Elections / 2018 · Governors
Republicans won the most governorships up in 2018.
36 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 16, Republicans 20. The panel centers the full 50-state standing after this cycle: 23 Democratic, 27 Republican. Each state below links to its candidate and county-level results.
2018 U.S. governor elections
Democrats 23 +726of statehouses27 Republicans −6
8 governorships flipped (AK, IL, KS, ME, MI, NM, NV, WI) — Republicans hold the plurality.
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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.
| State | Won | Governor-elect | Margin | Pres. 2016 | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | R | Mike Dunleavy | R+14.8 | 282,529 | |
| Alabama | R | Kay Ivey | R+28.1 | 1,715,287 | |
| Arkansas | R | Governor Asa Hutchinson | R+27.8 | 891,509 | |
| Arizona | R | Doug Ducey | R+3.5 | 2,376,788 | |
| California | D | Gavin Newsom | D+30.0 | 12,464,235 | |
| Colorado | D | Jared Polis / Dianne Primavera | D+4.9 | 2,525,062 | |
| Connecticut | D | Ned Lamont And Susan Bysiewicz | D+13.6 | 1,406,774 | |
| Florida | R | Ron Desantis | R+1.2 | 8,221,200 | |
| Georgia | R | Brian Kemp | R+5.1 | 3,939,328 | |
| Hawaii | D | Ige / Green | D+32.2 | 390,843 | |
| Iowa | R | Kim Reynolds/Adam Gregg | R+9.3 | 1,327,150 | |
| Idaho | R | Brad Little | R+31.8 | 605,131 | |
| Illinois | D | Jb Pritzker | D+16.9 | 4,547,657 | |
| Kansas | D | Laura Kelly/Lynn Rogers | R+20.4 | 1,054,622 | |
| Massachusetts | R | Baker And Polito | D+26.8 | 5,001,374 | |
| Maryland | R | Larry Hogan | D+26.8 | 2,302,699 | |
| Maine | D | Janet T Mills | D+2.7 | 630,541 | |
| Michigan | D | Gretchen Whitmer | R+0.2 | 4,250,585 | |
| Minnesota | D | Tim Walz And Peggy Flanagan | D+1.5 | 2,586,203 | |
| Nebraska | R | Pete Ricketts And Mike Foley | R+25.0 | 697,981 | |
| New Hampshire | R | Chris Sununu | D+0.4 | 573,320 | |
| New Mexico | D | Michelle Lujan Grisham And Howie C Morales | D+8.2 | 696,459 | |
| Nevada | D | Steve Sisolak | D+2.4 | 952,934 | |
| New York | D | Andrew M Cuomo | D+22.5 | 5,458,933 | |
| Ohio | R | Mike Dewine And Jon Husted | R+8.0 | 4,435,462 | |
| Oklahoma | R | Kevin Stitt | R+36.4 | 1,186,385 | |
| Oregon | D | Kate Brown | D+11.0 | 1,877,086 | |
| Pennsylvania | D | Thomas W Wolf | R+0.7 | 5,013,046 | |
| Rhode Island | D | Gina M Raimondo | D+15.4 | 375,155 | |
| South Carolina | R | Henry McMaster / Pamela Evette | R+14.3 | 1,705,524 | |
| South Dakota | R | Kristi Noem And Larry Rhoden | R+29.8 | 338,715 | |
| Tennessee | R | Bill Lee | R+26.0 | 2,243,294 | |
| Texas | R | Abbott | R+9.0 | 8,341,613 | |
| Vermont | R | Phil Scott | D+26.4 | 273,984 | |
| Wisconsin | D | Tony Evers | R+0.8 | 2,672,338 | |
| Wyoming | R | Mark Gordon | R+46.3 | 202,138 |
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab precinct returns + official statewide canvasses — 2018 gubernatorial elections · statewide certified totals; county maps from precinct returns where available. Real returns — nothing estimated.