2020 Gubernatorial Elections Map

11 Governor Seats to be contested

The nation’s governorships are nearly evenly split between the two parties, with 26 Republicans and 24 Democrats in office. 11 states will hold gubernatorial elections in 2020; seven of the incumbents are Republican, four are Democratic. The table below the map lists the current governors of all 50 states, divided up by the year of next election.

The three-part map lets you view the current governors by party, make a forecast for the 2020 gubernatorial elections, and see the 2021 map by party based on those predictions. Once you create your forecast, you can use the buttons below the map to share it on social media.

Current Governors by Party

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2021 Governors by Party

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Governor Elections


Current	24	26
Consensus Forecast	23	26	1
Forecast

Forecast: Totals on interactive map

Upcoming Elections

	2020	2021	2022^	2023
	4	2	16	2
	7	0	18	1

^Excludes NH & VT: Next election is 2020 (two-year terms)

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Show 2020 Candidates

State	Incumbent	Since	Term
MO	Mike Parson	2018	1st
MO	Nicole Galloway Mike Parson*
MT	Steve Bullock	2013	2nd
MT	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2020 due to term limits. Mike Cooney Greg Gianforte
NC	Roy Cooper	2017	1st
NC	Roy Cooper* Dan Forest
NH	Chris Sununu	2017	2nd
NH	Dan Feltes Chris Sununu*
WV	Jim Justice	2017	1st
WV	Ben Salango Jim Justice*
The following races are rated as safe for the incumbent party.
AK	Mike Dunleavy	2018	1st
AK
AL	Kay Ivey	2017	2nd
AL
AR	Asa Hutchinson	2015	2nd
AR	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2022 due to term limits.
AZ	Doug Ducey	2015	2nd
AZ	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2022 due to term limits.
CA	Gavin Newsom	2019	1st
CA
CO	Jared Polis	2019	1st
CO
CT	Ned Lamont	2019	1st
CT
DE	John Carney	2017	1st
DE	John Carney* Julianne Murray
FL	Ron DeSantis	2019	1st
FL
GA	Brian Kemp	2019	1st
GA
HI	David Ige	2014	2nd
HI	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2022 due to term limits.
IA	Kim Reynolds	2017	2nd
IA
ID	Brad Little	2019	1st
ID
IL	J.B. Pritzker	2019	1st
IL
IN	Eric Holcomb	2017	1st
IN	Woodrow Myers Eric Holcomb* Donald Rainwater
KS	Laura Kelly	2019	1st
KS
KY	Andy Beshear	2019	1st
KY
LA	John Bel Edwards	2016	2nd
LA	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2023 due to term limits.
MA	Charlie Baker	2015	2nd
MA
MD	Larry Hogan	2015	2nd
MD	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2022 due to term limits.
ME	Janet Mills	2019	1st
ME
MI	Gretchen Whitmer	2019	1st
MI
MN	Tim Walz	2019	1st
MN
MS	Tate Reeves	2020	1st
MS
ND	Doug Burgum	2016	1st
ND	Shelley Lenz Doug Burgum*
NE	Pete Ricketts	2015	2nd
NE	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2022 due to term limits.
NJ	Phil Murphy	2018	1st
NJ
NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	2019	1st
NM
NV	Stephen Sisolak	2019	1st
NV
NY	Andrew Cuomo	2011	3rd
NY
OH	Mike DeWine	2019	1st
OH
OK	Kevin Stitt	2019	1st
OK
OR	Kate Brown	2015	2nd
OR	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2022 due to term limits.
PA	Tom Wolf	2015	2nd
PA	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2022 due to term limits.
RI	Gina Raimondo	2015	2nd
RI	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2022 due to term limits.
SC	Henry McMaster	2017	2nd
SC
SD	Kristi Noem	2019	1st
SD
TN	Bill Lee	2019	1st
TN
TX	Greg Abbott	2015	2nd
TX
UT	Gary Herbert	2009	3rd
UT	Incumbent not running for re-election in 2020. Chris Peterson Spencer Cox
VA	Ralph Northam	2018	1st
VA	Incumbent cannot run for re-election in 2021 due to term limits.
VT	Phil Scott	2017	2nd
VT	David Zuckerman Phil Scott*
WA	Jay Inslee	2013	2nd
WA	Jay Inslee* Loren Culp
WI	Tony Evers	2019	1st
WI
WY	Mark Gordon	2019	1st
WY