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1876–2024
Elections / 2016 · Governors

Republicans won the most governorships up in 2016.

11 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 5, Republicans 6. 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. 2016Votes
DelawareDJohn Carney
+19.1%
D+11.4415,256
IndianaREric Holcomb
−6.0%
R+19.02,632,899
MissouriREric Greitens
−5.5%
R+18.52,710,757
MontanaDSteve Bullock
+3.9%
R+20.2492,048
New HampshireRChris Sununu
−2.2%
D+0.4691,629
North CarolinaDRoy Cooper
+0.2%
R+3.74,608,037
North DakotaRDoug Burgum
−57.1%
R+35.7325,718
UtahRGary Herbert
−38.0%
R+17.91,074,199
VermontRPhil Scott
−8.7%
D+26.4306,070
WashingtonDJay Inslee
+8.7%
D+15.73,236,866
West VirginiaDJim Justice
+6.8%
R+41.7694,463