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.
| 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] |
"post-Presidential" Off Year Election [next regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2029] |
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| Alabama: Ivey (R) | Kentucky: Beshear (D) | Delaware: Meyer (D) | |
| 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) | New Hampshire: 2-year term, previous regular election 2026 | ||
| Colorado: Polis (D) | North Carolina: Stein (D) | ||
| Connecticut: Lamont (D) | North Dakota: Armstrong (R) | ||
| Florida: DeSantis (R) | Utah: Cox (R) | ||
| Georgia: Kemp (R) | Vermont: 2-year term, previous regular election 2026 | ||
| Hawaii: Green (D) | Washington: Ferguson (D) | ||
| Idaho: Little (R) | West Virginia: Morrisey (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: Rhoden (R) | |||
| Tennessee: Lee (R) | |||
| Texas: Abbott (R) | |||
| Vermont: Scott (R) | |||
| Wisconsin: Evers (D) | |||
| Wyoming: Gordon (R) | |||
| Total 18 Democratic (D) 18 Republican (R) |
Total 1 Democratic (D) 2 Republican (R) |
Total 3 Democratic (D) 6 Republican (R) |
Total |
| Grand Total 23 Democratic (D) 27 Republican (R) |
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| 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] |
"post-Presidential" Off Year Election [next regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2029] |
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