Elections / 2020 · Governors

Republicans won the most governorships up in 2020.

11 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 3, Republicans 8. 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.

2020 U.S. governor elections

Democrats 23 −126of statehouses27 Republicans +1

1 governorship flipped (MT) — 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. 2020	Votes
Delaware	D	John C Carney JR	+20.8%	D+19.0	492,635
Indiana	R	Eric Holcomb	−20.5%	R+16.1	2,141,697
Missouri	R	Mike Parson	−16.4%	R+15.3	3,012,287
Montana	R	Greg Gianyes	−12.9%	R+16.4	603,587
North Carolina	D	Roy Cooper	+4.5%	R+1.3	5,502,777
North Dakota	R	Doug Burgum And Brent Sanford	−42.5%	R+33.3	340,121
New Hampshire	R	Chris Sununu	−31.8%	D+7.4	792,577
Utah	R	Spencer J Cox	−32.9%	R+20.2	1,447,974
Vermont	R	Phil Scott	−41.1%	D+35.4	362,608
Washington	D	Jay Inslee	+13.5%	D+19.2	4,043,309
West Virginia	R	Jim Justice	−33.9%	R+38.9	768,804

Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab precinct returns + official statewide canvasses — 2020 gubernatorial elections · statewide certified totals; county maps from precinct returns where available. Real returns — nothing estimated.