2024 United States gubernatorial elections

2024 United States gubernatorial elections

← 2023 November 5, 2024 2025 →
13 governorships 11 states; 2 territories
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 27 23 Seats up 8 3
Term-limited or retiring Democrat      Republican incumbent      Term-limited or retiring Republican      New Progressive incumbent lost renomination      Nonpartisan      No election

United States gubernatorial elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020, except in New Hampshire and Vermont where governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022. In addition to state gubernatorial elections, the territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico will also hold elections for their governors.

The elections will take place concurrently with the 2024 presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, and numerous state and local elections.

This will be the first election cycle since 2017 that no incumbent Democratic governors will be running for re-election.^[a] With the primary defeat of Puerto Rico governor Pedro Pierluisi, this is also the first cycle since 2018 in which an incumbent governor lost renomination.

Going into the election, there are 27 Republican governors and 23 Democratic governors in the United States. This class of governors is made up of 8 Republicans and 3 Democrats. Republicans are defending two governorships in states that Joe Biden won in 2020 (New Hampshire and Vermont) while Democrats are defending one governorship in a state that Donald Trump won in 2020 (North Carolina).^[1]

Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating a party's predicted advantage in winning that seat.

Most election predictors use:

• "tossup": no advantage
• "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
• "lean": slight advantage
• "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
• "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory

State	PVI	Incumbent	Last race	Cook August 27, 2024[2]	IE August 29, 2024[3]	Sabato September 19, 2024[4]	RCP August 29, 2024[5]	ED September 19, 2024[6]
Delaware	D+7	John Carney (term-limited)	59.5% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Solid D	Safe D
Indiana	R+11	Eric Holcomb (term-limited)	56.5% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Safe R
Missouri	R+10	Mike Parson (term-limited)	57.1% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Safe R
Montana	R+11	Greg Gianforte	54.4% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Safe R
New Hampshire	D+1	Chris Sununu (retiring)	57.0% R	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup
North Carolina	R+3	Roy Cooper (term-limited)	51.5% D	Lean D	Tilt D	Likely D	Lean D	Solid D
North Dakota	R+20	Doug Burgum (retiring)	65.8% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R
Utah	R+13	Spencer Cox	63.0% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R
Vermont	D+16	Phil Scott	69.2% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R
Washington	D+8	Jay Inslee (retiring)	56.6% D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Safe D
West Virginia	R+22	Jim Justice (term-limited)	63.5% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Solid R	Safe R

State	Governor	Party	First elected	Last race	Status	Candidates
Delaware	John Carney	Democratic	2016	59.5% D	Incumbent term-limited.	▌Matt Meyer (Democratic)[7] ▌Michael Ramone (Republican)[7]
Indiana	Eric Holcomb	Republican	2016	56.5% R	Incumbent term-limited.	▌Mike Braun (Republican)[8] ▌Jennifer McCormick (Democratic)[8] ▌Donald Rainwater (Libertarian)[8]
Missouri	Mike Parson	Republican	2018[b]	57.1% R	Incumbent term-limited.	▌Mike Kehoe (Republican)[9] ▌Crystal Quade (Democratic)[9] ▌Bill Slantz (Libertarian)[9]
Montana	Greg Gianforte	Republican	2020	54.4% R	Incumbent renominated.	▌Ryan Busse (Democratic)[10] ▌Greg Gianforte (Republican)[10] ▌Kaiser Leib (Libertarian)[10]
New Hampshire	Chris Sununu	Republican	2016	57.0% R	Incumbent retiring.[11]	▌Kelly Ayotte (Republican)[12][13] ▌Joyce Craig (Democratic)[12]
North Carolina	Roy Cooper	Democratic	2016	51.5% D	Incumbent term-limited.	▌Mark Robinson (Republican)[14] ▌Mike Ross (Libertarian)[14] ▌Josh Stein (Democratic)[14] ▌Wayne Turner (Green)[14]
North Dakota	Doug Burgum	Republican	2016	65.8% R	Incumbent retiring.[15]	▌Kelly Armstrong (Republican)[16] ▌Michael Coachman (Independent)[17] ▌Merrill Piepkorn (Democratic-NPL)[16]
Utah	Spencer Cox	Republican	2020	63.0% R	Incumbent renominated.	▌Spencer Cox (Republican)[18] ▌Brian King (Democratic)[18] ▌Robert Latham (Libertarian)[18] ▌Tom Tomeny (Independent)[18] ▌Tommy Williams (Independent American)[18]
Vermont	Phil Scott	Republican	2016	69.2% R	Incumbent renominated.	▌Marielle Blais (Progressive)[19] ▌Esther Charlestin (Democratic)[19] ▌Eli Mutino (Independent)[19] ▌Phil Scott (Republican)[19]
Washington	Jay Inslee	Democratic	2012	56.6% D	Incumbent retiring.[20]	▌Bob Ferguson (Democratic)[21] ▌Dave Reichert (Republican)[21]
West Virginia	Jim Justice	Republican	2016[c]	63.5% R	Incumbent term-limited.	▌Erika Kolenich (Libertarian)[23] ▌Chase Linko-Looper (Mountain)[23] ▌Patrick Morrisey (Republican)[23] ▌Steve Williams (Democratic)[23]

State	Governor	Party	First elected	Last race	Status	Candidates
American Samoa	Lemanu Peleti Mauga	Nonpartisan[d]	2020	60.3% NP/D	Incumbent running.	▌Lemanu Peleti Mauga (NP/Democratic) ▌Pula Nikolao Pula (NP/Republican)
Puerto Rico	Pedro Pierluisi	New Progressive[e]	2020	32.9% PNP	Incumbent lost renomination.[24]	▌Victor Medina Cruz (Independent)[25] ▌Juan Dalmau (PIP)[26] ▌Jenniffer González-Colón (PNP)[27] ▌Ada Norah Henriquez (Independent)[28] ▌Javier Córdova Iturregui (MVC)[29] ▌Javier Jiménez (PD)[30] ▌Jesús Manuel Ortiz (PPD)[31] ▌Carlos Cintrón Rivera (Independent)[32]

Delaware gubernatorial election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Matt Meyer Mike Ramone Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Governor John Carney Democratic

Governor John Carney was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 59.5% of the vote. He will be term-limited by the Delaware Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a third term. New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer defeated Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long and President of the National Wildlife Federation and former secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Collin O'Mara for the Democratic nomination and state House Minority Leader Michael Ramone has defeated Police Officer Jerry Price and Contactor Bobby Williamson for the Republican nomination.

Indiana gubernatorial election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Mike Braun Jennifer McCormick Donald Rainwater Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Running mate Micah Beckwith Terry Goodin Tonya Hudson

Incumbent Governor Eric Holcomb Republican

Governor Eric Holcomb who was re-elected in the 2020 with 57% of the vote, will be term-limited by the Indiana Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a third consecutive term. U.S. Senator Mike Braun has won the Republican nomination, defeating Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch, former president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation Eric Doden and former Attorney General Curtis Hill.

Former Republican state Superintendent of Schools Jennifer McCormick won the Democratic nomination, previously switching parties in 2021.^[33]

Missouri gubernatorial election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Mike Kehoe Crystal Quade Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Governor Mike Parson Republican

Governor Mike Parson took office on June 1, 2018, upon the resignation of Eric Greitens and was elected to a full term in his own right in 2020 with 57.2% of the vote. Because Parson served more than two years of Greitens' term, he is term-limited by the Missouri Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a second full term. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe won the Republican gubernatorial nomination with 39% of the vote, defeating state Senator Bill Eigel and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft.^[34] In the Democratic primary, state House Minority Leader Crystal Quade won the nomination.^[35]

Montana gubernatorial election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Greg Gianforte Ryan Busse Party Republican Democratic Running mate Kristen Juras Raph Graybill

Incumbent Governor Greg Gianforte Republican

Governor Greg Gianforte was elected in 2020 with 54.4% of the vote. He is running for re-election and defeated State Representative Tanner Smith in the primary.

Businessman Ryan Busse won the Democratic nomination and will face Gianforte in the general election.

New Hampshire gubernatorial election

← 2022 2026 →

Nominee Kelly Ayotte Joyce Craig Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Governor Chris Sununu Republican

Governor Chris Sununu won re-election to a fourth term in 2022. However on July 19, 2023 he announced he would not seek re-election.^[36] Former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte won the Republican gubernatorial nomination, defeating former state Senator Chuck Morse.^[37]

In the Democratic primary former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig defeated state Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington for the Democratic nomination.^[38]

North Carolina gubernatorial election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Josh Stein Mark Robinson Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Governor Roy Cooper Democratic

Governor Roy Cooper was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 51.5% of the vote. He will be term-limited by the North Carolina Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a third consecutive term. Attorney General Josh Stein defeated former state Supreme Court justice Michael Morgan for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, while Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson defeated State Treasurer Dale Folwell for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.^{[39][40][41][42]}

North Dakota gubernatorial election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Kelly Armstrong Merrill Piepkorn Party Republican Democratic–NPL Running mate Michelle Strinden Patrick Hart

Incumbent Governor Doug Burgum Republican

Governor Doug Burgum was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 65.8% of the vote. In the November 2022 elections, voters amended the North Dakota Constitution to place a limit of two, four-year terms for succeeding governors sworn into office after the amendment's effective date of January 1, 2023.^[43] Burgum, sworn into office before the amendment's effective date, remained eligible to run for re-election for a third term. Burgum initially ran for the Republican nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election,^[44] but dropped out before the primaries. On January 22, 2024, he announced he would not seek re-election as Governor. United States Representative Kelly Armstrong won the Republican nomination and defeated Lieutenant Governor Tammy Miller.^[15]

On the other side, state Senator Merrill Piepkorn won the Democratic nomination unopposed.

Utah gubernatorial election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Spencer Cox Brian King Party Republican Democratic Running mate Deidre Henderson Rebekah Cummings

Incumbent Governor Spencer Cox Republican

Governor Spencer Cox was elected in 2020 with 63% of the vote and is running for re-election to a second term. He won the Republican primary over conservative state Representative Phil Lyman to be the nominee.^[45]

On the other side, state Representative Brian King won the Democratic nomination unopposed.

Vermont gubernatorial election

← 2022 2026 →

Nominee Phil Scott Esther Charlestin Kevin Hoyt Party Republican Democratic Independent Alliance Progressive

Incumbent Governor Phil Scott Republican

Governor Phil Scott won re-election to a fourth two-year term in 2022. Because Vermont does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he is eligible to run for re-election for a fifth term in 2024, and has announced that he will do so.^[46] Scott won the August 12 primary unopposed and will face educator Esther Charlestin in the general election.^[47]

Washington gubernatorial election

← 2020 2028 →

Candidate Bob Ferguson Dave Reichert Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Governor Jay Inslee Democratic

Washington Governor Jay Inslee was re-elected to a third term in 2020 with 56.6% of the vote. Because Washington does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he is eligible to run for re-election for a fourth term, but he has decided not to seek re-election.^[48] State Attorney General Bob Ferguson won the Democratic nomination.^[49][50] In the Republican primary, former U.S. representative Dave Reichert won the nomination.^[51][52]

West Virginia gubernatorial election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Patrick Morrisey Steve Williams Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Governor Jim Justice Republican

Governor Jim Justice was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 63.5% of the vote. He is term-limited by the West Virginia Constitution in 2024 and ineligible to seek re-election for a third consecutive term. Justice is running for the United States Senate.

State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey won the Republican nomination, defeating former state Delegate Moore Capito, businessman Chris Miller, and Secretary of State Mac Warner.^{[53][54][55][56]}

Huntington Mayor Steve Williams won the Democratic nomination unopposed.^[57][58]

Lemanu Peleti Mauga was elected Governor in the 2020 general election with 60.3% of the vote. On April 10, 2024, Mauga and incumbent Lieutenant Governor Eleasalo Ale announced their campaign for reelection under the slogan "E Lavatia le Alofa” — "Love Beareth All."^[59] Prior to Magua's announcement, Paramount Chief Mauga Tasi Asuega was advocating for the Governor's reelection.^[60] Pula T. I. Nikolao Pula, former Director of the Office of Insular Affairs, announced his candidacy on March 4, 2024.^[61] Pula announced High Chief Pulu Ae Ae, Jr., a former faipule for Maʻopūtasi County as his running mate.^[60]

Puerto Rico gubernatorial election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Jenniffer González-Colón Jesús Manuel Ortiz Javier Córdova Iturregui Party New Progressive Popular Democratic Citizens' Victory   Nominee Juan Dalmau Javier Jiménez Party Independence Project Dignity

Incumbent Governor Pedro Pierluisi New Progressive

Governor Pedro Pierluisi was elected in 2020 with 32.9% of the vote. He announced his re-election campaign on March 20, 2022, during the New Progressive Party's general assembly.^[27] However, he was defeated by Jenniffer González-Colón, the resident commissioner, in the New Progressive Party primary election.^[24]

Territorial legislator Jesús Manuel Ortiz won the nomination of the Popular Democratic Party.^[62] Other candidates include former territorial senator Juan Dalmau of the Puerto Rican Independence Party and San Sebastián mayor Javier Jiménez of Project Dignity.

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