jamieson Salter	19,691	11.71%
	Democratic	Arthur Kennedy	15,630	9.29%
	Democratic	Doug Smith	11,861	7.05%
	Democratic	Chad Martin	9,352	5.56%
Total votes			168,224	100.0%

Democratic primary runoff results^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yolanda Rochelle Flowers	32,529	55.14%
	Democratic	Malika Sanders-Fortier	26,469	44.86%
Total votes			58,998	100.0%

2022 Alabama Gubernatorial Election^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kay Ivey (incumbent)	946,932	66.91%	+7.45%
	Democratic	Yolanda Rochelle Flowers	412,961	29.18%	-11.21%
	Libertarian	James D. "Jimmy" Blake	45,958	3.25%	N/A
	Write-in		9,432	0.67%	+0.52%
Total votes			1,411,756	100%
Turnout			1,419,718	38.50%
Registered electors			3,687,753
	Republican hold

Alaska

Main article: 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election

Alaska gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Candidate Mike Dunleavy Les Gara Bill Walker Party Republican Democratic Independent Running mate Nancy Dahlstrom Jessica Cook Heidi Drygas Popular vote 132,632 63,851 54,668 Percentage 50.3% 24.2% 20.7%

State House district results

Governor before election Mike Dunleavy Republican Elected Governor Mike Dunleavy Republican

Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy won re-election to a second term, becoming the first Republican governor to be re-elected to a second term since Jay Hammond in 1978 and the first governor, regardless of political affiliation, to be re-elected to a second term since Tony Knowles in 1998.

Primary election results^[23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Dunleavy (incumbent) Nancy Dahlstrom	76,534	40.43
	Democratic	Les Gara Jessica Cook	43,660	23.06
	Independent	Bill Walker Heidi Drygas	43,111	22.77
	Republican	Charlie Pierce Edie Grunwald	12,458	6.58
	Republican	Christopher Kurka Paul Hueper	7,307	3.86
	Independence	John Howe Shellie Wyatt	1,702	0.90
	Republican	Bruce Walden Tanya Lange	1,661	0.88
	Libertarian	William S. Toien Shirley Rainbolt	1,381	0.73
	Republican	David Haeg Waynette Coleman	1,139	0.60
	Independent	William Nemec Ronnie Ostrem	347	0.18
Total votes			188,626	100.00

2022 Alaska gubernatorial election^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Dunleavy (incumbent) Nancy Dahlstrom	132,632	50.29%	−1.15%
	Democratic	Les Gara Jessica Cook	63,851	24.21%	−20.20%
	Independent	Bill Walker Heidi Drygas	54,668	20.73%	+18.70%
	Republican	Charlie Pierce Edie Grunwald (withdrew)^[l]	11,817	4.48%	N/A
	Write-in		784	0.30%	+0.09%
Total votes			263,752	100.0%
Turnout			266,472	44.33%	−5.49%
Registered electors			601,161
	Republican hold

Arizona

Main article: 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election

Arizona gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Katie Hobbs Kari Lake Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,287,891 1,270,774 Percentage 50.3% 49.7%

County results Hobbs:      50–60%      60–70% Lake:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election Doug Ducey Republican Elected Governor Katie Hobbs Democratic

Incumbent Republican governor Doug Ducey was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third consecutive term. Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs won the election against Republican former television anchor Kari Lake.^[27]

Primaries were held on August 2 for both parties, with Lake winning the Republican nomination and Hobbs winning the Democratic nomination, making this the first gubernatorial election in Arizona history in which both major party candidates for governor were women. Hobbs became the fifth female governor of Arizona, with Arizona setting a record for the most female governors in American history.^[28][29] With the concurrent passage of Proposition 131, this will be the last gubernatorial election in Arizona without a lieutenant governor on the ticket.^[30]

Going into the election, most polling had Lake leading and analysts generally considered the race to either be a tossup or leaning towards the Republican. Nonetheless, Hobbs ultimately defeated Lake with 50.32% of the vote, becoming the first Democrat elected governor of Arizona since Janet Napolitano in 2006. Lake refused to concede and filed a post-election lawsuit in an attempt to overturn the results, with all her claims either being dismissed or ruled against for lack of evidence.^[31]

This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 taking place in a state that was carried by Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. With a margin of 0.67%, it was the closest election of the 2022 gubernatorial election cycle.

Republican primary results^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kari Lake	398,860	47.97%
	Republican	Karrin Taylor Robson	358,662	43.13%
	Republican	Matt Salmon (withdrawn)	30,704	3.69%
	Republican	Scott Neely	25,876	3.11%
	Republican	Paola Tulliani-Zen	17,281	2.08%
	Write-in		105	0.01%
Total votes			831,508	100.0%

Democratic primary results^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katie Hobbs	431,059	72.32%
	Democratic	Marco A. López Jr.	136,090	22.83%
	Democratic	Aaron Lieberman (withdrawn)	28,878	4.85%
Total votes			596,027	100.0%

2022 Arizona gubernatorial election^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Katie Hobbs	1,287,891	50.32%	+8.48%
	Republican	Kari Lake	1,270,774	49.65%	-6.35%
	Write-in		820	0.03%	+0.01%
Total votes			2,559,485	100.0%
Turnout			2,592,313	62.56%
Registered electors			4,143,929
	Democratic gain from Republican

Arkansas

Main article: 2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election

See also: 2022 Arkansas lieutenant gubernatorial election

Arkansas gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Sarah Huckabee Sanders Chris Jones Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 571,105 319,242 Percentage 63.0% 35.2%

County results Sanders:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Jones:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election Asa Hutchinson Republican Elected Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Republican

Incumbent Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson is term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term. Arkansas is one of the nine states and one territory of the United States that limit governors to two terms for life in their constitutions, along with California, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Oklahoma. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was sworn in on January 10, 2023.^[34][35]

Primary elections in Arkansas were held on May 24. Runoff elections for instances where no candidate receives over 50% of the vote were scheduled for June 21. Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders won the Republican nomination, while Chris Jones won the Democratic nomination.^[36]

Leading up to the Republican Primary, Sanders received many endorsements from key Republican figures, including Donald Trump, Mike Pence, incumbent Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas' entire U.S. Congressional delegation, and dozens of GOP representatives from the State House and State Senate. She cruised to a landslide victory in the primary, and as Arkansas is a GOP stronghold, her victory virtually guaranteed she would win the general election, in which she defeated Jones by 28 points. Jones became the first Democrat to win Washington County since 2010, and Sanders became the first Republican to win majority-Black Crittenden County since her father in 1998. This is the first time ever that a Republican won three straight gubernatorial elections in the state's history.

Sanders became the first female Governor of Arkansas, as well as the first daughter of a former governor to take office in United States history. In addition, with the election of Leslie Rutledge as lieutenant governor, Arkansas, along with Massachusetts, became the first two U.S. states to have both a female governor and female lieutenant Governor serving at the same time.

Republican primary results^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	289,249	83.14%
	Republican	Francis "Doc" Washburn	58,638	16.86%
Total votes			347,887	100.0%

Democratic primary results^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Jones	66,540	70.43%
	Democratic	Anthony Bland	9,055	9.58%
	Democratic	Jay Martin	7,731	8.18%
	Democratic	James "Rus" Russell	6,421	6.80%
	Democratic	Supha Xayprasith-Mays	4,725	5.00%
Total votes			94,472	100.0%

2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	571,105	62.96%	-2.37%
	Democratic	Chris Jones	319,242	35.20%	+3.43%
	Libertarian	Ricky Dale Harrington Jr.	16,690	1.84%	-1.06%
Total votes			907,037	100.00%	N/A
Turnout			907,037	50.81%
Registered electors			1,799,136
	Republican hold

California

Main article: 2022 California gubernatorial election

See also: 2022 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

California gubernatorial election

← 2021 (recall) 2026 →

Candidate Gavin Newsom Brian Dahle Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 6,470,104 4,462,914 Percentage 59.2% 40.8%

County results Newsom:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Dahle:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election Gavin Newsom Democratic Elected Governor Gavin Newsom Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Party Governor Gavin Newsom ran and won re-election to a second term after surviving a recall election in 2021, during his first term.^[38]

The elections featured universal mail-in ballots; in-person voting was also available.^[39] All statewide elected offices are currently held by Democrats. Newsom won 61.9% of the vote in both the 2018 gubernatorial election and the 2021 recall election. He received 55.9% of the top-two primary vote and faced Republican Party state senator Brian Dahle, who received 17.7% of the primary vote, in the general election.^[40] Newsom easily won re-election with 59.2% of the vote to Dahle's 40.8%, but with a smaller margin of victory than in 2018. Dahle flipped five counties that Newsom carried in 2018, namely Lake, Merced (although Merced voted to recall Newsom), Orange, San Bernardino, and San Joaquin. Dahle received 32% of the vote in Los Angeles County, a respectable performance for a Republican in the Democratic stronghold.

Primary results^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gavin Newsom (incumbent)	3,945,728	55.9
	Republican	Brian Dahle	1,252,800	17.7
	No party preference	Michael Shellenberger	290,286	4.1
	Republican	Jenny Rae Le Roux	246,665	3.5
	Republican	Anthony Trimino	246,322	3.5
	Republican	Shawn Collins	173,083	2.5
	Green	Luis J. Rodriguez	124,672	1.8
	Republican	Leo S. Zacky	94,521	1.3
	Republican	Major Williams	92,580	1.3
	Republican	Robert C. Newman II	82,849	1.2
	Democratic	Joel Ventresca	66,885	0.9
	Republican	David Lozano	66,542	0.9
	Republican	Ronald A. Anderson	53,554	0.8
	No party preference	Reinette Senum	53,015	0.8
	Democratic	Armando Perez-Serrato	45,474	0.6
	Republican	Ron Jones	38,337	0.5
	Republican	Daniel R. Mercuri	36,396	0.5
	Green	Heather Collins	29,690	0.4
	Democratic	Anthony Fanara	25,086	0.4
	Republican	Cristian Raul Morales	22,304	0.3
	Republican	Lonnie Sortor	21,044	0.3
	No party preference	Frederic C. Schultz	17,502	0.2
	No party preference	Woodrow Sanders III	16,204	0.2
	No party preference	James G. Hanink	10,110	0.1
	No party preference	Serge Fiankan	6,201	0.1
	No party preference	Bradley Zink	5,997	0.1
	American Independent	Jeff Scott (write-in)	13	0.0
	Republican	Gurinder Bhangoo (write-in)	8	0.0
Total votes			7,063,868	100.0

2022 California gubernatorial election^[42][43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gavin Newsom (incumbent)	6,470,104	59.18%	−2.77%
	Republican	Brian Dahle	4,462,914	40.82%	+2.77%
Total votes			10,933,018	100.0%	N/A
Turnout			10,933,018	50.80%
Registered electors			21,940,274
	Democratic hold

Colorado

Main article: 2022 Colorado gubernatorial election

Colorado gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Jared Polis Heidi Ganahl Party Democratic Republican Running mate Dianne Primavera Danny Moore Popular vote 1,468,481 983,040 Percentage 58.5% 39.2%

County results Polis:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Ganahl:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election Jared Polis Democratic Elected Governor Jared Polis Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared Polis won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican University of Colorado regent Heidi Ganahl. The primary election was held on June 28.^[44]

Polis's 2022 victory marked the first time in American history that an openly gay politician was re-elected governor of a state.^[45] Polis had the best performance for a re-elected Colorado governor since Bill Owens in 2002, the best for a Democrat since Roy Romer in 1990, and the highest raw vote total ever in a Colorado gubernatorial race.

Democratic primary results^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Polis (incumbent)	523,489	100.00%
Total votes			523,489	100.00%

Republican primary results^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heidi Ganahl	341,157	53.87%
	Republican	Greg Lopez	292,187	46.13%
Total votes			633,344	100.0%

2022 Colorado gubernatorial election^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jared Polis (incumbent) Dianne Primavera (incumbent)	1,468,481	58.53%	+5.11%
	Republican	Heidi Ganahl Danny Moore	983,040	39.18%	-3.62%
	Libertarian	Kevin Ruskusky Michele Poague	28,939	1.15%	-1.60%
	American Constitution	Danielle Neuschwanger Darryl Gibbs	21,623	0.86%	N/A
	Unity	Paul Noël Fiorino Cynthia Munhos de Aquino Sirianni	6,687	0.27%	-0.75%
	Write-in		60	0.0%	N/A
Total votes			2,508,830	100.0%	N/A
Turnout			2,540,680	66.28%
Registered electors			3,833,360
	Democratic hold

Connecticut

Main article: 2022 Connecticut gubernatorial election

Connecticut gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Ned Lamont Bob Stefanowski Party Democratic Republican Running mate Susan Bysiewicz Laura Devlin Popular vote 709,482 546,209 Percentage 55.9% 43.1%

County results Lamont:      50–60% Stefanowski:      50–60%

Governor before election Ned Lamont Democratic Elected Governor Ned Lamont Democratic

Governor Ned Lamont was elected in 2018 with 49.4% of the vote and is ran for re-election for a second term. The race simultaneously took place with the election to the state's Class III Senate seat. This election featured a rematch of the previous 2018 gubernatorial election, pitting Lamont against Republican Bob Stefanowski, who he previously defeated by 3.2% of the vote.^[49] This time Lamont won re-election by a wider margin, becoming the first Democrat to win a gubernatorial election by more than 5 points in the state since 1986. This is the first time since 1994 that Tolland County voted Democratic in a gubernatorial election.

2022 Connecticut gubernatorial election^[50][51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ned Lamont^[m] (incumbent) Susan Bysiewicz^[m] (incumbent)	710,186	55.97%	+6.60%
	Republican	Bob Stefanowski Laura Devlin	546,209	43.05%	-3.16%
	Independent	Robert Hotaling Stewart "Chip" Beckett	12,400	0.98%	N/A
	Green	Michelle Louise Bicking (write-in) Cassandra Martineau (write-in)	98	0.0%	N/A
Total votes			1,268,893	100.0%
Turnout			1,292,847	57.57%
Registered electors			2,245,844
	Democratic hold

Florida

Main article: 2022 Florida gubernatorial election

Florida gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Ron DeSantis Charlie Crist Party Republican Democratic Running mate Jeanette Nuñez Karla Hernandez-Mats Popular vote 4,614,210 3,106,313 Percentage 59.4% 40.0%

County results DeSantis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Crist:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election Ron DeSantis Republican Elected Governor Ron DeSantis Republican

Governor Ron DeSantis was elected in 2018 with 49.6% of the vote and ran for reelection to a second term.^[52] Andrew Gillum, former mayor of Tallahassee and Democratic nominee for governor in 2018, did not run against DeSantis again.^[53][54]

U.S. Representative and former Republican governor of Florida Charlie Crist was the Democratic nominee.^[55] Also seeking the Democratic nomination was Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried.^[56]

DeSantis won re-election by a sizable margin due to the state as a whole swinging further Republican than it voted in the 2020 United States presidential election and continuing the state's rightward shift since the 2008 United States presidential election. County flips by DeSantis were Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, and Osceola counties, all of which were previous Democratic party strongholds; these counties, notably, have relatively high Latino populations, for which their growth in support for the Republican Party was further cemented.^[57][58] This election was seen by many to more firmly assert Florida's status as a red state and not a swing state.^[59][58]

Democratic primary results^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlie Crist	904,524	59.71%
	Democratic	Nicole "Nikki" Fried	535,480	35.35%
	Democratic	Cadance Daniel	38,198	2.52%
	Democratic	Robert L. Willis	36,786	2.43%
Total votes			1,513,180	100.0%

2022 Florida gubernatorial election^[61][62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis (incumbent) Jeanette Nuñez (incumbent)	4,614,210	59.37%	+9.78%
	Democratic	Charlie Crist Karla Hernandez	3,106,313	39.97%	-9.22%
	Independent	Carmen Jackie Gimenez Kyle "KC" Gibson	31,577	0.41%	N/A
	Libertarian	Hector Roos Jerry "Tub" Rorabaugh	19,299	0.25%	N/A
Total votes			7,771,399	100.0%	N/A
Turnout			7,796,916	53.76%
Registered electors			14,503,978
	Republican hold

Georgia

Main article: 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election

See also: 2022 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

Georgia gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Brian Kemp Stacey Abrams Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,111,572 1,813,673 Percentage 53.4% 45.9%

County results Kemp:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Abrams:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election Brian Kemp Republican Elected Governor Brian Kemp Republican

Incumbent Republican governor Brian Kemp won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams in a rematch. Abrams conceded on election night.^[63] The primary occurred on May 24, 2022.^[64] Kemp was sworn in for a second term on January 12, 2023.

Kemp was endorsed by former Vice President Mike Pence. He faced a primary challenge from former U.S. Senator David Perdue, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump after Kemp refused to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.^[65]

Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and founder of Fair Fight Action who was narrowly defeated by Kemp in the 2018 gubernatorial election, was once again the Democratic nominee for the governorship. This was Georgia's first gubernatorial rematch since 1950.^[66]

Libertarian Shane T. Hazel, the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020, also declared he would run.^[67] This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

^[68]

Despite Kemp's narrow 55,000-vote victory in 2018, which was Georgia's closest gubernatorial election since 1966, he went on to win by 300,000 votes (7.5%) - the largest raw vote victory for a Georgia governor since 2006. The race was seen as a potential benefit to Herschel Walker, who ran in the concurrent Senate race, as it was speculated Kemp's strong performance could help Walker avoid a runoff. He vastly underperformed compared to Kemp, however, and lost to incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in the December 6 runoff election.term.^[69]

Republican primary results^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Kemp (incumbent)	888,078	73.72%
	Republican	David Perdue	262,389	21.78%
	Republican	Kandiss Taylor	41,232	3.42%
	Republican	Catherine Davis	9,778	0.81%
	Republican	Tom Williams	3,255	0.27%
Total votes			1,204,742	100.0%

Democratic primary results^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stacey Abrams	727,168	100.0%
Total votes			727,168	100.0%

2022 Georgia gubernatorial election^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brian Kemp (incumbent)	2,111,572	53.41%	+3.19%
	Democratic	Stacey Abrams	1,813,673	45.88%	-2.95%
	Libertarian	Shane T. Hazel	28,163	0.71%	-0.24%
Total votes			3,953,408	100.00%
Turnout			3,964,926	57.02%
Registered electors			6,953,485
	Republican hold

Hawaii

Main article: 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election

Hawaii gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Josh Green Duke Aiona Party Democratic Republican Running mate Sylvia Luke Seaula Tupa'i Jr. Popular vote 261,025 152,237 Percentage 63.2% 36.8%

County results Green:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election David Ige Democratic Elected Governor Josh Green Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Governor David Ige was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third term. Incumbent lieutenant governor Josh Green was the Democratic nominee, and faced former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona, the Republican nominee. This marked the third time Aiona had been the Republican gubernatorial nominee, having previously run unsuccessfully in 2010 and 2014. Green won the election with 63.2% of the vote with Aiona receiving 36.8% of the vote.^[72][73]

Green's performance was the highest percentage of the vote ever received by any gubernatorial candidate in the state's history. Despite this, Aiona performed 3 points better and received 20,000 more raw votes than Andria Tupola did in 2018.

Democratic primary results^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josh Green	158,161	62.91%
	Democratic	Vicky Cayetano	52,447	20.86%
	Democratic	Kai Kahele	37,738	15.01%
	Democratic	Van Tanabe	1,236	0.49%
	Democratic	Richard Kim	991	0.39%
	Democratic	David Bourgoin	590	0.23%
	Democratic	Clyde Lewman	249	0.10%
Total votes			251,412	100.0%

Republican primary results^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Aiona	37,608	49.57%
	Republican	B.J. Penn	19,817	26.12%
	Republican	Gary Cordery	8,258	10.88%
	Republican	Heidi Haunani Tsuneyoshi	7,255	9.56%
	Republican	Lynn Barry Mariano	903	1.19%
	Republican	Paul Morgan	796	1.05%
	Republican	Keline Kahau	469	0.62%
	Republican	Walter Woods	438	0.58%
	Republican	Moses Paskowitz	189	0.25%
	Republican	George Hawat	140	0.18%
Total votes			75,873	100.0%

2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Josh Green Sylvia Luke	259,901	63.21%	+0.54
	Republican	Duke Aiona Seaula Tupa'i Jr.	151,258	36.79%	+3.09
Total votes			411,159	100.00%
Turnout			417,215	48.44%	–4.24
Registered electors			861,358
	Democratic hold

Idaho

Main article: 2022 Idaho gubernatorial election

See also: 2022 Idaho lieutenant gubernatorial election

Idaho gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Brad Little Stephen Heidt Ammon Bundy Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 358,598 120,160 101,835 Percentage 60.5% 20.3% 17.2%

County results Little:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Heidt:      50–60%

Governor before election Brad Little Republican Elected Governor Brad Little Republican

Governor Brad Little was elected in 2018 with 59.8% of the vote and is ran for re-election to a second term. Little won his re-election bid by a landslide, defeating his Democratic challenger Stephen Heidt.

Incumbent lieutenant governor Janice McGeachin announced a primary challenge to Little, but Little won the Republican primary.^[77] Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy also announced a run for the Republican nomination, but switched to an Independent on February 17, 2022.^[78]

The Democratic nominee is Stephen Heidt.^[79]

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Little (incumbent)	148,831	52.8
	Republican	Janice McGeachin	90,854	32.2
	Republican	Ed Humphreys	30,877	11.0
	Republican	Steve Bradshaw	5,470	1.9
	Republican	Ashley Jackson	3,172	1.1
	Republican	Lisa Marie	1,119	0.4
	Republican	Ben Cannady	804	0.3
	Republican	Cody Usabel	680	0.2
Total votes			281,807	100

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephen Heidt	25,088	78.8
	Democratic	Write-ins	6,757	21.2
Total votes			31,845	100

2022 Idaho gubernatorial election^[80][81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brad Little (incumbent)	358,598	60.52%	+0.76%
	Democratic	Stephen Heidt	120,160	20.28%	-17.91%
	Independent	Ammon Bundy	101,835	17.19%	N/A
	Libertarian	Paul Sand	6,714	1.13%	+0.05%
	Constitution	Chantyrose Davison	5,250	0.89%	-0.07%
Total votes			592,557	100.0%	N/A
Turnout			599,353	57.18%	–4.24
Registered electors			1,048,263
	Republican hold

Illinois

Main article: 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election

Illinois gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee J.B. Pritzker Darren Bailey Party Democratic Republican Running mate Juliana Stratton Stephanie Trussell Popular vote 2,253,748 1,739,095 Percentage 54.9% 42.4%

County results Pritzker:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Bailey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election J.B. Pritzker Democratic Elected Governor J.B. Pritzker Democratic

Governor J. B. Pritzker was elected in 2018 with 54.5% of the vote and ran for a second term.^[82] In the general election, Pritzker won re-election with 54.9% of the vote.

Republican candidates who announced their candidacy included Richard Irvin, Darren Bailey, Gary Rabine, Paul Schimpf, and Jesse Sullivan. Bailey won the primary on June 28.^[83]

Democratic primary results^[84][85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. B. Pritzker (incumbent) Juliana Stratton (incumbent)	810,989	91.88%
	Democratic	Beverly Miles Karla Shaw	71,704	8.12%
Total votes			882,693	100.0%

Republican primary results^[84][86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darren Bailey Stephanie Trussell	458,102	57.48%
	Republican	Jesse Sullivan Kathleen Murphy	125,094	15.70%
	Republican	Richard Irvin Avery Bourne	119,592	15.00%
	Republican	Gary Rabine Aaron Del Mar	52,194	6.55%
	Republican	Paul Schimpf Carolyn Schofield	34,676	4.35%
	Republican	Max Solomon Latasha H. Fields	7,371	0.92%
Total votes			797,029	100.0%

2022 Illinois gubernatorial election^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	J. B. Pritzker (incumbent) Juliana Stratton (incumbent)	2,253,748	54.91%	+0.38%
	Republican	Darren Bailey Stephanie Trussell	1,739,095	42.37%	+3.54%
	Libertarian	Scott Schluter John Phillips	111,712	2.72%	+0.32%
	Write-in		81	0.0%	-0.01%
Total votes			4,104,636	100.0%
Turnout				%
Registered electors
	Democratic hold

Iowa

Main article: 2022 Iowa gubernatorial election

Iowa gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Kim Reynolds Deidre DeJear Party Republican Democratic Running mate Adam Gregg Eric Van Lancker Popular vote 709,198 482,950 Percentage 58.0% 39.5%

County results Reynolds:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% DeJear:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election Kim Reynolds Republican Elected Governor Kim Reynolds Republican

Governor Kim Reynolds took office on May 24, 2017, upon the resignation of Terry Branstad and was elected to a full term in her own right in 2018 with 50.3% of the vote. She ran for re-election to a second full term.^[88] During the General election, Incumbent Republican Governor Kim Reynolds won re-election in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Deidre DeJear.

Democrat Deidre DeJear, who announced her candidacy in August 2021,^[89] was the Democratic nominee.^[90]

Republican primary results^[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kim Reynolds (incumbent)	185,293	99.03%
	Write-in		1,808	0.97%
Total votes			187,101	100.0%

Democratic primary results^[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deidre DeJear	145,555	99.45%
	Democratic	Write-ins	801	0.55%
Total votes			146,356	100.0%

2022 Iowa gubernatorial election^[92]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kim Reynolds (incumbent) Adam Gregg (incumbent)	709,198	58.04%	+7.78%
	Democratic	Deidre DeJear Eric Van Lacker	482,950	39.53%	-8.00%
	Libertarian	Rick Stewart Marco Battaglia	28,998	2.37%	+0.84%
	Write-in		718	0.06%	+0.02%
Total votes			1,220,864	100.00
Turnout			1,230,416	55.06%
Registered electors			2,234,666
	Republican hold

Kansas

Main article: 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election

Kansas gubernatorial election

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Nominee Laura Kelly Derek Schmidt Party Democratic Republican Running mate David Toland Katie Sawyer Popular vote 499,849 477,591 Percentage 49.5% 47.3%

County results Kelly:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Schmidt:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election Laura Kelly Democratic Elected Governor Laura Kelly Democratic

Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, was elected in 2018 with 48% of the vote and ran running for re-election to a second term.^[93] On the Republican side, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt ran against her.^[94]

Kelly narrowly won re-election, defeating Schmidt by 49.4% of the vote to 47.4% and by a margin of 20,614 votes in a minor upset.

Laura Kelly won the election by a margin of 2.2 percentage points over Derek Schmidt, similar to the percentage of votes that independent Dennis Pyle received. Kansas Republican Party Chair Mike Kuckelman pointed to this as evidence that Pyle was somewhat responsible for Schmidt's defeat. However, Pyle insisted that "Kansas needed a strong conservative candidate" and instead highlighted Schmidt's underperformance compared to other Republican candidates in Kansas.^[95]

Kelly's personal popularity was also a factor in her victory, where a majority of voters approved of Kelly's job performance, while only a third did so for President Joe Biden.^[96][97] Her win was also propelled by Democratic candidates' increased strength in suburban areas, such as Johnson County, in spite of Schmidt's increased vote share from 2018 in the Republican strongholds of rural Kansas.^[98]

Democratic primary results^[99]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laura Kelly (incumbent) David Toland (incumbent)	270,968	93.84
	Democratic	Richard Karnowski Barry Franco	17,802	6.16
Total votes			288,770	100

Republican primary results^[99]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Derek Schmidt Katie Sawyer	373,524	80.60
	Republican	Arlyn Briggs Lance Berland	89,898	19.40
Total votes			463,422	100

2022 Kansas gubernatorial election^[100]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Laura Kelly (incumbent) David Toland (incumbent)	499,849	49.54%	+1.53%
	Republican	Derek Schmidt Katie Sawyer	477,591	47.33%	+4.35%
	Independent	Dennis Pyle Kathleen Garrison	20,452	2.03%	N/A
	Libertarian	Seth Cordell Evan Laudick-Gains	11,106	1.10%	−0.80%
Total votes			1,008,998	100.0%
Turnout				47.94%
	Democratic hold

Maine

Main article: 2022 Maine gubernatorial election

Maine gubernatorial election

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Nominee Janet Mills Paul LePage Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 376,934 287,304 Percentage 55.7% 42.4%

County results Mills:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% LePage:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election Janet Mills Democratic Elected Governor Janet Mills Democratic

Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, was first elected in 2018 with 50.9% of the vote. Mills easily won re-election, soundly defeating Paul LePage by over 13 points, 55.7%–42.4%.^[101] Hunkler took 1.9%. Mills's margin of victory was the largest for any Maine gubernatorial candidate since Angus King won re-election in 1998, and the largest victory for a statewide Democratic candidate since George J. Mitchell won re-election to the US Senate in 1988.

Democratic primary results^[102]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janet Mills (incumbent)	69,422	93.42%
	Democratic	Blank ballots	4,889	6.58%
Total votes			74,311	100.0%

Republican primary results^[102]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul LePage	59,713	90.91%
	Republican	Blank ballots	5,971	9.09%
Total votes			65,684	100.0%

2022 Maine gubernatorial election^[103]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Janet Mills (incumbent)	376,934	55.69%	+4.80%
	Republican	Paul LePage	287,304	42.45%	-0.73%
	Independent	Sam Hunkler	12,581	1.86%	N/A
Total votes			676,819	100.0%	N/A
Turnout				%
Registered electors
	Democratic hold

Maryland

Main article: 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election

Maryland gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Wes Moore Dan Cox Party Democratic Republican Running mate Aruna Miller Gordana Schifanelli Popular vote 1,293,944 644,000 Percentage 64.7% 32.2%

Moore:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Cox:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election Larry Hogan Republican Elected Governor Wes Moore Democratic

Incumbent Governor Larry Hogan, the two-term Republican, was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term.

The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on July 19,^[104] with state delegate Dan Cox securing the Republican nomination, while author and former nonprofit CEO Wes Moore won the Democratic nomination. Political observers gave Moore a strong chance of defeating Cox in the general election in this reliably Democratic state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-to-1. Shortly after polls closed, several national news organizations called the election for Moore. Moore became the first African-American governor of Maryland after being sworn in on January 18, 2023.^[105]

This race was also one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, and one of three that voted for Biden by double-digits. Moore flipped six counties that had voted for Hogan in 2018, and his electoral strength largely came from densely populated Prince George's County and Baltimore, where he improved on the margins of 2018 Democratic nominee Ben Jealous by roughly 20 percent. Moore's margin of victory was the highest of any gubernatorial candidate in the state since William Donald Schaefer in 1986.^[106]

2022.^[107]

Neuman.^[108]

Republican primary results^[109]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Cox Gordana Schifanelli	153,423	52.00%
	Republican	Kelly Schulz Jeff Woolford	128,302	43.48%
	Republican	Robin Ficker LeRoy F. Yegge Jr.	8,268	2.80%
	Republican	Joe Werner Minh Thanh Luong	5,075	1.72%
Total votes			295,068	100.0%

Democratic primary results^[109]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wes Moore Aruna Miller	217,524	32.41%
	Democratic	Tom Perez Shannon Sneed	202,175	30.12%
	Democratic	Peter Franchot Monique Anderson-Walker	141,586	21.10%
	Democratic	Rushern Baker (withdrawn) Nancy Navarro (withdrawn)	26,594	3.96%
	Democratic	Doug Gansler Candace Hollingsworth	25,481	3.80%
	Democratic	John King Jr. Michelle Siri	24,882	3.71%
	Democratic	Ashwani Jain LaTrece Hawkins Lytes	13,784	2.05%
	Democratic	Jon Baron Natalie Williams	11,880	1.77%
	Democratic	Jerome Segal Justinian M. Dispenza	4,276	0.64%
	Democratic	Ralph Jaffe Mark Greben	2,978	0.44%
Total votes			671,160	100.0%

2022 Maryland gubernatorial election^[110]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wes Moore Aruna Miller	1,293,944	64.53%	+21.02%
	Republican	Dan Cox Gordana Schifanelli	644,000	32.12%	-24.23%
	Libertarian	David Lashar Christiana Logansmith	30,101	1.50%	+0.93%
	Working Class	David Harding Cathy White	17,154	0.86%	N/A
	Green	Nancy Wallace Patrick Elder	14,580	0.73%	+0.25%
	Write-in		5,444	0.27%	+0.19%
Total votes			2,005,223	100.0%	N/A
Turnout			2,031,635	49.26%	-9.80%
Registered electors			4,124,156
	Democratic gain from Republican

Massachusetts

Main article: 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Nominee Maura Healey Geoff Diehl Party Democratic Republican Running mate Kim Driscoll Leah Cole Allen Popular vote 1,584,403 859,343 Percentage 63.7% 34.6%

County results Healey:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election Charlie Baker Republican Elected Governor Maura Healey Democratic

Governor Charlie Baker was re-elected to a second term in 2018 with 66.6% of the vote. Because Massachusetts does not have gubernatorial term limits in its Constitution, he was eligible to run for re-election for a third term. However, in December 2021, Baker announced he would not be running for re-election.^[111][112]

Geoff Diehl, a former state representative and Chris Doughty were running for the Republican nomination. Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey and state senator Sonia Chang-Díaz were running for the Democratic nomination.

Diehl and Healey won their respective primaries on September 6.

Due to Massachusetts's strong liberal lean and Diehl's conservative political views, Healey was widely expected to win the election. The general election was called for the Democrat shortly after polls closed, with Healey becoming the first woman ever elected governor of Massachusetts and the first openly lesbian governor to take office in United States history.^[113]

Republican primary results^[114]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Geoff Diehl	149,800	55.44%
	Republican	Chris Doughty	120,418	44.56%
Total votes			270,218	100.0%

Democratic primary results^[114]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maura Healey	642,092	85.54%
	Democratic	Sonia Chang-Díaz (withdrawn)	108,574	14.46%
Total votes			750,666	100.0%

2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election^[115]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Maura Healey Kim Driscoll	1,584,403	63.74%	+30.62%
	Republican	Geoff Diehl Leah Cole Allen	859,343	34.57%	−32.03%
	Libertarian	Kevin Reed Peter Everett	39,244	1.58%	N/A
	Write-in		2,806	0.11%	−0.17%
Total votes			2,485,796	100.0%
Turnout			2,511,461	51.4%	−9.37%
Registered electors
	Democratic gain from Republican

Michigan

Main article: 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election

Michigan gubernatorial election

← 2018 2026 →

Nominee Gretchen Whitmer Tudor Dixon Party Democratic Republican Running mate Garlin Gilchrist Shane Hernandez Popular vote 2,430,505 1,960,635 Percentage 54.5% 43.9%

County results Whitmer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Dixon:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election Gretchen Whitmer Democratic Elected Governor Gretchen Whitmer Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer ran for re-election to a second term and faced former political commentator Tudor Dixon in the general election.^[116] Whitmer defeated Dixon by a vote margin of nearly 11 percentage points, a larger victory than when she was first elected four years prior.

Democratic primary results^[117]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	938,382	100.0%
Total votes			938,382	100.0%

Republican primary results^[117]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tudor Dixon	436,350	39.69%
	Republican	Kevin Rinke	236,306	21.50%
	Republican	Garrett Soldano	192,442	17.51%
	Republican	Ryan Kelley	165,587	15.06%
	Republican	Ralph Rebandt	45,046	4.10%
	Write-in		23,542	2.14%
Total votes			1,099,273	100.0%

2022 Michigan gubernatorial election^[118]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent) Garlin Gilchrist (incumbent)	2,430,505	54.47%	+1.16%
	Republican	Tudor Dixon Shane Hernandez	1,960,635	43.94%	+0.19%
	Libertarian	Mary Buzuma Brian Ellison	38,800	0.87%	-0.46%
	Constitution	Donna Brandenburg Mellissa Carone	16,246	0.36%	-0.33%
	Green	Kevin Hogan Destiny Clayton	10,766	0.24%	-0.44%
	Natural Law	Daryl M. Simpson Doug Dern	4,973	0.11%	-0.13%
	Write-in		47	0.00%	±0.0%
Total votes			4,461,972	100.0%
Turnout
Registered electors
	Democratic hold

Minnesota

Main article: 2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election

Minnesota gubernatorial election

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Nominee Tim Walz Scott Jensen Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Running mate Peggy Flanagan Matt Birk Popular vote 1,312,349 1,119,941 Percentage 52.3% 44.6%

Walz:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Jensen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election Tim Walz Minnesota DFL Elected Governor Tim Walz Minnesota DFL

Incumbent Democratic (DFL) Governor Tim Walz defeated the Republican nominee, former state senator Scott Jensen,^[119] winning a second term.^[120]

In the end, Jensen's advantage in rural Greater Minnesota could not overcome Walz’s large lead in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, with Walz going on to win the election with a comfortable 7.7% margin. However, this was the first time ever in Walz's career that he lost Minnesota's 1st congressional district, the district that he used to represent in Congress and prior to this election, carried seven times in a row. This election was also the first time ever that Walz failed to carry the following counties in any election which he ran in: Freeborn County, Houston County, Mower County, and Winona County. Winona County was significant given the fact that President Joe Biden carried the county in 2020.

Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary results^[121]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent)	416,973	96.54%
	Democratic (DFL)	Ole Savior	14,950	3.46%
Total votes			431,923	100.0%

Republican primary results^[121]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Jensen	288,499	89.31%
	Republican	Joyce Lynne Lacey	21,308	6.60%
	Republican	Bob "Again" Carney Jr.	13,213	4.09%
Total votes			323,020	100.0%

2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election^[122][123]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent) Peggy Flanagan (incumbent)	1,312,349	52.27%	-1.57%
	Republican	Scott Jensen Matt Birk	1,119,941	44.61%	+2.18%
	Legal Marijuana Now	James McCaskel David Sandbeck	29,346	1.17%	N/A
	Grassroots—LC	Steve Patterson Matt Huff	22,599	0.90%	-1.75%
	Independence	Hugh McTavish Mike Winter	18,156	0.72%	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Gabrielle Prosser Kevin Dwire	7,241	0.29%	N/A
	Write-in		1,029	0.04%	±0.0%
Total votes			2,510,661	100.0%
Turnout			2,525,873	61.01%
Registered electors			4,140,218
	Democratic (DFL) hold

Nebraska

Main article: 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election

Nebraska gubernatorial election

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Nominee Jim Pillen Carol Blood Party Republican Democratic Running mate Joe Kelly Al Davis Popular vote 398,334 242,006 Percentage 59.7% 36.3%

County results Pillen:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Blood:      50–60%

Governor before election Pete Ricketts Republican Elected Governor Jim Pillen Republican

Incumbent Republican Governor Pete Ricketts was re-elected to a second term in 2018. He was term-limited by the Nebraska Constitution in 2022 and could not seek re-election for a third consecutive term. Incumbent Republican Governor Pete Ricketts was term-limited and unable to seek a third term.^[124]

In the general election, Republican Jim Pillen went on to win the gubernatorial election by a 23-point margin.

Nebraska's primary elections were held on May 10. Former University of Nebraska Board of Regents chair Jim Pillen won the Republican nomination, while state senator Carol Blood won the Democratic nomination.

The race took on increased importance in October 2022, when U.S. Senator Ben Sasse announced he would resign and Ricketts said he would allow the winner of the 2022 gubernatorial election to appoint Sasse's replacement.^[125] The winner, Jim Pillen, ultimately decided to appoint his predecessor (Ricketts) to fill Sasse's seat.

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Pillen	91,459	33.9%
	Republican	Charles Herbster	80,642	29.9%
	Republican	Brett Lindstrom	70,487	26.1%
	Republican	Theresa Thibodeau	16,413	6.1%
	Republican	Breland Ridenour	4,682	1.7%
	Republican	Michael Connely	2,831	1.1%
	Republican	Donna Nicole Carpenter	1,533	0.6%
	Republican	Lela McNinch	1,192	0.4%
	Republican	Troy Wentz	708	0.3%
	Write-in		193	0.1%
Total votes			269,947	100.0%

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Blood	88,802	87.0%
	Democratic	Roy Harris	11,264	11.3%
	Write-in		1,574	1.7%
Total votes			100,066	100.0%

2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election^[126]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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the governorships of Arizona Maryland and Massachusetts Republicans picked up the governorship of Nevada making incumbent Democrat Steve Sisolak the only incumbent to lose his seat the first Democrat since the 2014 Illinois gubernatorial election and the first of any party since the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election This is the first midterm cycle since 1998 in which the non incumbent party suffered net losses the first since 1986 in which the incumbent party gained seats overall and the first since 1934 in which the president s party made net gains in both Senate seats and governorships 1 Democrats won the popular vote in this gubernatorial election cycle by 0 3 points making this the closest midterm gubernatorial election cycle since at least 1990 2 However the 2019 off year elections were won by Democrats with a smaller margin of 0 01 points Contents 1 Partisan composition 2 Election predictions 3 Race summary 3 1 States 3 2 Territories and federal district 4 Closest races 5 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3 R Likely R Likely R Likely R Likely R Tossup Lean R Likely R Safe R Stitt55 4 ROregon D 6 Kate Brown term limited 50 1 D Tossup Tossup Lean D Tossup Tossup Tossup Lean D Lean D Kotek47 0 DPennsylvania R 2 Tom Wolf term limited 57 8 D Likely D Lean D Likely D Likely D Lean D Likely D Solid D Likely D Shapiro56 5 DRhode Island D 8 Dan McKee 52 6 D Solid D Solid D Likely D Likely D Likely D Likely D Solid D Likely D McKee58 1 DSouth Carolina R 8 Henry McMaster 54 0 R Solid R Solid R Safe R Solid R Safe R Solid R Solid R Safe R McMaster58 1 RSouth Dakota R 16 Kristi Noem 51 0 R Solid R Solid R Safe R Likely R Likely R Solid R Solid R Safe R Noem62 0 RTennessee R 14 Bill Lee 59 6 R Solid R Solid R Safe R Solid R Safe R Solid R Solid R Safe R Lee64 9 RTexas R 5 Greg Abbott 55 8 R Likely R Solid R Likely R Likely R Lean R Likely R Solid R Likely R Abbott54 8 RVermont D 16 Phil Scott 68 5 R Solid R Solid R Safe R Solid R Safe R Solid R Solid R Safe R Scott71 3 RWisconsin R 2 Tony Evers 49 5 D Tossup Tossup Lean R flip Tossup Tossup Tossup Tossup Lean R flip Evers51 2 DWyoming R 25 Mark Gordon 67 1 R Solid R Solid R Safe R Solid R Safe R Solid R Solid R Safe R Gordon78 7 RRace summary EditStates Edit State Governor Party Firstelected Status Candidates 13 Alabama Kay Ivey Republican 2017 e Incumbent re elected Y Kay Ivey Republican 67 4 Yolanda Flowers Democratic 29 4 Jimmy Blake Libertarian 3 3 Alaska Mike Dunleavy Republican 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Mike Dunleavy Republican 50 3 Les Gara Democratic 24 2 Bill Walker Independent 20 7 Charlie Pierce Republican 4 5 Arizona Doug Ducey Republican 2014 Incumbent term limited New governor elected Democratic gain Y Katie Hobbs Democratic 50 3 Kari Lake Republican 49 7 Arkansas Asa Hutchinson Republican 2014 Incumbent term limited New governor elected Republican hold Y Sarah Huckabee Sanders Republican 63 0 Chris Jones Democratic 35 2 Ricky Harrington Libertarian 1 8 California Gavin Newsom Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Gavin Newsom Democratic 59 2 Brian Dahle Republican 40 8 Colorado Jared Polis Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Jared Polis Democratic 58 5 Heidi Ganahl Republican 39 2 Others Kevin Ruskusky Libertarian 1 2 Danielle Neuschwanger Constitution 0 9 Paul Fiorino Unity 0 3 Connecticut Ned Lamont Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Ned Lamont Democratic 55 9 Bob Stefanowski Republican 43 1 Robert Hotaling Independent 1 0 Florida Ron DeSantis Republican 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Ron DeSantis Republican 59 4 Charlie Crist Democratic 40 0 Carmen Gimenez Independent 0 4 Hector Roos Libertarian 0 2 Georgia Brian Kemp Republican 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Brian Kemp Republican 53 4 Stacey Abrams Democratic 45 9 Shane Hazel Libertarian 0 7 Hawaii David Ige Democratic 2014 Incumbent term limited New governor elected Democratic hold Y Josh Green Democratic 63 2 Duke Aiona Republican 36 8 Idaho Brad Little Republican 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Brad Little Republican 60 5 Stephen Heidt Democratic 20 3 Ammon Bundy Independent 17 2 Paul Sand Libertarian 1 1 Chantyrose Davison Constitution 0 9 Illinois J B Pritzker Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected Y J B Pritzker Democratic 54 9 Darren Bailey Republican 42 4 Scott Schluter Libertarian 2 7 Iowa Kim Reynolds Republican 2017 f Incumbent re elected Y Kim Reynolds Republican 58 0 Deidre DeJear Democratic 39 5 Rick Stewart Libertarian 2 4 Kansas Laura Kelly Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Laura Kelly Democratic 49 5 Derek Schmidt Republican 47 3 Dennis Pyle Independent 2 0 Seth Cordell Libertarian 1 1 Maine Janet Mills Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Janet Mills Democratic 55 7 Paul LePage Republican 42 4 Sam Hunkler Independent 1 9 Maryland Larry Hogan Republican 2014 Incumbent term limited New governor elected Democratic gain Y Wes Moore Democratic 64 7 Dan Cox Republican 32 2 Others David Lashar Libertarian 1 5 David Harding Working Class 0 9 Nancy Wallace Green 0 7 Massachusetts Charlie Baker Republican 2014 Incumbent retired New governor elected Democratic gain Y Maura Healey Democratic 63 8 Geoff Diehl Republican 34 7 Kevin Reed Libertarian 1 6 Michigan Gretchen Whitmer Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Gretchen Whitmer Democratic 54 5 Tudor Dixon Republican 43 9 Others Mary Buzuma Libertarian 0 9 Donna Brandenburg U S Taxpayers 0 4 Kevin Hogan Green 0 2 Daryl Simpson Natural Law 0 1 Minnesota Tim Walz DFL 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Tim Walz DFL 52 3 Scott Jensen Republican 44 6 Others James McCaskel Legal Marijuana Now 1 2 Steve Patterson GLC 0 9 Hugh McTavish IPM Alliance 0 7 Gabrielle Prosser Socialist Workers 0 3 Nebraska Pete Ricketts Republican 2014 Incumbent term limited New governor elected Republican hold Y Jim Pillen Republican 59 7 Carol Blood Democratic 36 3 Scott Zimmerman Libertarian 4 0 Nevada Steve Sisolak Democratic 2018 Incumbent lost re election New governor elected Republican gain Y Joe Lombardo Republican 48 8 Steve Sisolak Democratic 47 3 Others Brandon Davis Libertarian 1 5 None of These Candidates 1 5 Ed Bridges Independent American 1 0 New Hampshire Chris Sununu Republican 2016 Incumbent re elected Y Chris Sununu Republican 57 1 Tom Sherman Democratic 41 6 Kelly Halldorson Libertarian 0 8 Karlyn Borysenko Libertarian 0 5 New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Michelle Lujan Grisham Democratic 52 0 Mark Ronchetti Republican 45 6 Karen Bedonie Libertarian 2 4 New York Kathy Hochul Democratic 2021 g Incumbent elected to full term Y Kathy Hochul Democratic 53 2 Lee Zeldin Republican 46 8 Ohio Mike DeWine Republican 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Mike DeWine Republican 62 5 Nan Whaley Democratic 37 5 Oklahoma Kevin Stitt Republican 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Kevin Stitt Republican 55 4 Joy Hofmeister Democratic 41 8 Natalie Bruno Libertarian 1 4 Ervin Yen Independent 1 4 Oregon Kate Brown Democratic 2015 h Incumbent term limited New governor elected Democratic hold Y Tina Kotek Democratic 47 0 Christine Drazan Republican 43 6 Betsy Johnson Independent 8 6 Donice Smith Constitution 0 4 R Leon Noble Libertarian 0 4 Pennsylvania Tom Wolf Democratic 2014 Incumbent term limitedNew governor elected Democratic hold Y Josh Shapiro Democratic 56 5 Doug Mastriano Republican 41 7 Others Matt Hackenburg Libertarian 1 0 Christina DiGiulio Green 0 5 Joe Soloski Keystone 0 4 Rhode Island Dan McKee Democratic 2021 i Incumbent elected to full term Y Dan McKee Democratic 58 1 Ashley Kalus Republican 39 0 Others Zachary Hurwitz Independent 1 3 Paul Rianna Jr Independent 0 9 Elijah Gizzarelli Libertarian 0 8 South Carolina Henry McMaster Republican 2017 j Incumbent re elected Y Henry McMaster Republican 58 1 Joe Cunningham Democratic 40 7 Bruce Reeves Libertarian 1 2 South Dakota Kristi Noem Republican 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Kristi Noem Republican 62 0 Jamie Smith Democratic 35 2 Tracey Quint Libertarian 2 9 Tennessee Bill Lee Republican 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Bill Lee Republican 64 9 Jason Martin Democratic 32 9 Others John Gentry Independent 0 9 Constance Every Independent 0 6 Deborah Rouse Independent 0 2 Rick Tyler Independent 0 1 Charles Morgan Independent 0 1 Basil Marceaux Independent 0 1 Alfred O Neil Independent 0 1 Michael Scantland Independent 0 0 Texas Greg Abbott Republican 2014 Incumbent re elected Y Greg Abbott Republican 54 8 Beto O Rourke Democratic 43 9 Mark Tippetts Libertarian 1 0 Delilah Barrios Green 0 4 Vermont Phil Scott Republican 2016 Incumbent re elected Y Phil Scott Republican 71 3 Brenda Siegel Democratic 24 1 Others Kevin Hoyt Independent 2 1 Peter Duval Independent 1 7 Bernard Peters Independent 0 8 Wisconsin Tony Evers Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Tony Evers Democratic 51 2 Tim Michels Republican 47 8 Joan Ellis Beglinger Independent 1 0 Wyoming Mark Gordon Republican 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Mark Gordon Republican 78 7 Theresa Livingston Democratic 16 8 Jared Baldes Libertarian 4 5 Territories and federal district Edit Territory Governor Party Firstelected Status Candidates 14 15 District ofColumbia Muriel Bowser Democratic 2014 Incumbent re elected 16 Y Muriel Bowser Democratic 74 7 Red Grant Independent 14 9 Stacia Hall Republican 5 9 Dennis Sobin Libertarian 1 3 Guam Lou Leon Guerrero Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected 17 Y Lou Leon Guerrero Democratic 55 5 Felix Camacho Republican 44 1 Northern MarianaIslands Ralph Torres Republican 2015 k Incumbent lost re election 18 New governor elected Independent gain First round Y Ralph Torres Republican 38 8 Y Arnold Palacios Independent 33 2 Tina Sablan Democratic 28 0 Runoff Y Arnold Palacios Independent 54 1 Ralph Torres Republican 45 9 U S VirginIslands Albert Bryan Democratic 2018 Incumbent re elected Y Albert Bryan Democratic 56 0 Kurt Vialet Independent 38 2 Stephen Frett Independent Citizens Movement 3 4 Ronald Pickard Independent 1 1 Closest races EditStates where the margin of victory was under 1 Arizona 0 66 States where the margin of victory was under 5 Nevada 1 51 Kansas 2 21 Wisconsin 3 40 Oregon 3 42 States where the margin of victory was under 10 New Mexico 6 38 New York 6 40 Georgia 7 54 Minnesota 7 67 Northern Mariana Islands 8 28 Blue denotes races won by Democrats Red denotes races won by Republicans Grey denotes races won by Independents Alabama EditMain article 2022 Alabama gubernatorial election See also 2022 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election Alabama gubernatorial election 2018 November 8 2022 2026 Turnout38 5 Nominee Kay Ivey Yolanda FlowersParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 946 932 412 961Percentage 66 9 29 2 County resultsIvey 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Flowers 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Governor before electionKay IveyRepublican Elected Governor Kay IveyRepublicanIncumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey took office on April 10 2017 upon the resignation of former Governor Robert J Bentley and was elected to a full term in 2018 She ran for re election to a second full term in which she won her re election bid in a landslide 19 Primary elections in Alabama were held on May 24 Runoff elections for instances where no candidate received 50 plus one vote were scheduled for June 21 A runoff was avoided in the Republican primary with Ivey winning outright The Democratic primary advanced to a runoff between Malika Sanders Fortier and Yolanda Flowers with Flowers winning the Democratic nomination This was the first gubernatorial election in Alabama history in which both major party nominees were women Flowers was also the first Black female gubernatorial nominee in Alabama 20 Governor Ivey was re elected and sworn in for her second full term on January 16 2023 This is the only gubernatorial election in the 2020s to be won by a member of the Silent Generation Republican primary results 21 Party Candidate Votes Republican Kay Ivey incumbent 357 069 54 45 Republican Lynda Blanchard 126 202 19 25 Republican Tim James 106 181 16 19 Republican Lew Burdette 42 924 6 55 Republican Dean Odle 11 767 1 79 Republican Donald Trent Jones 3 821 0 58 Republican Dave Thomas 2 886 0 44 Republican Stacy Lee George 2 546 0 39 Republican Dean Young 2 356 0 36 Total votes 655 752 100 0 Democratic primary results 21 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Yolanda Rochelle Flowers 56 991 33 88 Democratic Malika Sanders Fortier 54 699 32 52 Democratic Patricia Jamieson Salter 19 691 11 71 Democratic Arthur Kennedy 15 630 9 29 Democratic Doug Smith 11 861 7 05 Democratic Chad Martin 9 352 5 56 Total votes 168 224 100 0 Democratic primary runoff results 21 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Yolanda Rochelle Flowers 32 529 55 14 Democratic Malika Sanders Fortier 26 469 44 86 Total votes 58 998 100 0 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial Election 22 Party Candidate Votes Republican Kay Ivey incumbent 946 932 66 91 7 45 Democratic Yolanda Rochelle Flowers 412 961 29 18 11 21 Libertarian James D Jimmy Blake 45 958 3 25 N AWrite in 9 432 0 67 0 52 Total votes 1 411 756 100 Turnout 1 419 718 38 50 Registered electors 3 687 753Republican holdAlaska EditMain article 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election Alaska gubernatorial election 20182026 Candidate Mike Dunleavy Les Gara Bill WalkerParty Republican Democratic IndependentRunning mate Nancy Dahlstrom Jessica Cook Heidi DrygasPopular vote 132 632 63 851 54 668Percentage 50 3 24 2 20 7 State House district resultsGovernor before electionMike DunleavyRepublican Elected Governor Mike DunleavyRepublicanIncumbent Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy won re election to a second term becoming the first Republican governor to be re elected to a second term since Jay Hammond in 1978 and the first governor regardless of political affiliation to be re elected to a second term since Tony Knowles in 1998 Primary election results 23 24 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mike Dunleavy incumbent Nancy Dahlstrom 76 534 40 43Democratic Les GaraJessica Cook 43 660 23 06Independent Bill WalkerHeidi Drygas 43 111 22 77Republican Charlie PierceEdie Grunwald 12 458 6 58Republican Christopher KurkaPaul Hueper 7 307 3 86Independence John HoweShellie Wyatt 1 702 0 90Republican Bruce WaldenTanya Lange 1 661 0 88Libertarian William S ToienShirley Rainbolt 1 381 0 73Republican David HaegWaynette Coleman 1 139 0 60Independent William NemecRonnie Ostrem 347 0 18Total votes 188 626 100 002022 Alaska gubernatorial election 25 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mike Dunleavy incumbent Nancy Dahlstrom 132 632 50 29 1 15 Democratic Les GaraJessica Cook 63 851 24 21 20 20 Independent Bill WalkerHeidi Drygas 54 668 20 73 18 70 Republican Charlie PierceEdie Grunwald withdrew l 11 817 4 48 N AWrite in 784 0 30 0 09 Total votes 263 752 100 0 Turnout 266 472 44 33 5 49 Registered electors 601 161Republican holdArizona EditMain article 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election Arizona gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Katie Hobbs Kari LakeParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 1 287 891 1 270 774Percentage 50 3 49 7 County results Hobbs 50 60 60 70 Lake 50 60 60 70 70 80 Governor before electionDoug DuceyRepublican Elected Governor Katie HobbsDemocraticIncumbent Republican governor Doug Ducey was term limited and ineligible to run for a third consecutive term Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs won the election against Republican former television anchor Kari Lake 27 Primaries were held on August 2 for both parties with Lake winning the Republican nomination and Hobbs winning the Democratic nomination making this the first gubernatorial election in Arizona history in which both major party candidates for governor were women Hobbs became the fifth female governor of Arizona with Arizona setting a record for the most female governors in American history 28 29 With the concurrent passage of Proposition 131 this will be the last gubernatorial election in Arizona without a lieutenant governor on the ticket 30 Going into the election most polling had Lake leading and analysts generally considered the race to either be a tossup or leaning towards the Republican Nonetheless Hobbs ultimately defeated Lake with 50 32 of the vote becoming the first Democrat elected governor of Arizona since Janet Napolitano in 2006 Lake refused to concede and filed a post election lawsuit in an attempt to overturn the results with all her claims either being dismissed or ruled against for lack of evidence 31 This race was one of six Republican held governorships up for election in 2022 taking place in a state that was carried by Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election With a margin of 0 67 it was the closest election of the 2022 gubernatorial election cycle Republican primary results 32 Party Candidate Votes Republican Kari Lake 398 860 47 97 Republican Karrin Taylor Robson 358 662 43 13 Republican Matt Salmon withdrawn 30 704 3 69 Republican Scott Neely 25 876 3 11 Republican Paola Tulliani Zen 17 281 2 08 Write in 105 0 01 Total votes 831 508 100 0 Democratic primary results 32 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Katie Hobbs 431 059 72 32 Democratic Marco A Lopez Jr 136 090 22 83 Democratic Aaron Lieberman withdrawn 28 878 4 85 Total votes 596 027 100 0 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election 33 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Katie Hobbs 1 287 891 50 32 8 48 Republican Kari Lake 1 270 774 49 65 6 35 Write in 820 0 03 0 01 Total votes 2 559 485 100 0 Turnout 2 592 313 62 56 Registered electors 4 143 929Democratic gain from RepublicanArkansas EditMain article 2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election See also 2022 Arkansas lieutenant gubernatorial election Arkansas gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Sarah Huckabee Sanders Chris JonesParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 571 105 319 242Percentage 63 0 35 2 County results Sanders 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Jones 40 50 50 60 60 70 Governor before electionAsa HutchinsonRepublican Elected Governor Sarah Huckabee SandersRepublicanIncumbent Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson is term limited and could not seek re election to a third term Arkansas is one of the nine states and one territory of the United States that limit governors to two terms for life in their constitutions along with California Delaware Maryland Michigan Mississippi Missouri Nevada the Northern Mariana Islands and Oklahoma Sarah Huckabee Sanders was sworn in on January 10 2023 34 35 Primary elections in Arkansas were held on May 24 Runoff elections for instances where no candidate receives over 50 of the vote were scheduled for June 21 Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders won the Republican nomination while Chris Jones won the Democratic nomination 36 Leading up to the Republican Primary Sanders received many endorsements from key Republican figures including Donald Trump Mike Pence incumbent Asa Hutchinson Arkansas entire U S Congressional delegation and dozens of GOP representatives from the State House and State Senate She cruised to a landslide victory in the primary and as Arkansas is a GOP stronghold her victory virtually guaranteed she would win the general election in which she defeated Jones by 28 points Jones became the first Democrat to win Washington County since 2010 and Sanders became the first Republican to win majority Black Crittenden County since her father in 1998 This is the first time ever that a Republican won three straight gubernatorial elections in the state s history Sanders became the first female Governor of Arkansas as well as the first daughter of a former governor to take office in United States history In addition with the election of Leslie Rutledge as lieutenant governor Arkansas along with Massachusetts became the first two U S states to have both a female governor and female lieutenant Governor serving at the same time Republican primary results 37 Party Candidate Votes Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders 289 249 83 14 Republican Francis Doc Washburn 58 638 16 86 Total votes 347 887 100 0 Democratic primary results 37 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Chris Jones 66 540 70 43 Democratic Anthony Bland 9 055 9 58 Democratic Jay Martin 7 731 8 18 Democratic James Rus Russell 6 421 6 80 Democratic Supha Xayprasith Mays 4 725 5 00 Total votes 94 472 100 0 2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election Party Candidate Votes Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders 571 105 62 96 2 37 Democratic Chris Jones 319 242 35 20 3 43 Libertarian Ricky Dale Harrington Jr 16 690 1 84 1 06 Total votes 907 037 100 00 N ATurnout 907 037 50 81 Registered electors 1 799 136Republican holdCalifornia EditMain article 2022 California gubernatorial election See also 2022 California lieutenant gubernatorial election California gubernatorial election 2021 recall 2026 Candidate Gavin Newsom Brian DahleParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 6 470 104 4 462 914Percentage 59 2 40 8 County resultsNewsom 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Dahle 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Governor before electionGavin NewsomDemocratic Elected Governor Gavin NewsomDemocraticIncumbent Democratic Party Governor Gavin Newsom ran and won re election to a second term after surviving a recall election in 2021 during his first term 38 The elections featured universal mail in ballots in person voting was also available 39 All statewide elected offices are currently held by Democrats Newsom won 61 9 of the vote in both the 2018 gubernatorial election and the 2021 recall election He received 55 9 of the top two primary vote and faced Republican Party state senator Brian Dahle who received 17 7 of the primary vote in the general election 40 Newsom easily won re election with 59 2 of the vote to Dahle s 40 8 but with a smaller margin of victory than in 2018 Dahle flipped five counties that Newsom carried in 2018 namely Lake Merced although Merced voted to recall Newsom Orange San Bernardino and San Joaquin Dahle received 32 of the vote in Los Angeles County a respectable performance for a Republican in the Democratic stronghold Primary results 41 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Gavin Newsom incumbent 3 945 728 55 9Republican Brian Dahle 1 252 800 17 7No party preference Michael Shellenberger 290 286 4 1Republican Jenny Rae Le Roux 246 665 3 5Republican Anthony Trimino 246 322 3 5Republican Shawn Collins 173 083 2 5Green Luis J Rodriguez 124 672 1 8Republican Leo S Zacky 94 521 1 3Republican Major Williams 92 580 1 3Republican Robert C Newman II 82 849 1 2Democratic Joel Ventresca 66 885 0 9Republican David Lozano 66 542 0 9Republican Ronald A Anderson 53 554 0 8No party preference Reinette Senum 53 015 0 8Democratic Armando Perez Serrato 45 474 0 6Republican Ron Jones 38 337 0 5Republican Daniel R Mercuri 36 396 0 5Green Heather Collins 29 690 0 4Democratic Anthony Fanara 25 086 0 4Republican Cristian Raul Morales 22 304 0 3Republican Lonnie Sortor 21 044 0 3No party preference Frederic C Schultz 17 502 0 2No party preference Woodrow Sanders III 16 204 0 2No party preference James G Hanink 10 110 0 1No party preference Serge Fiankan 6 201 0 1No party preference Bradley Zink 5 997 0 1American Independent Jeff Scott write in 13 0 0Republican Gurinder Bhangoo write in 8 0 0Total votes 7 063 868 100 02022 California gubernatorial election 42 43 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Gavin Newsom incumbent 6 470 104 59 18 2 77 Republican Brian Dahle 4 462 914 40 82 2 77 Total votes 10 933 018 100 0 N ATurnout 10 933 018 50 80 Registered electors 21 940 274Democratic holdColorado EditMain article 2022 Colorado gubernatorial election Colorado gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Jared Polis Heidi GanahlParty Democratic RepublicanRunning mate Dianne Primavera Danny MoorePopular vote 1 468 481 983 040Percentage 58 5 39 2 County results Polis 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Ganahl 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Governor before electionJared PolisDemocratic Elected Governor Jared PolisDemocraticIncumbent Democratic Governor Jared Polis won re election to a second term defeating Republican University of Colorado regent Heidi Ganahl The primary election was held on June 28 44 Polis s 2022 victory marked the first time in American history that an openly gay politician was re elected governor of a state 45 Polis had the best performance for a re elected Colorado governor since Bill Owens in 2002 the best for a Democrat since Roy Romer in 1990 and the highest raw vote total ever in a Colorado gubernatorial race Democratic primary results 46 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jared Polis incumbent 523 489 100 00 Total votes 523 489 100 00 Republican primary results 47 Party Candidate Votes Republican Heidi Ganahl 341 157 53 87 Republican Greg Lopez 292 187 46 13 Total votes 633 344 100 0 2022 Colorado gubernatorial election 48 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jared Polis incumbent Dianne Primavera incumbent 1 468 481 58 53 5 11 Republican Heidi GanahlDanny Moore 983 040 39 18 3 62 Libertarian Kevin RuskuskyMichele Poague 28 939 1 15 1 60 American Constitution Danielle NeuschwangerDarryl Gibbs 21 623 0 86 N AUnity Paul Noel FiorinoCynthia Munhos de Aquino Sirianni 6 687 0 27 0 75 Write in 60 0 0 N ATotal votes 2 508 830 100 0 N ATurnout 2 540 680 66 28 Registered electors 3 833 360Democratic holdConnecticut EditMain article 2022 Connecticut gubernatorial election Connecticut gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Ned Lamont Bob StefanowskiParty Democratic RepublicanRunning mate Susan Bysiewicz Laura DevlinPopular vote 709 482 546 209Percentage 55 9 43 1 County results Lamont 50 60 Stefanowski 50 60 Governor before electionNed LamontDemocratic Elected Governor Ned LamontDemocraticGovernor Ned Lamont was elected in 2018 with 49 4 of the vote and is ran for re election for a second term The race simultaneously took place with the election to the state s Class III Senate seat This election featured a rematch of the previous 2018 gubernatorial election pitting Lamont against Republican Bob Stefanowski who he previously defeated by 3 2 of the vote 49 This time Lamont won re election by a wider margin becoming the first Democrat to win a gubernatorial election by more than 5 points in the state since 1986 This is the first time since 1994 that Tolland County voted Democratic in a gubernatorial election 2022 Connecticut gubernatorial election 50 51 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ned Lamont m incumbent Susan Bysiewicz m incumbent 710 186 55 97 6 60 Republican Bob StefanowskiLaura Devlin 546 209 43 05 3 16 Independent Robert HotalingStewart Chip Beckett 12 400 0 98 N AGreen Michelle Louise Bicking write in Cassandra Martineau write in 98 0 0 N ATotal votes 1 268 893 100 0 Turnout 1 292 847 57 57 Registered electors 2 245 844Democratic holdFlorida EditMain article 2022 Florida gubernatorial election Florida gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Ron DeSantis Charlie CristParty Republican DemocraticRunning mate Jeanette Nunez Karla Hernandez MatsPopular vote 4 614 210 3 106 313Percentage 59 4 40 0 County resultsDeSantis 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Crist 50 60 60 70 Governor before electionRon DeSantisRepublican Elected Governor Ron DeSantisRepublicanGovernor Ron DeSantis was elected in 2018 with 49 6 of the vote and ran for reelection to a second term 52 Andrew Gillum former mayor of Tallahassee and Democratic nominee for governor in 2018 did not run against DeSantis again 53 54 U S Representative and former Republican governor of Florida Charlie Crist was the Democratic nominee 55 Also seeking the Democratic nomination was Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried 56 DeSantis won re election by a sizable margin due to the state as a whole swinging further Republican than it voted in the 2020 United States presidential election and continuing the state s rightward shift since the 2008 United States presidential election County flips by DeSantis were Miami Dade Palm Beach Hillsborough and Osceola counties all of which were previous Democratic party strongholds these counties notably have relatively high Latino populations for which their growth in support for the Republican Party was further cemented 57 58 This election was seen by many to more firmly assert Florida s status as a red state and not a swing state 59 58 Democratic primary results 60 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Charlie Crist 904 524 59 71 Democratic Nicole Nikki Fried 535 480 35 35 Democratic Cadance Daniel 38 198 2 52 Democratic Robert L Willis 36 786 2 43 Total votes 1 513 180 100 0 2022 Florida gubernatorial election 61 62 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ron DeSantis incumbent Jeanette Nunez incumbent 4 614 210 59 37 9 78 Democratic Charlie CristKarla Hernandez 3 106 313 39 97 9 22 Independent Carmen Jackie GimenezKyle KC Gibson 31 577 0 41 N ALibertarian Hector RoosJerry Tub Rorabaugh 19 299 0 25 N ATotal votes 7 771 399 100 0 N ATurnout 7 796 916 53 76 Registered electors 14 503 978Republican holdGeorgia EditMain article 2022 Georgia gubernatorial electionSee also 2022 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial electionGeorgia gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Brian Kemp Stacey AbramsParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 2 111 572 1 813 673Percentage 53 4 45 9 County resultsKemp 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Abrams 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Governor before electionBrian KempRepublican Elected Governor Brian KempRepublicanIncumbent Republican governor Brian Kemp won re election to a second term defeating Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams in a rematch Abrams conceded on election night 63 The primary occurred on May 24 2022 64 Kemp was sworn in for a second term on January 12 2023 Kemp was endorsed by former Vice President Mike Pence He faced a primary challenge from former U S Senator David Perdue who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump after Kemp refused to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia 65 Stacey Abrams the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and founder of Fair Fight Action who was narrowly defeated by Kemp in the 2018 gubernatorial election was once again the Democratic nominee for the governorship This was Georgia s first gubernatorial rematch since 1950 66 Libertarian Shane T Hazel the Libertarian nominee for U S Senate in 2020 also declared he would run 67 This race was one of six Republican held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election 68 Despite Kemp s narrow 55 000 vote victory in 2018 which was Georgia s closest gubernatorial election since 1966 he went on to win by 300 000 votes 7 5 the largest raw vote victory for a Georgia governor since 2006 The race was seen as a potential benefit to Herschel Walker who ran in the concurrent Senate race as it was speculated Kemp s strong performance could help Walker avoid a runoff He vastly underperformed compared to Kemp however and lost to incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in the December 6 runoff election term 69 Republican primary results 70 Party Candidate Votes Republican Brian Kemp incumbent 888 078 73 72 Republican David Perdue 262 389 21 78 Republican Kandiss Taylor 41 232 3 42 Republican Catherine Davis 9 778 0 81 Republican Tom Williams 3 255 0 27 Total votes 1 204 742 100 0 Democratic primary results 70 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Stacey Abrams 727 168 100 0 Total votes 727 168 100 0 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election 71 Party Candidate Votes Republican Brian Kemp incumbent 2 111 572 53 41 3 19 Democratic Stacey Abrams 1 813 673 45 88 2 95 Libertarian Shane T Hazel 28 163 0 71 0 24 Total votes 3 953 408 100 00 Turnout 3 964 926 57 02 Registered electors 6 953 485Republican holdHawaii EditMain article 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election Hawaii gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Josh Green Duke AionaParty Democratic RepublicanRunning mate Sylvia Luke Seaula Tupa i Jr Popular vote 261 025 152 237Percentage 63 2 36 8 County resultsGreen 50 60 60 70 Governor before electionDavid IgeDemocratic Elected Governor Josh GreenDemocraticIncumbent Democratic Governor David Ige was term limited and ineligible to run for a third term Incumbent lieutenant governor Josh Green was the Democratic nominee and faced former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona the Republican nominee This marked the third time Aiona had been the Republican gubernatorial nominee having previously run unsuccessfully in 2010 and 2014 Green won the election with 63 2 of the vote with Aiona receiving 36 8 of the vote 72 73 Green s performance was the highest percentage of the vote ever received by any gubernatorial candidate in the state s history Despite this Aiona performed 3 points better and received 20 000 more raw votes than Andria Tupola did in 2018 Democratic primary results 74 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Josh Green 158 161 62 91 Democratic Vicky Cayetano 52 447 20 86 Democratic Kai Kahele 37 738 15 01 Democratic Van Tanabe 1 236 0 49 Democratic Richard Kim 991 0 39 Democratic David Bourgoin 590 0 23 Democratic Clyde Lewman 249 0 10 Total votes 251 412 100 0 Republican primary results 75 Party Candidate Votes Republican Duke Aiona 37 608 49 57 Republican B J Penn 19 817 26 12 Republican Gary Cordery 8 258 10 88 Republican Heidi Haunani Tsuneyoshi 7 255 9 56 Republican Lynn Barry Mariano 903 1 19 Republican Paul Morgan 796 1 05 Republican Keline Kahau 469 0 62 Republican Walter Woods 438 0 58 Republican Moses Paskowitz 189 0 25 Republican George Hawat 140 0 18 Total votes 75 873 100 0 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election 76 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Josh GreenSylvia Luke 259 901 63 21 0 54Republican Duke AionaSeaula Tupa i Jr 151 258 36 79 3 09Total votes 411 159 100 00 Turnout 417 215 48 44 4 24Registered electors 861 358Democratic holdIdaho EditMain article 2022 Idaho gubernatorial electionSee also 2022 Idaho lieutenant gubernatorial election Idaho gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Brad Little Stephen Heidt Ammon BundyParty Republican Democratic IndependentPopular vote 358 598 120 160 101 835Percentage 60 5 20 3 17 2 County resultsLittle 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Heidt 50 60 Governor before electionBrad LittleRepublican Elected Governor Brad LittleRepublicanGovernor Brad Little was elected in 2018 with 59 8 of the vote and is ran for re election to a second term Little won his re election bid by a landslide defeating his Democratic challenger Stephen Heidt Incumbent lieutenant governor Janice McGeachin announced a primary challenge to Little but Little won the Republican primary 77 Anti government activist Ammon Bundy also announced a run for the Republican nomination but switched to an Independent on February 17 2022 78 The Democratic nominee is Stephen Heidt 79 Republican primary Party Candidate Votes Republican Brad Little incumbent 148 831 52 8Republican Janice McGeachin 90 854 32 2Republican Ed Humphreys 30 877 11 0Republican Steve Bradshaw 5 470 1 9Republican Ashley Jackson 3 172 1 1Republican Lisa Marie 1 119 0 4Republican Ben Cannady 804 0 3Republican Cody Usabel 680 0 2Total votes 281 807 100Democratic primary Party Candidate Votes Democratic Stephen Heidt 25 088 78 8Democratic Write ins 6 757 21 2Total votes 31 845 1002022 Idaho gubernatorial election 80 81 Party Candidate Votes Republican Brad Little incumbent 358 598 60 52 0 76 Democratic Stephen Heidt 120 160 20 28 17 91 Independent Ammon Bundy 101 835 17 19 N ALibertarian Paul Sand 6 714 1 13 0 05 Constitution Chantyrose Davison 5 250 0 89 0 07 Total votes 592 557 100 0 N ATurnout 599 353 57 18 4 24Registered electors 1 048 263Republican holdIllinois EditMain article 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election Illinois gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee J B Pritzker Darren BaileyParty Democratic RepublicanRunning mate Juliana Stratton Stephanie TrussellPopular vote 2 253 748 1 739 095Percentage 54 9 42 4 County resultsPritzker 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Bailey 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Governor before electionJ B PritzkerDemocratic Elected Governor J B PritzkerDemocraticGovernor J B Pritzker was elected in 2018 with 54 5 of the vote and ran for a second term 82 In the general election Pritzker won re election with 54 9 of the vote Republican candidates who announced their candidacy included Richard Irvin Darren Bailey Gary Rabine Paul Schimpf and Jesse Sullivan Bailey won the primary on June 28 83 Democratic primary results 84 85 Party Candidate Votes Democratic J B Pritzker incumbent Juliana Stratton incumbent 810 989 91 88 Democratic Beverly MilesKarla Shaw 71 704 8 12 Total votes 882 693 100 0 Republican primary results 84 86 Party Candidate Votes Republican Darren BaileyStephanie Trussell 458 102 57 48 Republican Jesse SullivanKathleen Murphy 125 094 15 70 Republican Richard IrvinAvery Bourne 119 592 15 00 Republican Gary RabineAaron Del Mar 52 194 6 55 Republican Paul SchimpfCarolyn Schofield 34 676 4 35 Republican Max SolomonLatasha H Fields 7 371 0 92 Total votes 797 029 100 0 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election 87 Party Candidate Votes Democratic J B Pritzker incumbent Juliana Stratton incumbent 2 253 748 54 91 0 38 Republican Darren BaileyStephanie Trussell 1 739 095 42 37 3 54 Libertarian Scott SchluterJohn Phillips 111 712 2 72 0 32 Write in 81 0 0 0 01 Total votes 4 104 636 100 0 Turnout Registered electorsDemocratic holdIowa EditMain article 2022 Iowa gubernatorial election Iowa gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Kim Reynolds Deidre DeJearParty Republican DemocraticRunning mate Adam Gregg Eric Van LanckerPopular vote 709 198 482 950Percentage 58 0 39 5 County resultsReynolds 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 DeJear 50 60 60 70 Governor before electionKim ReynoldsRepublican Elected Governor Kim ReynoldsRepublicanGovernor Kim Reynolds took office on May 24 2017 upon the resignation of Terry Branstad and was elected to a full term in her own right in 2018 with 50 3 of the vote She ran for re election to a second full term 88 During the General election Incumbent Republican Governor Kim Reynolds won re election in a landslide defeating Democratic nominee Deidre DeJear Democrat Deidre DeJear who announced her candidacy in August 2021 89 was the Democratic nominee 90 Republican primary results 91 Party Candidate Votes Republican Kim Reynolds incumbent 185 293 99 03 Write in 1 808 0 97 Total votes 187 101 100 0 Democratic primary results 91 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Deidre DeJear 145 555 99 45 Democratic Write ins 801 0 55 Total votes 146 356 100 0 2022 Iowa gubernatorial election 92 Party Candidate Votes Republican Kim Reynolds incumbent Adam Gregg incumbent 709 198 58 04 7 78 Democratic Deidre DeJearEric Van Lacker 482 950 39 53 8 00 Libertarian Rick StewartMarco Battaglia 28 998 2 37 0 84 Write in 718 0 06 0 02 Total votes 1 220 864 100 00Turnout 1 230 416 55 06 Registered electors 2 234 666Republican holdKansas EditMain article 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election Kansas gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Laura Kelly Derek SchmidtParty Democratic RepublicanRunning mate David Toland Katie SawyerPopular vote 499 849 477 591Percentage 49 5 47 3 County resultsKelly 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Schmidt 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Governor before electionLaura KellyDemocratic Elected Governor Laura KellyDemocraticGovernor Laura Kelly a Democrat was elected in 2018 with 48 of the vote and ran running for re election to a second term 93 On the Republican side Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt ran against her 94 Kelly narrowly won re election defeating Schmidt by 49 4 of the vote to 47 4 and by a margin of 20 614 votes in a minor upset Laura Kelly won the election by a margin of 2 2 percentage points over Derek Schmidt similar to the percentage of votes that independent Dennis Pyle received Kansas Republican Party Chair Mike Kuckelman pointed to this as evidence that Pyle was somewhat responsible for Schmidt s defeat However Pyle insisted that Kansas needed a strong conservative candidate and instead highlighted Schmidt s underperformance compared to other Republican candidates in Kansas 95 Kelly s personal popularity was also a factor in her victory where a majority of voters approved of Kelly s job performance while only a third did so for President Joe Biden 96 97 Her win was also propelled by Democratic candidates increased strength in suburban areas such as Johnson County in spite of Schmidt s increased vote share from 2018 in the Republican strongholds of rural Kansas 98 Democratic primary results 99 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Laura Kelly incumbent David Toland incumbent 270 968 93 84Democratic Richard KarnowskiBarry Franco 17 802 6 16Total votes 288 770 100Republican primary results 99 Party Candidate Votes Republican Derek SchmidtKatie Sawyer 373 524 80 60Republican Arlyn BriggsLance Berland 89 898 19 40Total votes 463 422 1002022 Kansas gubernatorial election 100 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Laura Kelly incumbent David Toland incumbent 499 849 49 54 1 53 Republican Derek SchmidtKatie Sawyer 477 591 47 33 4 35 Independent Dennis PyleKathleen Garrison 20 452 2 03 N ALibertarian Seth CordellEvan Laudick Gains 11 106 1 10 0 80 Total votes 1 008 998 100 0 Turnout 47 94 Democratic holdMaine EditMain article 2022 Maine gubernatorial election Maine gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Janet Mills Paul LePageParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 376 934 287 304Percentage 55 7 42 4 County resultsMills 40 50 50 60 60 70 LePage 40 50 50 60 60 70 Governor before electionJanet MillsDemocratic Elected Governor Janet MillsDemocraticGovernor Janet Mills a Democrat was first elected in 2018 with 50 9 of the vote Mills easily won re election soundly defeating Paul LePage by over 13 points 55 7 42 4 101 Hunkler took 1 9 Mills s margin of victory was the largest for any Maine gubernatorial candidate since Angus King won re election in 1998 and the largest victory for a statewide Democratic candidate since George J Mitchell won re election to the US Senate in 1988 Democratic primary results 102 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Janet Mills incumbent 69 422 93 42 Democratic Blank ballots 4 889 6 58 Total votes 74 311 100 0 Republican primary results 102 Party Candidate Votes Republican Paul LePage 59 713 90 91 Republican Blank ballots 5 971 9 09 Total votes 65 684 100 0 2022 Maine gubernatorial election 103 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Janet Mills incumbent 376 934 55 69 4 80 Republican Paul LePage 287 304 42 45 0 73 Independent Sam Hunkler 12 581 1 86 N ATotal votes 676 819 100 0 N ATurnout Registered electorsDemocratic holdMaryland EditMain article 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election Maryland gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Wes Moore Dan CoxParty Democratic RepublicanRunning mate Aruna Miller Gordana SchifanelliPopular vote 1 293 944 644 000Percentage 64 7 32 2 Moore 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Cox 50 60 60 70 70 80 Governor before electionLarry HoganRepublican Elected Governor Wes MooreDemocraticIncumbent Governor Larry Hogan the two term Republican was term limited and could not seek re election to a third consecutive term The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on July 19 104 with state delegate Dan Cox securing the Republican nomination while author and former nonprofit CEO Wes Moore won the Democratic nomination Political observers gave Moore a strong chance of defeating Cox in the general election in this reliably Democratic state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1 Shortly after polls closed several national news organizations called the election for Moore Moore became the first African American governor of Maryland after being sworn in on January 18 2023 105 This race was also one of six Republican held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and one of three that voted for Biden by double digits Moore flipped six counties that had voted for Hogan in 2018 and his electoral strength largely came from densely populated Prince George s County and Baltimore where he improved on the margins of 2018 Democratic nominee Ben Jealous by roughly 20 percent Moore s margin of victory was the highest of any gubernatorial candidate in the state since William Donald Schaefer in 1986 106 2022 107 Neuman 108 Republican primary results 109 Party Candidate Votes Republican Dan CoxGordana Schifanelli 153 423 52 00 Republican Kelly SchulzJeff Woolford 128 302 43 48 Republican Robin FickerLeRoy F Yegge Jr 8 268 2 80 Republican Joe WernerMinh Thanh Luong 5 075 1 72 Total votes 295 068 100 0 Democratic primary results 109 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Wes MooreAruna Miller 217 524 32 41 Democratic Tom PerezShannon Sneed 202 175 30 12 Democratic Peter FranchotMonique Anderson Walker 141 586 21 10 Democratic Rushern Baker withdrawn Nancy Navarro withdrawn 26 594 3 96 Democratic Doug GanslerCandace Hollingsworth 25 481 3 80 Democratic John King Jr Michelle Siri 24 882 3 71 Democratic Ashwani JainLaTrece Hawkins Lytes 13 784 2 05 Democratic Jon BaronNatalie Williams 11 880 1 77 Democratic Jerome SegalJustinian M Dispenza 4 276 0 64 Democratic Ralph JaffeMark Greben 2 978 0 44 Total votes 671 160 100 0 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election 110 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Wes MooreAruna Miller 1 293 944 64 53 21 02 Republican Dan CoxGordana Schifanelli 644 000 32 12 24 23 Libertarian David LasharChristiana Logansmith 30 101 1 50 0 93 Working Class David HardingCathy White 17 154 0 86 N AGreen Nancy WallacePatrick Elder 14 580 0 73 0 25 Write in 5 444 0 27 0 19 Total votes 2 005 223 100 0 N ATurnout 2 031 635 49 26 9 80 Registered electors 4 124 156Democratic gain from RepublicanMassachusetts EditMain article 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election Massachusetts gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Maura Healey Geoff DiehlParty Democratic RepublicanRunning mate Kim Driscoll Leah Cole AllenPopular vote 1 584 403 859 343Percentage 63 7 34 6 County resultsHealey 50 60 60 70 70 80 Governor before electionCharlie BakerRepublican Elected Governor Maura HealeyDemocraticGovernor Charlie Baker was re elected to a second term in 2018 with 66 6 of the vote Because Massachusetts does not have gubernatorial term limits in its Constitution he was eligible to run for re election for a third term However in December 2021 Baker announced he would not be running for re election 111 112 Geoff Diehl a former state representative and Chris Doughty were running for the Republican nomination Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey and state senator Sonia Chang Diaz were running for the Democratic nomination Diehl and Healey won their respective primaries on September 6 Due to Massachusetts s strong liberal lean and Diehl s conservative political views Healey was widely expected to win the election The general election was called for the Democrat shortly after polls closed with Healey becoming the first woman ever elected governor of Massachusetts and the first openly lesbian governor to take office in United States history 113 Republican primary results 114 Party Candidate Votes Republican Geoff Diehl 149 800 55 44 Republican Chris Doughty 120 418 44 56 Total votes 270 218 100 0 Democratic primary results 114 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Maura Healey 642 092 85 54 Democratic Sonia Chang Diaz withdrawn 108 574 14 46 Total votes 750 666 100 0 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 115 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Maura HealeyKim Driscoll 1 584 403 63 74 30 62 Republican Geoff DiehlLeah Cole Allen 859 343 34 57 32 03 Libertarian Kevin ReedPeter Everett 39 244 1 58 N AWrite in 2 806 0 11 0 17 Total votes 2 485 796 100 0 Turnout 2 511 461 51 4 9 37 Registered electorsDemocratic gain from RepublicanMichigan EditMain article 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election Michigan gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Gretchen Whitmer Tudor DixonParty Democratic RepublicanRunning mate Garlin Gilchrist Shane HernandezPopular vote 2 430 505 1 960 635Percentage 54 5 43 9 County resultsWhitmer 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Dixon 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Governor before electionGretchen WhitmerDemocratic Elected Governor Gretchen WhitmerDemocraticIncumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer ran for re election to a second term and faced former political commentator Tudor Dixon in the general election 116 Whitmer defeated Dixon by a vote margin of nearly 11 percentage points a larger victory than when she was first elected four years prior Democratic primary results 117 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Gretchen Whitmer incumbent 938 382 100 0 Total votes 938 382 100 0 Republican primary results 117 Party Candidate Votes Republican Tudor Dixon 436 350 39 69 Republican Kevin Rinke 236 306 21 50 Republican Garrett Soldano 192 442 17 51 Republican Ryan Kelley 165 587 15 06 Republican Ralph Rebandt 45 046 4 10 Write in 23 542 2 14 Total votes 1 099 273 100 0 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election 118 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Gretchen Whitmer incumbent Garlin Gilchrist incumbent 2 430 505 54 47 1 16 Republican Tudor DixonShane Hernandez 1 960 635 43 94 0 19 Libertarian Mary BuzumaBrian Ellison 38 800 0 87 0 46 Constitution Donna BrandenburgMellissa Carone 16 246 0 36 0 33 Green Kevin HoganDestiny Clayton 10 766 0 24 0 44 Natural Law Daryl M SimpsonDoug Dern 4 973 0 11 0 13 Write in 47 0 00 0 0 Total votes 4 461 972 100 0 TurnoutRegistered electorsDemocratic holdMinnesota EditMain article 2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election Minnesota gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Tim Walz Scott JensenParty Democratic DFL RepublicanRunning mate Peggy Flanagan Matt BirkPopular vote 1 312 349 1 119 941Percentage 52 3 44 6 Walz 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Jensen 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Governor before electionTim WalzMinnesota DFL Elected Governor Tim WalzMinnesota DFLIncumbent Democratic DFL Governor Tim Walz defeated the Republican nominee former state senator Scott Jensen 119 winning a second term 120 In the end Jensen s advantage in rural Greater Minnesota could not overcome Walz s large lead in the Twin Cities metropolitan area with Walz going on to win the election with a comfortable 7 7 margin However this was the first time ever in Walz s career that he lost Minnesota s 1st congressional district the district that he used to represent in Congress and prior to this election carried seven times in a row This election was also the first time ever that Walz failed to carry the following counties in any election which he ran in Freeborn County Houston County Mower County and Winona County Winona County was significant given the fact that President Joe Biden carried the county in 2020 Democratic Farmer Labor primary results 121 Party Candidate Votes Democratic DFL Tim Walz incumbent 416 973 96 54 Democratic DFL Ole Savior 14 950 3 46 Total votes 431 923 100 0 Republican primary results 121 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Jensen 288 499 89 31 Republican Joyce Lynne Lacey 21 308 6 60 Republican Bob Again Carney Jr 13 213 4 09 Total votes 323 020 100 0 2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election 122 123 Party Candidate Votes Democratic DFL Tim Walz incumbent Peggy Flanagan incumbent 1 312 349 52 27 1 57 Republican Scott JensenMatt Birk 1 119 941 44 61 2 18 Legal Marijuana Now James McCaskelDavid Sandbeck 29 346 1 17 N AGrassroots LC Steve PattersonMatt Huff 22 599 0 90 1 75 Independence Hugh McTavishMike Winter 18 156 0 72 N ASocialist Workers Gabrielle ProsserKevin Dwire 7 241 0 29 N AWrite in 1 029 0 04 0 0 Total votes 2 510 661 100 0 Turnout 2 525 873 61 01 Registered electors 4 140 218Democratic DFL holdNebraska EditMain article 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election Nebraska gubernatorial election 20182026 Nominee Jim Pillen Carol BloodParty Republican DemocraticRunning mate Joe Kelly Al DavisPopular vote 398 334 242 006Percentage 59 7 36 3 County resultsPillen 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Blood 50 60 Governor before electionPete RickettsRepublican Elected Governor Jim PillenRepublicanIncumbent Republican Governor Pete Ricketts was re elected to a second term in 2018 He was term limited by the Nebraska Constitution in 2022 and could not seek re election for a third consecutive term Incumbent Republican Governor Pete Ricketts was term limited and unable to seek a third term 124 In the general election Republican Jim Pillen went on to win the gubernatorial election by a 23 point margin Nebraska s primary elections were held on May 10 Former University of Nebraska Board of Regents chair Jim Pillen won the Republican nomination while state senator Carol Blood won the Democratic nomination The race took on increased importance in October 2022 when U S Senator Ben Sasse announced he would resign and Ricketts said he would allow the winner of the 2022 gubernatorial election to appoint Sasse s replacement 125 The winner Jim Pillen ultimately decided to appoint his predecessor Ricketts to fill Sasse s seat Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes Republican Jim Pillen 91 459 33 9 Republican Charles Herbster 80 642 29 9 Republican Brett Lindstrom 70 487 26 1 Republican Theresa Thibodeau 16 413 6 1 Republican Breland Ridenour 4 682 1 7 Republican Michael Connely 2 831 1 1 Republican Donna Nicole Carpenter 1 533 0 6 Republican Lela McNinch 1 192 0 4 Republican Troy Wentz 708 0 3 Write in 193 0 1 Total votes 269 947 100 0 Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Carol Blood 88 802 87 0 Democratic Roy Harris 11 264 11 3 Write in 1 574 1 7 Total votes 100 066 100 0 2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election 126 Party Candidate Votes Republican link, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article , read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. © Copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved  |   www.wiki3.en-us.nina.az Rss Feed SiteMap Ping DMCA Contact Us HomePage Closed Call: