Elections / 2022 · Governors
Democrats won the most governorships up in 2022.
35 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 18, Republicans 17. The panel centers the full 50-state standing after this cycle: 24 Democratic, 26 Republican. Each state below links to its candidate and county-level results.
2022 U.S. governor elections
Democrats 24 +226of statehouses26 Republicans −2
4 governorships flipped (AZ, MA, MD, NV) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | R | Michael Dunleavy | R+10.1 | 262,968 | |
| Alabama | R | Kay Ivey | R+25.5 | 1,405,851 | |
| Arkansas | R | Sarah Huckabee Sanders | R+27.6 | 902,671 | |
| Arizona | D | Katie Hobbs | D+0.3 | 2,563,503 | |
| California | D | Gavin Newsom | D+29.1 | 10,932,079 | |
| Colorado | D | Jared Polis | D+13.5 | 2,508,830 | |
| Connecticut | D | Ned Lamont | D+20.0 | 1,267,810 | |
| Florida | R | Ron Desantis | R+3.4 | 7,771,398 | |
| Georgia | R | Brian Kemp | D+0.3 | 3,953,433 | |
| Hawaii | D | Josh Luke Green | D+29.5 | 413,262 | |
| Iowa | R | Kim Reynolds | R+8.2 | 1,221,146 | |
| Idaho | R | Brad Little | R+30.8 | 1,181,304 | |
| Illinois | D | Jb Pritzker | D+16.9 | 4,104,562 | |
| Kansas | D | Laura Kelly | R+14.7 | 1,008,989 | |
| Massachusetts | D | Healey | D+33.2 | 2,482,990 | |
| Maryland | D | Wes Moore | D+33.2 | 2,005,223 | |
| Maine | D | Janet T Mills | D+8.6 | 674,981 | |
| Michigan | D | Gretchen Whitmer | D+2.8 | 4,431,011 | |
| Minnesota | D | Tim Walz | D+7.1 | 2,509,632 | |
| Nebraska | R | Jim Pillen | R+19.1 | 666,795 | |
| New Hampshire | R | Chris Sununu | D+7.4 | 619,135 | |
| New Mexico | D | Michelle Lujan Grisham | D+10.8 | 709,514 | |
| Nevada | R | Joe Lombardo | D+2.4 | 1,003,842 | |
| New York | D | Kathy C Hochul | D+23.1 | 6,085,014 | |
| Ohio | R | Mike Dewine | R+8.0 | 4,134,877 | |
| Oklahoma | R | Kevin Stitt | R+33.1 | 1,153,284 | |
| Oregon | D | Tina Kotek | D+16.1 | 1,950,729 | |
| Pennsylvania | D | Joshua D Shapiro | D+1.2 | 5,365,929 | |
| Rhode Island | D | Daniel J McKee | D+20.6 | 356,613 | |
| South Carolina | R | Henry McMaster | R+11.7 | 1,708,093 | |
| South Dakota | R | Kristi Noem | R+26.2 | 350,166 | |
| Texas | R | Abbott | R+5.6 | 8,102,401 | |
| Vermont | R | Phil Scott | D+35.4 | 284,787 | |
| Wisconsin | D | Tony Evers | D+0.6 | 2,654,507 | |
| Wyoming | R | Mark Gordon | R+43.4 | 182,539 |
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab precinct returns + official statewide canvasses — 2022 gubernatorial elections · statewide certified totals; county maps from precinct returns where available. Real returns — nothing estimated.