Elections / 2020 · Governors

Republicans won the most governorships up in 2020.

11 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 3, Republicans 8. Each state below links to its candidate and county-level results.

2020 governor elections

2020governor margin

D+60

R+60

States that elected a governor in 2020, each filled by its result. States without a race this cycle are faint.

Smaller states, enlarged

Governor coverage is 2018–2024 (the precinct-data era); odd-year states and earlier cycles are pending sourcing.

How the governorships split

11 races decided this cycle.

Democratic 33Republican 88

Results by state

Every row links to the state's full governor result with its county map.

State	Won	Governor-elect	Margin	Votes
Delaware	D	John C Carney JR	+20.8%	492,635
Indiana	R	Eric Holcomb	−20.5%	2,141,697
Missouri	R	Mike Parson	−16.4%	3,012,287
Montana	R	Greg Gianyes	−12.9%	603,587
North Carolina	D	Roy Cooper	+4.5%	5,502,777
North Dakota	R	Doug Burgum And Brent Sanford	−42.5%	340,121
New Hampshire	R	Chris Sununu	−31.8%	792,577
Utah	R	Spencer J Cox	−32.9%	1,447,974
Vermont	R	Phil Scott	−41.1%	362,608
Washington	D	Jay Inslee	+13.5%	4,043,309
West Virginia	R	Jim Justice	−33.9%	768,804