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State executive offices that changed party control, 2019
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In 2019, 12 state executive seats were up for election across three states. State executive offices up for election in 2019 included three gubernatorial seats, lieutenant gubernatorial seats, attorney general seats, and secretary of state seats.
Kentucky and Mississippi held elections on November 5, 2019. Louisiana held elections October 12, and general elections for some races took place November 16.
As a result of the elections, control of four seats flipped from one political party to another. Three seats flipped from Democratic to Republican and one seat flipped from Republican to Democratic. These were the attorneys general of Mississippi and Kentucky, the Kentucky Secretary of State, and the Kentucky Governor.
On this page, you will find a list of the state executive seats where a partisan switch occurred.
Overview
- Gubernatorial elections: Republicans held Mississippi's governorship, and Democrats held Louisiana's. Democrats picked up Kentucky's governorship.
- Attorney general elections: Republicans won all three of 2019's attorney general races. The wins marked partisan changes in Kentucky and Mississippi, where the 2019 incumbents were Democrats. Both were open-seat races. In Louisiana, incumbent Jeff Landry (R) won re-election. This means Republicans gained a net two attorney general offices, giving the party control of an overall majority of attorney general offices nationwide.
- Secretary of state elections: Republicans won the secretary of state elections in Kentucky and Mississippi. Kentucky's seat changed party hands as the secretary of state heading into the election was a Democrat. In Louisiana's election, Republicans retained the seat.
Flipped seats
The map below contains a state-by-state breakdown of state executive seats that changed party control in the November 2019 elections. Hover over a state to view how many seats each party flipped.
List of flipped seats
- See also: State executive official elections, 2019
Each state executive office that changed partisan control in regularly scheduled elections in November 2019 is listed below.
| State executive seats flipped in 2019 | |||
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| Office | Incumbent | 2019 winner | Direction of flip |
| Attorney General of Mississippi |  Jim Hood |
 Lynn Fitch |
D to R |
| Attorney General of Kentucky | Andy Beshear |
Daniel Cameron |
D to R |
| Kentucky Governor | Matt Bevin |
Andy Beshear |
R to D |
| Kentucky Secretary of State | Alison Lundergan Grimes |
Michael Adams |
D to R |
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