United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3, 1981, in two states and one territory. Both state seats were open due to term limits, and both also switched parties, resulting in zero net change for both parties.
1981, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, were, held, november, 1981, states, territory, both, state, seats, were, open, term, limits, both, also, switched, parties, resulting, zero, change, both, parties, 1980, . United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3 1981 in two states and one territory Both state seats were open due to term limits and both also switched parties resulting in zero net change for both parties 1981 United States gubernatorial elections 1980 November 3 1981 1982 3 governorships 2 states 1 territory Majority party Minority party Party Democratic Republican Seats before 27 23 Seats after 27 23 Seat change Seats up 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Republican gain Democratic gain Contents 1 Election results 1 1 States 1 2 Territories 2 ReferencesElection results editStates edit State Incumbent Party Firstelected Result Candidates New Jersey 1 Brendan Byrne Democratic 1973 Incumbent term limited New governor elected Republican gain nbsp Y Thomas Kean Republican 49 5 James Florio Democratic 49 4 Virginia 2 John N Dalton Republican 1977 Incumbent term limited New governor elected Democratic gain nbsp Y Chuck Robb Democratic 53 6 Marshall Coleman Republican 46 4 Territories edit State Incumbent Party Firstelected Result Candidates Northern Mariana Islands 3 additional citation s needed Carlos Camacho Democratic 1977 Incumbent lost re election New governor elected Republican gain nbsp Y Pedro Tenorio Republican Carlos Camacho Popular Democratic Herman Guerrero Democratic References edit Votes Cast for the Office of Governor of the State of New Jersey PDF Secretary of State of New Jersey 1981 Retrieved August 7 2023 Official Election Results 1981 PDF Virginia State Board of Elections 1981 Retrieved August 7 2023 Northern Marianas Governor Defeated The Blade Associated Press November 3 1981 p 3 Retrieved August 7 2023 via Google News Archive nbsp nbsp This American elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1981 United States gubernatorial elections amp oldid 1182523227, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
