2018 general · November 6, 2018

2018 Governors election results

Every Governors race in the 2018 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races36
Changed party8
Unopposed0%0 races

Governors

D 16 · R 20

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AlabamaKay Ivey (R)19.1
AlaskaMike Dunleavy (R)7.0Flipped
ArizonaDoug Ducey (R)14.1
ArkansasAsa Hutchinson (R)33.6
CaliforniaGavin Newsom (D)23.9
ColoradoJared Polis / Dianne Primavera (D)10.6
ConnecticutNed Lamont And Susan Bysiewicz (D)3.2
FloridaRon DeSantis (R)0.4
GeorgiaBrian Kemp (R)1.4
HawaiiIge / Green (D)29.0
IdahoBrad Little (R)21.6
IllinoisJB Pritzker (D)15.7Flipped
IowaKim Reynolds/adam Gregg (R)2.7
KansasLaura Kelly/lynn Rogers (D)5.1Flipped
MaineJanet Mills (D)7.7Flipped
MarylandLarry Hogan (R)11.8
MassachusettsBaker And Polito (R)33.5
MichiganGretchen Whitmer (D)9.6Flipped
MinnesotaPeggy Flanagan (D)11.4
NebraskaMike Foley (R)18.0
NevadaSteve Sisolak (D)4.2Flipped
New HampshireChris Sununu (R)7.0
New MexicoHowie C. Morales (D)14.4Flipped
New YorkAndrew Cuomo (D)26.3
OhioJon Husted (R)3.7
OklahomaKevin Stitt (R)12.1
OregonKate Brown (D)6.3
PennsylvaniaThomas W. Wolf (D)17.1
Rhode IslandGina Raimondo (D)15.5
South CarolinaHenry McMaster / Pamela Evette (R)8.0
South DakotaLarry Rhoden (R)3.4
TennesseeBill Lee (R)21.0
TexasGreg Abbott (R)13.3
VermontPhil Scott (R)14.9
WisconsinTony Evers (D)1.1Flipped
WyomingMark Gordon (R)39.6

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab