Elections / 1988 · Governors

Republicans won the most governorships up in 1988.

Name: 1988 United States gubernatorial elections — results
Creator: Akashic
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12 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 5, Republicans 7. Each state below links to its candidate results.

Results by state

Every row links to the state's full governor result with its county map.

State	Won	Governor-elect	Margin	Pres. 1988	Votes
Delaware	R	Mike Castle	−41.4%	R+12.4	239,969
Indiana	D	Evan Bayh	+6.4%	R+20.2	2,138,781
Missouri	R	John Ashcroft	−29.4%	R+4.0	2,064,450
Montana	R	Stan Stephens	−5.8%	R+5.9	359,917
New Hampshire	R	Judd Gregg	−21.4%	R+26.2	439,607
North Carolina	R	James G. Martin	−10.1%	R+16.3	2,219,666
North Dakota	D	George A. Sinner	+19.8%	R+13.1	299,080
Rhode Island	R	Edward D. DiPrete	−1.6%	D+11.7	400,475
Utah	R	Norman H. Bangerter	−1.7%	R+34.2	646,434
Vermont	D	Madeleine Kunin	+12.0%	R+3.5	239,877
Washington	D	Booth Gardner	+24.4%	D+1.6	1,874,929
West Virginia	D	Gaston Caperton	+17.8%	D+4.7	649,593