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Elections / 2014 · Governors

Republicans won the most governorships up in 2014.

36 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 11, Republicans 24, others 1. 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.
StateWonGovernor-electMarginPres. 2012Votes
AlabamaRRobert J. Bentley
−27.4%
R+22.21,178,018
AlaskaOBill Walker
+0.0%
R+14.0263,093
ArizonaRDoug Ducey
−11.8%
R+9.01,431,983
ArkansasRAsa Hutchinson
−13.9%
R+23.7822,544
CaliforniaDJerry Brown
+20.0%
D+23.17,317,581
ColoradoDJohn Hickenlooper
+3.3%
D+5.41,944,628
ConnecticutDDannel Malloy
+2.5%
D+17.31,080,609
FloridaRRick Scott
−1.0%
D+0.95,666,541
GeorgiaRNathan Deal
−7.8%
R+7.82,490,031
HawaiiDDavid Ige
+12.4%
D+42.7359,815
IdahoRButch Otter
−14.9%
R+31.9404,961
IllinoisRBruce Rauner
−3.9%
D+16.83,504,970
IowaRTerry Branstad
−21.7%
D+5.81,086,819
KansasRSam Brownback
−3.7%
R+21.6834,296
MaineRPaul LePage
−4.8%
D+15.2611,176
MarylandRLarry Hogan
−3.7%
D+26.11,703,290
MassachusettsRCharlie Baker
−1.9%
D+23.12,048,981
MichiganRRick Snyder
−4.0%
D+9.53,081,938
MinnesotaDMark Dayton
+5.6%
D+7.71,868,370
NebraskaRPete Ricketts
−18.0%
R+21.8520,656
NevadaRBrian Sandoval
−46.7%
D+6.7517,062
New HampshireDMaggie Hassan
+5.0%
D+5.6484,276
New MexicoRSusana Martínez
−14.4%
D+10.1512,805
New YorkDAndrew Cuomo
+14.0%
D+28.23,606,557
OhioRJohn Kasich
−30.6%
D+3.02,954,207
OklahomaRMary Fallin
−14.8%
R+33.5798,537
OregonDJohn Kitzhaber
+5.8%
D+12.11,381,772
PennsylvaniaDTom Wolf
+9.8%
D+5.43,495,866
Rhode IslandDGina Raimondo
+4.5%
D+27.4318,605
South CarolinaRNikki Haley
−14.5%
R+10.51,212,811
South DakotaRDennis Daugaard
−45.1%
R+18.0266,026
TennesseeRBill Haslam
−47.5%
R+20.41,261,033
TexasRGreg Abbott
−20.4%
R+15.84,632,143
VermontDPeter Shumlin
+1.3%
D+35.6176,584
WisconsinRScott Walker
−5.7%
D+6.92,382,619
WyomingRMatt Mead
−32.1%
R+40.8155,347