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Elections / 2022 · Governors

Democrats won the most governorships up in 2022.

35 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 18, Republicans 17. Each state below links to its candidate and county-level results.

2022 governor elections
2022 governor margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 2022 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · R+38.0Alaska · R+26.2Arizona · D+0.7Colorado · D+19.4Florida · R+19.4Georgia · R+7.5Indiana · —Kansas · D+2.2Maine · D+13.1Massachusetts · D+29.2Minnesota · D+7.7New Jersey · —North Carolina · —North Dakota · —Oklahoma · R+13.7Pennsylvania · D+14.8South Dakota · R+26.8Texas · R+10.9Wyoming · R+61.9Connecticut · D+12.8Missouri · —West Virginia · —Illinois · D+12.5New Mexico · D+6.4Arkansas · R+28.0California · D+18.4Delaware · —District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+26.3Iowa · R+18.5Kentucky · —Maryland · D+32.4Michigan · D+10.2Mississippi · —Montana · —New Hampshire · R+15.5New York · D+6.0Ohio · R+25.0Oregon · D+3.4Tennessee · —Utah · —Virginia · —Washington · —Wisconsin · D+3.4Nebraska · R+23.4South Carolina · R+17.4Idaho · R+40.2Nevada · R+1.5Vermont · R+47.0Louisiana · —Rhode Island · D+19.1
2022governor margin
D+60
R+60
States that elected a governor in 2022, each filled by its result. States without a race this cycle are faint.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+47.0NHR+15.5MAD+29.2RID+19.1CTD+12.8MDD+32.4
Governor coverage is 2018–2024 (the precinct-data era); odd-year states and earlier cycles are pending sourcing.
How the governorships split
35 races decided this cycle.
Democratic 1818Republican 1717
Results by state
Every row links to the state's full governor result with its county map.
StateWonGovernor-electMarginVotes
AlaskaRMichael Dunleavy
−26.2%
262,968
AlabamaRKay Ivey
−38.0%
1,405,851
ArkansasRSarah Huckabee Sanders
−28.0%
902,671
ArizonaDKatie Hobbs
+0.7%
2,563,503
CaliforniaDGavin Newsom
+18.4%
10,932,079
ColoradoDJared Polis
+19.4%
2,508,830
ConnecticutDNed Lamont
+12.8%
1,267,810
FloridaRRon Desantis
−19.4%
7,771,398
GeorgiaRBrian Kemp
−7.5%
3,953,433
HawaiiDJosh Luke Green
+26.3%
413,262
IowaRKim Reynolds
−18.5%
1,221,146
IdahoRBrad Little
−40.2%
1,181,304
IllinoisDJb Pritzker
+12.5%
4,104,562
KansasDLaura Kelly
+2.2%
1,008,989
MassachusettsDHealey
+29.2%
2,482,990
MarylandDWes Moore
+32.4%
2,005,223
MaineDJanet T Mills
+13.1%
674,981
MichiganDGretchen Whitmer
+10.2%
4,431,011
MinnesotaDTim Walz
+7.7%
2,509,632
NebraskaRJim Pillen
−23.4%
666,795
New HampshireRChris Sununu
−15.5%
619,135
New MexicoDMichelle Lujan Grisham
+6.4%
709,514
NevadaRJoe Lombardo
−1.5%
1,003,842
New YorkDKathy C Hochul
+6.0%
6,085,014
OhioRMike Dewine
−25.0%
4,134,877
OklahomaRKevin Stitt
−13.7%
1,153,284
OregonDTina Kotek
+3.4%
1,950,729
PennsylvaniaDJoshua D Shapiro
+14.8%
5,365,929
Rhode IslandDDaniel J McKee
+19.1%
356,613
South CarolinaRHenry McMaster
−17.4%
1,708,093
South DakotaRKristi Noem
−26.8%
350,166
TexasRAbbott
−10.9%
8,102,401
VermontRPhil Scott
−47.0%
284,787
WisconsinDTony Evers
+3.4%
2,654,507
WyomingRMark Gordon
−61.9%
182,539