States won by Joe Biden in 2020 with Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022
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In 2022, the governor's office is up for election in 36 states. Republicans are defending 20 governorships, and Democrats are defending 16.
Republicans were defending six governorships in states President Joe Biden (D) won in 2020: Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Democrats were defending one governorship in a state that Donald Trump (R) won in 2020: Kansas. Click here for more information.
Margins of victory in the most recent presidential and gubernatorial elections can be found below.
Seats up for election
Presidential election margins of victory in states with 2022 gubernatorial elections
The table below show which states held gubernatorial elections in 2022 and the last presidential and gubernatorial margin of victory in each.
Table last updated December 20, 2022.
| Gubernatorial elections, 2022 | |||||||
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| State | Incumbent | Incumbent running? | Election winner | Last time office flipped | 2020 presidential result | 2018 gubernatorial result[1] | 2022 gubernatorial result |
| Alabama |  Kay Ivey |
Yes | Kay Ivey |
2002 | R+25.4 | R+19.1 | R+38.0 |
| Alaska | Mike Dunleavy |
Yes | Mike Dunleavy |
2018 | R+10.0 | R+7.0 | R+26.1 |
| Arizona | Doug Ducey |
No* |  Katie Hobbs |
2009 | D+0.3 | R+14.2 | D+0.7 |
| Arkansas | Asa Hutchinson |
No* | Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
2014 | R+27.6 | R+33.5 | R+27.8 |
| California | Gavin Newsom |
Yes | Gavin Newsom |
2010 | D+29.2 | D+23.8 | D+18.4 |
| Colorado | Jared Polis |
Yes | Jared Polis |
2006 | D+13.5 | D+10.6 | D+19.3 |
| Connecticut | Ned Lamont |
Yes | Ned Lamont |
2010 | D+20.1 | D+3.2 | D+12.8 |
| Florida | Ron DeSantis |
Yes | Ron DeSantis |
2010 | R+3.3 | R+0.4 | R+19.4 |
| Georgia | Brian Kemp |
Yes | Brian Kemp |
2002 | D+0.2 | R+1.4 | R+7.5 |
| Hawaii | David Ige |
No* | Joshua Green |
2010 | D+29.4 | D+29.0 | D+26.4 |
| Idaho | Brad Little |
Yes | Brad Little |
1994 | R+30.7 | R+21.6 | R+40.2 |
| Illinois | J.B. Pritzker |
Yes | J.B. Pritzker |
2018 | D+17.0 | D+15.7 | D+12.0 |
| Iowa | Kim Reynolds |
Yes | Kim Reynolds |
2010 | R+8.2 | R+2.8 | R+18.6 |
| Kansas | Laura Kelly |
Yes | Laura Kelly |
2018 | R+14.6 | D+5.0 | D+2.1 |
| Maine | Janet Mills |
Yes | Janet Mills |
2018 | D+9.1 | D+7.7 | D+12.9 |
| Maryland | Larry Hogan |
No* | Wes Moore |
2014 | D+33.2 | R+11.9 | D+32.5 |
| Massachusetts | Charles D. Baker |
No | Maura Healey |
2014 | D+33.5 | R+32.5 | D+29.1 |
| Michigan | Gretchen Whitmer |
Yes | Gretchen Whitmer |
2018 | D+2.8 | D+9.6 | D+10.6 |
| Minnesota | Tim Walz |
Yes | Tim Walz |
2010 | D+7.1 | D+11.4 | D+7.7 |
| Nebraska | Pete Ricketts |
No* | Jim Pillen |
1998 | R+19.1 | R+18.0 | R+23.4 |
| Nevada | Steve Sisolak |
Yes | Joe Lombardo |
2018 | D+2.4 | D+4.1 | R+1.5 |
| New Hampshire | Chris Sununu |
Yes | Chris Sununu |
2016 | D+7.3 | R+31.7 | R+15.5 |
| New Mexico | Michelle Lujan Grisham |
Yes | Michelle Lujan Grisham |
2018 | D+10.8 | D+14.4 | D+6.4 |
| New York | Kathy Hochul |
Yes | Kathy Hochul |
2006 | D+23.2 | D+23.4 | D+5.8 |
| Ohio | Mike DeWine |
Yes | Mike DeWine |
2010 | R+8.1 | R+3.7 | R+25.6 |
| Oklahoma | Kevin Stitt |
Yes | Kevin Stitt |
2010 | R+33.1 | R+12.1 | R+13.6 |
| Oregon | Kate Brown |
No* | Tina Kotek |
1986 | D+16.1 | D+6.4 | D+3.4 |
| Pennsylvania | Tom Wolf |
No* | Josh Shapiro |
2014 | D+1.2 | D+17.1 | D+14.8 |
| Rhode Island | Daniel McKee |
Yes | Daniel McKee |
2010 | D+20.8 | D+15.4 | D+19.1 |
| South Carolina | Henry McMaster |
Yes | Henry McMaster |
2002 | R+11.7 | R+8.1 | R+17.4 |
| South Dakota | Kristi Noem |
Yes | Kristi Noem |
1978 | R+26.2 | R+3.4 | R+26.8 |
| Tennessee | Bill Lee |
Yes | Bill Lee |
2010 | R+23.2 | R+21.0 | R+32.0 |
| Texas | Greg Abbott |
Yes | Greg Abbott |
1994 | R+5.6 | R+13.3 | R+10.9 |
| Vermont | Phil Scott |
Yes | Phil Scott |
2016 | D+35.1 | R+41.1 | R+47.2 |
| Wisconsin | Tony Evers |
Yes | Tony Evers |
2018 | D+0.7 | D+1.1 | D+3.4 |
| Wyoming | Mark Gordon |
Yes | Mark Gordon |
2010 | R+43.1 | R+39.6 | R+61.9 |
| * denotes a term-limited incumbent. | |||||||
See also
- Gubernatorial elections, 2022
- State executive official elections, 2022
- States won by Donald Trump in 2020 with Democratic-held governorships up for election in 2022
Footnotes
- ↑ 2020 election for New Hampshire and Vermont.
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