The Green Papers
The Green Papers
All-up chart of Governors by election 'cycle'


Governors, in all states except New Hampshire and Vermont, serve 4 year terms.
The Governors of New Hampshire and Vermont serve 2 year terms.

Regular Gubernatorial elections are held the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in all states except Louisiana. Louisiana will hold a non-partisan primary on Saturday 16 October 2027 and, if no candidate receives 50% of the vote, a Saturday 16 November 2027 runoff.


 
"post-Presidential"
Off Year Election
 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 4 November 2025]
Midterm
Election
 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 3 November 2026]
"pre-Presidential"
Off Year Election
 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 2 November 2027]
Presidential Election
 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 5 November 2028]
New Jersey: Murphy (D)Alabama: Ivey (R)Kentucky: Beshear (D)Delaware: Meyer (D)
Virginia: Youngkin (R)Alaska: Dunleavy (R)Louisiana: Landry (R) (next election Saturday 16 October 2027)Indiana: Braun (R)
 Arizona: Hobbs (D)Mississippi: Reeves (R)Missouri: Kehoe (R)
 Arkansas: Huckabee Sanders (R) Montana: Gianforte (R)
 California: Newsom (D) North Carolina: Stein (D)
 Colorado: Polis (D) North Dakota: Armstrong (R)
 Connecticut: Lamont (D) Utah: Cox (R)
 Florida: DeSantis (R) Washington: Ferguson (D)
 Georgia: Kemp (R) West Virginia: Morrisey (R)
 Hawaii: Green (D)  
 Idaho: Little (R)  
 Illinois: Pritzker (D)  
 Iowa: Reynolds (R)  
 Kansas: Kelly (D)  
 Maine: Mills (D)  
 Maryland: Moore (D)  
 Massachusetts: Healey (D)  
 Michigan: Whitmer (D)  
 Minnesota: Walz (D)  
 Nebraska: Pillen (R)  
 Nevada: Lombardo (R)  
 New Hampshire: Ayotte (R)  
 New Mexico: Lujan Grisham (D)  
 New York: Hochul (D)  
 Ohio: DeWine (R)  
 Oklahoma: Stitt (R)  
 Oregon: Kotek (D)  
 Pennsylvania: Shapiro (D)  
 Rhode Island: McKee (D)  
 South Carolina: McMaster (R)  
 South Dakota: Noem (R)  
 Tennessee: Lee (R)  
 Texas: Abbott (R)  
 Vermont: Scott (R)  
 Wisconsin: Evers (D)  
 Wyoming: Gordon (R)  
Total
1 Democratic (D)
1 Republican (R)
Total
18 Democratic (D)
18 Republican (R)
Total
1 Democratic (D)
2 Republican (R)
Total
3 Democratic (D)
6 Republican (R)
Grand Total
23 Democratic (D)
27 Republican (R)
"post-Presidential"
Off Year Election
 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 4 November 2025]
Midterm
Election
 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 3 November 2026]
"pre-Presidential"
Off Year Election
 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 2 November 2027]
Presidential Election
 
[next regular election:
Tuesday 5 November 2028]
 

2025 General Election Outline


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