2018 Governor Elections
Democrats Sweep Governor Races
35 governorships contested. 7 states changed hands.
24D
Majority26R
24
Democratic Governors
26
Republican Governors
35
Races Contested
R+0.4
Closest: Florida
Republican Majority7 Flipped
Democrats gained 7 governorships in 2018, with 36 governorships contested. The national total moved from 17D-33R to 24D-26R. WI, NV, KS, ME, MI, NM, IL flipped to Democrats.
Before:17D-33R
After:24D-26R
7 flipped
7 Seats Flipped
All Races
FL
R+0.4
Gillum vs DeSantis
WI
D+1.1
Evers vs Walker
GA
R+1.4
Abrams vs Kemp
IA
R+2.7
Hubbell vs Reynolds
CT
D+3.1
Lamont vs Stefanowski
SD
R+3.5
Sutton vs Noem
OH
R+3.7
Cordray vs DeWine
NV
D+4.1
Sisolak vs Laxalt
KS
D+5.1
Kelly vs Kobach
OR
D+6.4
Brown vs Buehler
NH
R+7.0
Kelly vs Sununu
ME
D+7.5
Mills vs Moody
SC
R+8.0
Smith vs McMaster
MI
D+9.6
Whitmer vs Schuette
CO
D+10.6
Polis vs Stapleton
MN
D+11.4
Walz vs Johnson
MD
R+11.8
Jealous vs Hogan
OK
R+12.1
Edmondson vs Stitt
TX
R+13.3
Valdez vs Abbott
AZ
R+14.2
Garcia vs Ducey
NM
D+14.4
Grisham vs Pearce
VT
R+14.9
Hallquist vs Scott
RI
D+15.5
Raimondo vs Fung
IL
D+15.7
Pritzker vs Rauner
PA
D+17.1
Wolf vs Wagner
NE
R+18.0
Krist vs Ricketts
AL
R+19.1
Maddox vs Ivey
TN
R+21.0
Dean vs Lee
ID
R+21.6
Jordan vs Little
NY
D+23.4
Cuomo vs Molinaro
CA
D+23.9
Newsom vs Cox
HI
D+29.0
Ige vs Tupola
MA
R+33.5
Gonzalez vs Baker
AR
R+33.6
Henderson vs Hutchinson
WY
R+39.6
Throne vs Gordon