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Elections / 2017 · Governors

Democrats won the most governorships up in 2017.

2 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 2, Republicans 0. The panel centers the full 50-state standing after this cycle: 16 Democratic, 33 Republican. Each state below links to its candidate results.

2017 U.S. governor elections
Democrats 1626of statehouses33 Republicans
Democrats 16Republicans 3326 for a majority of statehouses
No governorship changed party this cycle.
New Jersey · D+14.1Virginia · D+8.9VA
NJ
States that elected a governor this cycle, filled by margin · cyan outlines a flip · gold an independent · hover for the detail
Results by state
Every row links to the state's full governor result with its county map.
StateWonGovernor-electMarginPres. 2016Votes
New JerseyDPhil Murphy
+14.1%
D+14.02,102,693
VirginiaDRalph Northam
+8.9%
D+5.32,584,906