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An electoral winning streak can be defined as when candidates from a single party win two or more consecutive elections for the same office, including special elections and recall elections. This page details the longest Democratic and Republican winning streaks for gubernatorial elections in each state. Winning streaks listed in bold are ongoing. This page is updated after each election year.

HIGHLIGHTS

Eighteen states have record-long winning streaks for one party, which are ongoing, including 13 states with record-long Republican streaks and five with record-long Democratic streaks.

South Dakota and Utah Republicans are tied with 12 consecutive wins for the longest currently-running winning streaks. Utah's streak is the longest Republican streak in state history.

Oregon and Washington Democrats are tied with 11 wins each for the longest currently-running Democratic streak. This is the longest Democratic streak in the history of both states.

The longest gubernatorial winning streak in U.S. history is 52 elections for Georgia Democrats between 1871 and 1998. The longest gubernatorial winning streak for Republicans is 49 elections in Vermont between 1867 and 1960.

16 states have seen control of the governorships change at least once within the last two election cycles. 34 states have had one party control the governorship for over three election cycles.

Longest gubernatorial winning streaks

State	Longest Democratic winning streak	Longest Democratic winning streak (dates)	Longest Republican winning streak	Longest Republican winning streak (dates)
Alabama	35	1874-1982	Six	2002-2022
Alaska	Two	1958-1962, 1982-1986, 1994-1998	Three	2002-2010
Arizona	10	1930-1948	Four	1986-1998
Arkansas	47	1874-1964	Three	2014-2022
California	Five	2010-2022	Five	1918-1934
Colorado	Six	1926-1936, 1974-1994	Four	1938-1944
Connecticut	Five	1873-1876	10	1857-1866
Delaware	Nine	1992-2024	Nine	1900-1932
Florida	13	1920-1964	Seven	1998-2022
Georgia	52	1871-1998	Six	2002-2022
Hawaii	10	1962-1998	Two	2002-2006
Idaho	Six	1970-1990	Eight	1994-2022
Illinois	Six	1834-1852	Nine	1856-1888
Indiana	Five	1843-1856	Six	2004-2024
Iowa	Three	1932-1936, 1962-1966, 1998-2006	19	1893-1930
Kansas	Four	1966-1972	11	1859-1880
Kentucky	Eight	1867-1891, 1971-1999	Two	1895-1899
Louisiana	21	1896-1975	Four	1864-1872
Maine	Six	1845-1850	22	1856-1877
Maryland	Eight	1970-1998	Two	1950-1954, 2014-2018
Massachusetts	Five	1910-1914	18	1856-1873
Michigan	Seven	1841-1852, 1948-1960	14	1854-1880
Minnesota	Four	2010-2022	19	1859-1896
Mississippi	28	1877-1987	Six	2003-2023
Missouri	10	1872-1904	Three	1920-1928, 1980-1988, 2016-2024
Montana	Five	1900-1916, 1968-1984	Four	1952-1964, 1988-2000
Nebraska	Five	1930-1938	12	1866-1888
Nevada	Four	1934-1946, 1982-1994	Five	1998-2014
New Hampshire	14	1832-1845	21	1924-1960
New Jersey	Nine	1868-1892	Five	1895-1907
New Mexico	10	1930-1948	Two	1918-1920, 1926-1928, 1950-1952, 1966-1968, 1994-1998, 2010-2014
New York	Nine	1922-1938	Eight	1894-1908
North Carolina	18	1900-1968	Two	1868-1872, 1984-1988
North Dakota	Six	1960-1976	12	1912-1932
Ohio	Four	1905-1912, 1930-1936, 1948-1954	Seven	1891-1903
Oklahoma	14	1907-1958	Four	2010-2022
Oregon	11	1986-2022	Six	1938-1954
Pennsylvania	Four	1838-1847	10	1894-1930
Rhode Island	Nine	1940-1956	24	1863-1886
South Carolina	37	1876-1970	Six	2002-2022
South Dakota	Three	1970-1974	13	1900-1924
Tennessee	20	1922-1966	Four	2010-2022
Texas	51	1873-1974	Eight	1994-2022
Utah	Six	1924-1944	12	1984-2024
Vermont	Five	1992-2000	49	1867-1960
Virginia	21	1885-1965	Three	1969-1977
Washington	11	1984-2024	Three	1920-1928, 1964-1972
West Virginia	Six	1932-1952, 2000-2016	Five	1896-1912
Wisconsin	Three	1958-1962	19	1894-1930
Wyoming	Five	1974-1990	Five	1894-1906

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