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2024 United States gubernatorial elections
← 2023 November 5, 2024
November 19 (American Samoa)		 2025 →
13 governorships
11 states; 2 territories
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 27 23
Seats after 27 23
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 10,031,977[1] 9,242,906[1]
Percentage 49.7% 45.8%
Seats up 8 3
Seats won 8 3
2024 Delaware gubernatorial election2024 Indiana gubernatorial election2024 Missouri gubernatorial election2024 Montana gubernatorial election2024 New Hampshire gubernatorial election2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election2024 Utah gubernatorial election2024 Vermont gubernatorial election2024 Washington gubernatorial election2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election2024 American Samoa gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold
     New Progressive hold      Nonpartisan
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2024, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020, except in New Hampshire and Vermont, where governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022. In addition to state gubernatorial elections, the territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico held elections for their governors. This was also the first time since 1988 that a Republican nominee won the gubernatorial election in American Samoa and also the first time since 1996 that an incumbent governor there lost re-election.

The elections took place concurrently with the 2024 presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, and numerous state and local elections. This was the first election cycle since 2017 that no incumbent Democratic governors ran for re-election.[a] With the primary defeat of Puerto Rico governor Pedro Pierluisi, this was also the first cycle since 2020 in which an incumbent governor lost renomination, also in Puerto Rico. This was the first election cycle since 2015 in which there was no net change in state governorships held by either party, and the first since 2011 in which no seat changed parties. However, both territorial gubernatorial seats flipped from Democratic-affiliated to Republican-affiliated control.[b]

Partisan composition

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Going into the election, there were 27 Republican governors and 23 Democratic governors in the United States. This class of governors was made up of 8 Republicans and 3 Democrats. Republicans were defending two governorships in states that Joe Biden won in 2020 (New Hampshire and Vermont) while Democrats were defending one governorship in a state that Donald Trump won in 2020 (North Carolina).[2]

Both the parties successfully defended their seats. The Republicans defended New Hampshire and Vermont successfully despite Kamala Harris winning from there in the concurrent presidential election. The Democrats defended their seat of North Carolina despite Donald Trump winning from there in the concurrent presidential election.

Republicans also made inroads in American Samoa as they flipped the seat from the Democrats.

Election predictions

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Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent runs 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 assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating a party's predicted advantage 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 Incumbent Last
race 		Cook
October 15,
2024[3] 		IE
September 26,
2024[4] 		Sabato
November 4,
2024[5] 		RCP
October 1,
2024[6] 		ED
November 4,
2024[7] 		CNalysis
November 1,
2024[8] 		Result
Delaware D+7 John Carney
(term-limited) 		59.5% D Solid D Solid D Safe D Solid D Safe D Solid D Meyer
56.1% D
Indiana R+11 Eric Holcomb
(term-limited) 		56.5% R Likely R Likely R Likely R Likely R Safe R Likely R Braun
54.4% R
Missouri R+10 Mike Parson
(term-limited) 		57.1% R Solid R Solid R Safe R Likely R Safe R Solid R Kehoe
59.2% R
Montana R+11 Greg Gianforte 54.4% R Solid R Solid R Safe R Likely R Safe R Solid R Gianforte
58.9% R
New Hampshire D+1 Chris Sununu
(retiring) 		57.0% R Tossup Tossup Lean R Tossup Lean R Tilt R Ayotte
53.6% R
North Carolina R+3 Roy Cooper
(term-limited) 		51.5% D Likely D Likely D Likely D Likely D Safe D Solid D Stein
54.9% D
North Dakota R+20 Doug Burgum
(retiring) 		65.8% R Solid R Solid R Safe R Solid R Safe R Solid R Armstrong
68.4% R
Utah R+13 Spencer Cox 63.0% R Solid R Solid R Safe R Solid R Safe R Solid R Cox
52.9% R
Vermont D+16 Phil Scott 70.9% R Solid R Solid R Safe R Solid R Safe R Solid R Scott
73.4% R
Washington D+8 Jay Inslee
(retiring) 		56.6% D Likely D Likely D Likely D Likely D Safe D Solid D Ferguson
55.7% D
West Virginia R+22 Jim Justice
(term-limited) 		63.5% R Solid R Solid R Safe R Solid R Safe R Solid R Morrisey
62.0% R

Race summary

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States

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State Governor Party First
elected 		Status Candidates[9]
Delaware John Carney Democratic 2016 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Indiana Eric Holcomb Republican 2016 Incumbent term-limited.
Republican hold.
Missouri Mike Parson Republican 2018[c] Incumbent term-limited.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Mike Kehoe (Republican) 59.2%
  • ▌Crystal Quade (Democratic) 38.7%
  • ▌Bill Slantz (Libertarian) 1.4%
  • ▌Paul Lehmann (Green) 0.8%
Montana Greg Gianforte Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Greg Gianforte (Republican) 58.9%
  • ▌Ryan Busse (Democratic) 38.6%
  • ▌Kaiser Leib (Libertarian) 2.5%
New Hampshire Chris Sununu Republican 2016 Incumbent retired.[10]
Republican hold.
North Carolina Roy Cooper Democratic 2016 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Josh Stein (Democratic) 54.9%
  • ▌Mark Robinson (Republican) 40.1%
  • ▌Mike Ross (Libertarian) 3.2%
  • ▌Vinny Smith (Constitution) 1.0%
  • ▌Wayne Turner (Green) 0.9%
North Dakota Doug Burgum Republican 2016 Incumbent retired.[11]
Republican hold.
Utah Spencer Cox Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Spencer Cox (Republican) 52.9%
  • ▌Brian King (Democratic) 28.5%
  • ▌Phil Lyman (Write-in) 13.4%
  • ▌Robert Latham (Libertarian) 2.8%
  • ▌Tommy Williams (Independent American) 1.9%
  • ▌Tom Tomeny (Independent) 0.4%
Vermont Phil Scott Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Phil Scott (Republican) 73.4%
  • ▌Esther Charlestin (Democratic) 21.8%
  • ▌Kevin Hoyt (Independent) 2.6%
  • ▌June Goodband (Green Mountain) 1.2%
  • ▌Eli Mutino (Independent) 0.7%
Washington Jay Inslee Democratic 2012 Incumbent retired.[12]
Democratic hold.
West Virginia Jim Justice Republican 2016[d] Incumbent term-limited.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Patrick Morrisey (Republican) 62.0%
  • ▌Steve Williams (Democratic) 31.6%
  • ▌Erika Kolenich (Libertarian) 2.9%
  • ▌Marshall Wilson (Constitution) 2.3%
  • ▌Chase Linko-Looper (Mountain) 1.3%

Territories

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State Governor Party First elected Status Candidates
American Samoa Lemanu Peleti Mauga Nonpartisan[e] 2020 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi New Progressive[f] 2020 Incumbent lost renomination.[14]
New Progressive hold.

Closest states

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States where the margin of victory was between 5% and 10%:

  1. Puerto Rico, 6.79%
  2. New Hampshire, 9.26%

Red denotes states won by Republicans. Dark blue denotes race won by New Progressives.

Delaware

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Main article: 2024 Delaware gubernatorial election
Delaware gubernatorial election
← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Matt Meyer Mike Ramone
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 279,585 219,050
Percentage 56.07% 43.93%
County results
Meyer:      50–60%      60–70%
Ramone:      50–60%
Governor before election

John Carney
Democratic

Elected Governor

Matt Meyer
Democratic

Governor John Carney was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 59.5% of the vote. He was term-limited by the Delaware Constitution in 2024 and could not seek re-election for a third term. New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer defeated Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long and President of the National Wildlife Federation and former secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Collin O'Mara for the Democratic nomination and state House Minority Leader Michael Ramone has defeated Police Officer Jerry Price and Contactor Bobby Williamson for the Republican nomination.

Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Matt Meyer 40,518 46.98%
Democratic Bethany Hall-Long 31,588 36.62%
Democratic Collin O'Mara 14,142 16.40%
Total votes 86,248 100.0%
Republican primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Ramone 26,414 72.29%
Republican Jerry Price 5,971 16.34%
Republican Bobby Williamson 4,153 11.37%
Total votes 36,538 100.0%
2024 Delaware gubernatorial election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Matt Meyer 279,585 56.07% −3.39%
Republican Mike Ramone 219,050 43.93% +5.30%
Total votes 498,635 100.00%
Democratic hold

Indiana

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Main article: 2024 Indiana gubernatorial election
Indiana gubernatorial election
← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Mike Braun Jennifer McCormick
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Micah Beckwith Terry Goodin
Popular vote 1,561,279 1,179,967
Percentage 54.38% 41.11%
County results
Braun:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
McCormick:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Eric Holcomb
Republican

Elected Governor

Mike Braun
Republican

Governor Eric Holcomb, who was re-elected in the 2020 with 57% of the vote, was term-limited by the Indiana Constitution in 2024 and could not seek re-election for a third consecutive term. U.S. Senator Mike Braun has won the Republican nomination, defeating Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch, former president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation Eric Doden and former Attorney General Curtis Hill.

Former Republican state Superintendent of Schools Jennifer McCormick won the Democratic nomination, previously switching parties in 2021.[17]

Republican primary results[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Braun 236,641 39.6
Republican Suzanne Crouch 130,146 21.8
Republican Brad Chambers 104,653 17.5
Republican Eric Doden 71,135 11.9
Republican Jamie Reitenour 28,757 4.8
Republican Curtis Hill 26,837 4.5
Total votes 598,169 100.0
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer McCormick 180,404 100.00%
Total votes 180,404 100.00%
2024 Indiana gubernatorial election[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Braun
Micah Beckwith 		1,566,081 54.38 −2.13
Democratic Jennifer McCormick
Terry Goodin 		1,183,741 41.11 +9.06
Libertarian Donald Rainwater
Tonya Hudson 		129,781 4.52 −6.92
Total votes 2,879,603 100.00
Republican hold

Missouri

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Main article: 2024 Missouri gubernatorial election
Missouri gubernatorial election
← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Mike Kehoe Crystal Quade
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,746,317 1,141,152
Percentage 59.12% 38.68%
County results
Kehoe:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Quade:      50–60%      70–80%
Governor before election

Mike Parson
Republican

Elected Governor

Mike Kehoe
Republican

Governor Mike Parson took office on June 1, 2018, upon the resignation of Eric Greitens and was elected to a full term in his own right in 2020 with 57.2% of the vote. Because Parson served more than two years of Greitens' term, he was term-limited by the Missouri Constitution in 2024 and could not seek re-election for a second full term. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe won the Republican gubernatorial nomination with 39% of the vote, defeating state Senator Bill Eigel and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft.[20] In the Democratic primary, state House Minority Leader Crystal Quade won the nomination.[21]

Republican primary results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Kehoe 274,840 39.4
Republican Bill Eigel 227,012 32.6
Republican Jay Ashcroft 162,086 23.2
Republican Amber Thomsen 10,627 1.5
Republican Chris Wright 9,358 1.3
Republican Darrell McClanahan 5,637 0.8
Republican Robert Olson 2,975 0.4
Republican Jeremy Gundel 2,946 0.4
Republican Darren Grant 1,866 0.3
Total votes 697,347 100.0
Democratic primary results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Crystal Quade 189,822 50.2
Democratic Mike Hamra 119,702 31.7
Democratic Eric Morrison 36,985 9.8
Democratic Sheryl Gladney 25,287 6.7
Democratic Hollis Laster 5,973 1.6
Total votes 377,769 100.0
2024 Missouri gubernatorial election[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Kehoe 1,750,802 59.14% Increase 2.03%
Democratic Crystal Quade 1,146,173 38.72% Decrease 1.97%
Libertarian Bill Slantz 40,908 1.38% Decrease 0.25%
Green Paul Lehmann 22,359 0.76% Increase 0.19%
Write-in 24 0.00% Steady
Total votes 2,960,266 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Montana

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Main article: 2024 Montana gubernatorial election
Montana gubernatorial election
← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Greg Gianforte Ryan Busse
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Kristen Juras Raph Graybill
Popular vote 354,448 232,547
Percentage 58.86% 38.62%
County results
Gianforte:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90-100%
Busse:      50–60%
Governor before election

Greg Gianforte
Republican

Elected Governor

Greg Gianforte
Republican

Governor Greg Gianforte was elected in 2020 with 54.4% of the vote. He ran for re-election and defeated State Representative Tanner Smith in the primary.

Businessman Ryan Busse won the Democratic nomination and faced Gianforte in the general election. Gianforte prevailed.

Republican primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Gianforte (incumbent)
Kristen Juras (incumbent) 		144,752 75.2%
Republican Tanner Smith
Randy Pinocci 		47,747 24.8%
Total votes 192,499 100.0%
Democratic primary results[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ryan Busse
Raph Graybill 		69,184 70.9%
Democratic Jim Hunt
Jerry Driscoll 		28,354 29.1%
Total votes 97,538 100.00%
2024 Montana gubernatorial election[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican
354,569 58.86% +4.43%
Democratic
232,644 38.62% −2.94%
Libertarian
  • Kaiser Leib
  • Matt Campbell
 15,191 2.52% −1.49%
Total votes 602,404 100.00% N/A
Turnout 612,423 76.57%
Registered electors 799,849
Republican hold

New Hampshire

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Main article: 2024 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
New Hampshire gubernatorial election
← 2022
2026 →
 
Nominee Kelly Ayotte Joyce Craig
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 435,400 360,068
Percentage 53.61% 44.27%
Ayotte:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Craig:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Governor before election

Chris Sununu
Republican

Elected Governor

Kelly Ayotte
Republican

Governor Chris Sununu won re-election to a fourth term in 2022. However, on July 19, 2023, he announced he would not seek re-election.[27] Former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte won the Republican gubernatorial nomination, defeating former state Senator Chuck Morse.[28]

In the Democratic primary former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig defeated state Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington for the Democratic nomination.[29]

Republican primary results[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kelly Ayotte 88,117 63.12%
Republican Chuck Morse 47,567 34.07%
Republican Shaun Fife 876 0.63%
Write-in 867 0.62%
Republican Robert McClory 839 0.60%
Republican Frank Staples 809 0.58%
Republican Richard McMenamon 527 0.38%
Total votes 139,602 100.00%
Democratic primary results[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joyce Craig 59,976 47.88%
Democratic Cinde Warmington 52,420 41.85%
Democratic Jon Kiper 11,789 9.41%
Write-in 1,076 0.86%
Total votes 125,261 100.00%
2024 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[31][32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kelly Ayotte 436,122 53.61% −3.37%
Democratic Joyce Craig 360,149 44.27% +2.80%
Libertarian Stephen Villee 16,202 1.99% N/A
Write-in 1,024 0.13% -0.15%
Total votes 813,497 100.00% N/A
Turnout 832,518
Registered electors
Republican hold

North Carolina

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Main article: 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election
2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election
← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Josh Stein Mark Robinson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 3,069,496 2,241,309
Percentage 54.90% 40.08%
County results
Stein:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Robinson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Roy Cooper
Democratic

Elected Governor

Josh Stein
Democratic

Governor Roy Cooper was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 51.5% of the vote. He was term-limited by the North Carolina Constitution in 2024 and could not seek re-election for a third consecutive term. Attorney General Josh Stein defeated former state Supreme Court justice Michael Morgan for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, while Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson defeated State Treasurer Dale Folwell for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.[33][34][35][36]

Democratic primary results[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Josh Stein 479,026 69.60%
Democratic Michael R. Morgan 98,627 14.33%
Democratic Chrelle Booker 46,045 6.69%
Democratic Marcus Williams 39,257 5.70%
Democratic Gary Foxx 25,283 3.67%
Total votes 688,238 100.0%
Republican primary results[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Robinson 666,504 64.83%
Republican Dale Folwell 196,955 19.16%
Republican Bill Graham 164,572 16.01%
Total votes 1,028,031 100.0%
2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Josh Stein 3,069,496 54.90% +3.38%
Republican Mark Robinson 2,241,309 40.08% –6.93%
Libertarian Mike Ross 176,392 3.15% +2.05%
Constitution Vinny Smith 54,738 0.98% +0.60%
Green Wayne Turner 49,612 0.89% N/A
Total votes 5,591,547 100.0%
Democratic hold

North Dakota

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Main article: 2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election
North Dakota gubernatorial election
← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Kelly Armstrong Merrill Piepkorn Michael Coachman
Party Republican Democratic–NPL Independent
Running mate Michelle Strinden Patrick Hart Lydia Gessele
Popular vote 247,056 94,043 20,322
Percentage 68.26% 25.98% 5.61%
County results
Armstrong:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Piepkorn:      50–60%
Governor before election

Doug Burgum
Republican

Elected Governor

Kelly Armstrong
Republican

Governor Doug Burgum was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 65.8% of the vote. In the November 2022 elections, voters amended the North Dakota Constitution to place a limit of two, four-year terms for succeeding governors sworn into office after the amendment's effective date of January 1, 2023.[39] Burgum, sworn into office before the amendment's effective date, remained eligible to run for re-election for a third term. Burgum initially ran for the Republican nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election,[40] but dropped out before the primaries. On January 22, 2024, he announced he would not seek re-election as Governor. United States Representative Kelly Armstrong won the Republican nomination and defeated Lieutenant Governor Tammy Miller.[11]

On the other side, state Senator Merrill Piepkorn won the Democratic nomination unopposed.

Republican primary results[41]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kelly Armstrong
Michelle Strinden 		67,704 73.2%
Republican Tammy Miller
Josh Teigen 		24,784 26.8%
Total votes 92,488 100.0%
Democratic–NPL primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic–NPL Merrill Piepkorn
Patrick Hart 		19,609 100.0%
Total votes 19,609 100.0%
2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kelly Armstrong
Michelle Strinden 		247,056 68.26% +2.42%
Democratic–NPL Merrill Piepkorn
Patrick Hart 		94,043 25.98% +0.60%
Independent Michael Coachman
Lydia Gessele 		20,322 5.61% N/A
Write-in 530 0.15% -4.75%
Total votes 361,951 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Utah

[edit]
Main article: 2024 Utah gubernatorial election
Utah gubernatorial election
← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Spencer Cox Brian King Phil Lyman
(write-in)
Party Republican Democratic Independent Republican
Running mate Deidre Henderson Rebekah Cummings Natalie Clawson
Popular vote 781,431 420,513 200,551
Percentage 52.89% 28.46% 13.57%
County results
Cox:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
King:      40–50%
Governor before election

Spencer Cox
Republican

Elected Governor

Spencer Cox
Republican

Governor Spencer Cox was elected in 2020 with 63% of the vote and ran for re-election to a second term. He won the Republican primary over conservative state Representative Phil Lyman to be the nominee.[43]

On the other side, state Representative Brian King won the Democratic nomination unopposed.

Republican primary results[44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Spencer Cox (incumbent)
Deidre Henderson (incumbent) 		232,164 54.40%
Republican Phil Lyman
Natalie Clawson 		194,639 45.60%
Total votes 426,803 100.00%
2024 Utah gubernatorial election[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican
781,431 52.89% −10.09
Democratic
420,514 28.63% −1.72
Write-In
200,551 13.57% N/A
Libertarian
  • J. Robert Latham
  • Barry Evan Short
 41,164 2.79% −0.73
Independent American
  • Tommy Williams
  • Archie Williams
 27,480 1.86% +0.09
Independent
  • Tom Tomeny
  • William Lansing Taylor
 5,792 0.39% N/A
Write-In
  • Charlie Tautuaa
  • Sylvia Miera Fisk
 525 0.04% N/A
Total votes 1,477,457 100.00%
Republican hold

Vermont

[edit]
Main article: 2024 Vermont gubernatorial election
Vermont gubernatorial election
← 2022
2026 →
 
Nominee Phil Scott Esther Charlestin
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 266,434 79,220
Percentage 73.44% 21.83%

Scott:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90-100%
No Data/Vote:      
Governor before election

Phil Scott
Republican

Elected Governor

Phil Scott
Republican

Governor Phil Scott won re-election to a fourth two-year term in 2022.

Republican primary results[46]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Phil Scott (incumbent) 23,173 92.75%
Republican Undervotes[g] 1,357 5.43%
Write-in 448 1.79%
Republican Overvotes 7 0.03%
Total votes 23,565 100.00%
Democratic primary results[46]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Esther Charlestin 24,007 46.19%
Democratic Undervotes[g] 13,404 25.79%
Democratic Peter Duval 9,377 18.04%
Republican Phil Scott (write-in) 4,558 8.77%
Write-in Misc. Write-ins 601 1.56%
Democratic Overvotes 22 0.04%
Total votes 51,969 100%
Progressive primary results[46]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Marielle Blais 268 64.73%
Progressive Undervotes[g] 71 17.11%
Republican Phil Scott (write-in) 35 8.45%
Democratic Esther Charlestin (write-in) 21 5.07%
Write-in Misc. Write-ins 19 4.59%
Total votes 414 100%
2024 Vermont gubernatorial election[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Phil Scott (incumbent) 266,439 73.43% +2.52%
Democratic/Progressive Esther Charlestin 79,217 21.83% −2.11%
Independent Kevin Hoyt 9,368 2.58% +0.52%
Green Mountain Peace and Justice June Goodband 4,512 1.24% N/A
Independent Eli "Poa" Mutino 2,414 0.67% N/A
Write-in 891 0.25% −0.21
Total votes 362,841 100.0%
Republican hold

Washington

[edit]
Main article: 2024 Washington gubernatorial election
Washington gubernatorial election
← 2020
2028 →
 
Candidate Bob Ferguson Dave Reichert
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,126,855 1,692,814
Percentage 55.51% 44.28%
County results
Ferguson:      50–60%      70–80%
Reichert:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Jay Inslee
Democratic

Elected Governor

Bob Ferguson
Democratic

Washington Governor Jay Inslee was re-elected to a third term in 2020 with 56.6% of the vote. Because Washington does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he was eligible to run for re-election for a fourth term, but he has decided not to seek re-election.[48] State Attorney General Bob Ferguson won the Democratic nomination.[49][50] In the Republican primary, former U.S. representative Dave Reichert won the nomination.[51][52]

Blanket primary results[53]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Ferguson 884,268 44.88%
Republican Dave Reichert 541,533 27.48%
Republican Semi Bird 212,692 10.79%
Democratic Mark Mullet 119,048 6.04%
Trump Republican[h] Leon Lawson 35,971 1.83%
Republican Jim Daniel 29,907 1.52%
Democratic Cassondra Hanson 24,512 1.24%
Democratic EL'ona Kearney 24,374 1.24%
Republican Jennifer Hoover 15,692 0.80%
Green Andre Stackhouse 11,962 0.61%
Democratic Don Rivers 9,453 0.48%
Republican Martin Wheeler 7,676 0.39%
Democratic Chaytan Inman 6,427 0.33%
Democratic Ricky Anthony 6,226 0.32%
Independent Jeff Curry 6,068 0.31%
Democratic Fred Grant 5,503 0.28%
Independent Brian Bogen 4,530 0.23%
Republican A.L. Brown 4,232 0.21%
Libertarian Michael DePaula 3,957 0.20%
Independence[h] Rosetta Marshall-Williams 2,960 0.15%
Independent Jim Clark 2,355 0.12%
Democratic Edward Cale 1,975 0.10%
Standup-America[h] Alex Tsimerman 1,721 0.09%
Republican Bill Hirt 1,720 0.09%
Write-in 1,347 0.07%
Independent Frank Dare 1,115 0.06%
Nonsense Busters[h] Alan Makayev 1,106 0.06%
Independent William Combs 1,042 0.05%
Independent Brad Mjelde 991 0.05%
Total votes 1,970,363 100.0%
2024 Washington gubernatorial election[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bob Ferguson 2,143,368 55.51% −1.05%
Republican Dave Reichert 1,709,818 44.28% +1.16%
Write-in 8,202 0.21% -0.11%
Total votes 3,861,388 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

West Virginia

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Main article: 2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election
West Virginia gubernatorial election
← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Patrick Morrisey Steve Williams
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 459,300 233,976
Percentage 61.99% 31.58%
County results
Morrisey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Jim Justice
Republican

Elected Governor

Patrick Morrisey
Republican

Governor Jim Justice was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 63.5% of the vote. He was term-limited by the West Virginia Constitution in 2024 and ineligible to seek re-election for a third consecutive term. Justice won the 2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia and succeeded Joe Manchin.

State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey won the Republican nomination, defeating former state Delegate Moore Capito, businessman Chris Miller, and Secretary of State Mac Warner.[55][56][57][58]

Huntington Mayor Steve Williams won the Democratic nomination unopposed.[59][60]

Republican primary results[61]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Patrick Morrisey 75,111 33.28%
Republican Moore Capito 62,181 27.55%
Republican Chris Miller 46,010 20.39%
Republican Mac Warner 36,170 16.03%
Republican Mitch Roberts 3,138 1.39%
Republican Kevin Christian 3,088 1.37%
Total votes 225,698 100.00%
Democratic primary results[61]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Williams 89,545 100.00%
Total votes 89,545 100.00%
2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election[62][63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Patrick Morrisey 459,300 61.99% Decrease 1.50%
Democratic Steve Williams 233,976 31.58% Increase 1.36%
Libertarian Erika Kolenich 21,228 2.87% Steady
Constitution S. Marshall Wilson 16,828 2.27% N/A
Mountain Chase Linko-Looper 9,596 1.30% Decrease 0.14%
Write-in 10 0.00% Decrease 0.05%
Total votes 740,938 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Territories

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American Samoa

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Main article: 2024 American Samoan general election
American Samoa gubernatorial election
← 2020 November 5, 2024 (first round)
November 19, 2024 (runoff)		 2028 →
 
Candidate Pula Nikolao Pula Lemanu Peleti Mauga Vaitautolu I'aulualo
Running mate Pulu Ae Ae Jr. Eleasalo Ale Mary Taufetee
First round 4,284
42.36% 		3,660
36.19% 		2,169
21.45%
Runoff 5,846
59.83% 		3,925
40.17% 		Eliminated
Governor before election

Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Democratic

Elected Governor

Pula Nikolao Pula
Republican

Lemanu Peleti Mauga was elected governor in the 2020 general election with 60.3% of the vote. On April 10, 2024, Mauga and incumbent Lieutenant Governor Eleasalo Ale announced their campaign for reelection under the slogan "E Lavatia le Alofa" — "Love Beareth All."[64] Prior to Magua's announcement, Paramount Chief Mauga Tasi Asuega was advocating for the Governor's reelection.[65] Pula T. I. Nikolao Pula, former Director of the Office of Insular Affairs, announced his candidacy on March 4, 2024.[66] Pula announced High Chief Pulu Ae Ae Jr., a former faipule for Maʻopūtasi County as hran mate.[65]

Neither Mauga nor Pula won an outright majority in the November 5, 2024, election, triggering a runoff election on November 19. In the runoff, Pula took 59.8% of the 9,771 votes cast to win the governorship.[67]

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Pula Nikolao PulaPulu Ae Ae Jr.Republican Party4,28442.365,84659.83
Lemanu Peleti MaugaEleasalo AleDemocratic Party3,66036.193,92540.17
Vaitautolu Talia IaulualoMaefau Dr Mary TaufeteeNon-partisian2,16921.45
Total10,113100.009,771100.00

Puerto Rico

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Main article: 2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
← 2020
2028 →
 
Nominee Jenniffer González-Colón Juan Dalmau
Party New Progressive Independence
Alliance Republican Alianza de País
Popular vote 447,962 370,904
Percentage 39.44% 32.66%
 
Nominee Jesús Manuel Ortiz Javier Jiménez
Party Popular Democratic Project Dignity
Popular vote 239,144 76,260
Percentage 21.06% 6.71%
Municipality results
González:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%
Dalmau:      30–40%      40–50%
Governor before election

Pedro Pierluisi
New Progressive

Elected Governor

Jenniffer González-Colón
New Progressive

Governor Pedro Pierluisi was elected in 2020 with 32.9% of the vote. He announced his re-election campaign on March 20, 2022, during the New Progressive Party's general assembly.[68] However, he was defeated by Jenniffer González-Colón, the Republican affialiated resident commissioner, in the New Progressive Party primary election.[14]

Territorial legislator Jesús Manuel Ortiz won the nomination of the Popular Democratic Party.[69] Other candidates include former territorial senator Juan Dalmau of the Alianza de País (an alliance between the Puerto Rican Independence Party and Citizen's Victory Movement), and San Sebastián mayor Javier Jiménez of Project Dignity. Because Citizen's Victory was required by law to field a candidate in the governor's race, Javier Córdova Iturregui was also on the ballot. Ultimately, González won the election.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ This figure does not include the governors of American Samoa and Puerto Rico, both of which ran for re-election. However, they only affiliate with the Democratic Party on the federal level, and associate differently on the territorial level.
  2. ^ Although Puerto Rico governor Jenniffer González-Colón is affiliated with Republicans and former governor Pedro Pierluisi is affiliated with Democrats, both are from the same Puerto Rican political party, the New Progressive Party.
  3. ^ Parson took office in 2018 after his predecessor (Eric Greitens) resigned. He was subsequently elected in the 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election.
  4. ^ Governor Jim Justice was originally elected as a Democrat before switching back to a Republican in 2017. Justice won re-election as a Republican in 2020.[13]
  5. ^ The governor of American Samoa is elected on a nonpartisan basis, although individuals do affiliate with national parties. In Pula's case, this is with the Republican Party and in Mauga's case with the Democratic Party.
  6. ^ Pierluisi affiliates with the Democratic Party on the national level; Jenniffer affiliates with the Republican Party at National Level
  7. ^ a b c Blank ballots
  8. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference party was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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