2010 Governor

36 contests

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GOVERNOR

Governor · 2010

Republican Gain

DEM

26 needed

REP

IND

Before

After

Net change:D −7·R +5·I +2·36 seats contested·Counted by ballot party

Chamber Control

Democratic20

RepublicanMajority28

Independent2

Threshold:26 seats

D 20 – R 28 – I 2

36 contests|D won 13|R won 21|Other 2

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	BentleyREP	57.6%	860,472	SparksDEM	41.9%	625,710	R+15.7	↑ D+0.2
▶	Alaska	ParnellREP	0.0%	—	—	—	—	---	—
▶	Arizona	BrewerREP	54.3%	938,934	GoddardDEM	42.5%	733,935	R+11.9	↓ R+39.0
▶	Arkansas	BeebeDEM	64.4%	503,336	KeetREP	33.6%	262,784	D+30.8	↑ D+15.8
▶	California	BrownDEM	53.8%	5,428,149	WhitmanREP	40.9%	4,127,391	D+12.9	↑ D+29.9
▶	Colorado	HickenlooperDEM	51.0%	915,436	OtherOTH	37.8%	677,920	D+39.9	↑ D+23.1
▶	Connecticut	MalloyDEM	49.5%	567,278	FoleyREP	49.0%	560,874	D+0.6	↑ D+28.3
▶	Florida	ScottREP	48.9%	2,619,335	SinkDEM	47.7%	2,557,785	R+1.1	↑ D+5.9
▶	Georgia	DealREP	53.0%	1,365,832	BarnesDEM	43.0%	1,107,011	R+10.1	↑ D+9.7
▶	Hawaii	AbercrombieDEM	58.2%	222,724	AionaREP	41.1%	157,311	D+17.1	↑ D+44.3
▶	Idaho	OtterREP	59.1%	267,483	AllredDEM	32.9%	148,680	R+26.3	↓ R+17.7
▶	Illinois	QuinnDEM	46.8%	1,745,219	BradyREP	45.9%	1,713,385	D+0.8	↓ R+9.7
▶	Iowa	BranstadREP	52.8%	592,494	CulverDEM	43.2%	484,798	R+9.6	↓ R+19.3
▶	Kansas	BrownbackREP	63.3%	530,760	HollandDEM	32.2%	270,166	R+31.1	↓ R+48.5
▶	Maine	OtherOTH	42.9%	245,218	LepageREP	38.1%	217,862	R+19.0	↓ R+26.9
▶	Maryland	O'MalleyDEM	56.2%	1,044,961	EhrlichREP	41.8%	776,319	D+14.5	↑ D+7.9
▶	Massachusetts	PatrickDEM	48.4%	1,112,283	BakerREP	42.0%	964,866	D+6.4	↓ R+13.9
▶	Michigan	SnyderREP	58.1%	1,874,834	BerneroDEM	39.9%	1,287,320	R+18.2	↓ R+32.3
▶	Minnesota	DaytonDEM	43.6%	919,232	EmmerREP	43.2%	910,462	D+0.4	↑ D+1.4
▶	Nebraska	HeinemanREP	73.9%	360,645	MeisterDEM	26.1%	127,343	R+47.8	↑ D+1.1
▶	Nevada	SandovalREP	53.4%	382,350	ReidDEM	41.6%	298,171	R+11.8	↓ R+7.7
▶	New Hampshire	LynchDEM	52.6%	240,346	StephenREP	45.0%	205,616	D+7.6	↓ R+40.6
▶	New Mexico	MartinezREP	53.3%	321,219	DenishDEM	46.5%	280,614	R+6.7	↓ R+44.4
▶	New York	CuomoDEM	62.5%	2,911,721	PaladinoREP	33.2%	1,548,184	D+29.3	↓ R+11.6
▶	Ohio	KasichREP	49.0%	1,889,186	StricklandDEM	47.0%	1,812,059	R+2.0	↓ R+25.9
▶	Oklahoma	FallinREP	60.5%	625,506	AskinsDEM	39.5%	409,261	R+20.9	↓ R+53.9
▶	Oregon	KitzhaberDEM	49.3%	716,525	DudleyREP	47.8%	694,287	D+1.5	↓ R+6.5
▶	Pennsylvania	CorbettREP	54.5%	2,172,763	OnoratoDEM	45.5%	1,814,788	R+9.0	↓ R+29.7
▶	Rhode Island	OtherOTH	43.4%	148,450	RobitailleREP	33.6%	114,879	R+10.5	↓ R+8.5
▶	South Carolina	HaleyREP	51.4%	690,525	SheheenDEM	46.9%	630,534	R+4.5	↑ D+5.9
▶	South Dakota	DaugaardREP	61.5%	195,046	HeidepriemDEM	38.5%	122,037	R+23.0	↑ D+2.5
▶	Tennessee	HaslamREP	65.0%	1,041,545	McWherterDEM	33.1%	529,851	R+31.9	↓ R+70.8
▶	Texas	PerryREP	55.0%	2,737,481	WhiteDEM	42.3%	2,106,395	R+12.7	↓ R+3.4
▶	Vermont	ShumlinDEM	49.5%	119,543	DubieREP	47.7%	115,212	D+1.8	↑ D+17.0
▶	Wisconsin	WalkerREP	52.3%	1,128,941	BarrettDEM	46.5%	1,004,303	R+5.8	↓ R+13.2
▶	Wyoming	MeadREP	65.7%	123,780	PetersenDEM	22.9%	43,240	R+42.7	↓ R+82.7

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