Gubernatorial Elections, 1948-2013

Note: The winner of each election is in bold. A bold election year indicates an incumbent loss.

*Incumbent initially gained office by rules of succession. **Incumbent lost in primary

Year Incumbent Challenger(s) State 1948 Daniel E Garvey* Bruce Brockett Arizona

1948 None Sidney Sanders McMath Arkansas

1948 William L. Nous David Hamil Colorado

1948 James C. Shannon* Chester Bowles Connecticut

1948 None Elbert N. Carvel Delaware

1948 Melvin E. Thompsoni * ** Herman Talmadge Georgia

1948 Dwight H. Green Adlai Stevenson Illinois

1948 Robert D. Blue** William S. Beardsley Iowa

1948 Frank Carlson Randolph Carpenter Kansas

1948 None Earl Long Louisiana

1948 None Frederick Payne Maine

1948 Robert F. Bradford Paul A. Dever Massachusetts

1948 Kim Sigler Soapy Williams Michigan

1948 Luther W. Youngdahl Charles Halsted Minnesota

1948 Sam C. Ford John W. Bonner Montana

1948 Val Peterson Frank Sorrell Nebraska

1948 None Sherman Adams New Hampshire

1948 Thomas J. Mabry Manuel Lujan New Mexico

1948 Fred G. Aandahl Howard Henry North Dakota

1948 Thomas J. Herbert Frank J. Lausche Ohio

1948 John Hallii * ** Douglas McKay Oregon

1948 John Orlando Pastore Albert P. Ruerat Rhode Island

1948 George T. Mickelson Harold J. Volz South Dakota

1948 James N. McCord** Gordon Weaver Browning Tennessee

1948 Beauford Jester Alvin H. Lane Texas

1948 Herbert Brown Maw J. Bracken Lee Utah

1948 Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. Charles F. Ryan Vermont

1948 Monrad Charles Wallgreen Arthur Bernard Langlie Washington

1948 Oscar Rennebohm* Carl W. Thompson Wisconsin

1949 Alfred Eastlack Driscoll Elmer Wene New Jersey

1950 Daniel E. Garvey** Howard Pyle Arizona

1950 Sidney Sanders McMath

Arkansas

1950 Earl Warren James Roosevelt California

1950 Walter Walford Johnson* Dan Thornton Colorado

1950 Chester Bowles John Davis Lodge Connecticut

1950 Herman Talmadge

Georgia

1950 None Len Jordan Idaho

1950 William S. Beardsley Lester Gillette Iowa

1950 None Edward F. Arn Kansas

1950 Frederick Payne Earle Grant Maine

1950 William Preston Lane, Jr. Theodore McKeldin Maryland

1950 Paul A. Dever Arthur Coolidge Massachusetts

1950 Soapy Williams Harry Francis Kelly Michigan

1950 Luther W. Youngdahl Harry Herbert Peterson Minnesota

1950 Val Peterson Walter Raecke Nebraska

1950 Vail Montgomery Pittman Charles Hinton Russell Nevada

1950 Sherman Adams Robert Bingham New Hampshire

1950 None Edwin L. Mechem New Mexico

1950 Thomas E. Dewey Walter Lynch New York

1950 None Norman Burnsdale North Dakota

1950 Frank J. Lausche Don Ebright Ohio

1950 Douglas McKay Austin Fiegel Oregon

1950 None Dennis J. Roberts Rhode Island

1950 None Sigurd Anderson South Dakota

1950 Gordon Weaver Browning John Randolph Neal, Jr. Tennessee

1950 Allan Shivers* Ralph W. Currie Texas

1950 None Lee Earl Emerson Vermont

1950 None Walter J. Kohler Wisconsin

1950 None Frank A. Barrett Wyoming

1951 Lawrence W. Wetherby* Eugene Siler Kentucky

1952 Howard Pyle Joe Haldiman Arizona

1952 Sidney Sanders McMath Francis Adams Cherry Arkansas

1952 Dan Thornton John Metzger Colorado

1952 Elbert N. Carvel J. Caleb Boggs Delaware

1952 None Daniel T. McCarty Florida

1952 Noneiii William Stratton Illinois

1952 William S. Beardsley Herschel C. Loveless Iowa

1952 Edward F. Arn Charles Rooney Kansas

1952 None Robert F. Kennon Louisiana

1952 None Burton Cross Maine

1952 Paul A. Dever Christian Herter Massachusetts

1952 Soapy Williams Frederick Alger, Jr. Michigan

1952 C. Elmer Anderson* Orville L. Freeman Minnesota

1952 John W. Bonner J. Hugo Aronson Montana

1952 None Robert B. Crosby Nebraska

1952 None Hugh Gregg New Hampshire

1952 Edwin L. Mechem Everett Grantham New Mexico

1952 Norman Burnsdale Ole C. Johnson North Dakota

1952 Frank J. Lausche Charles P. Taft II Ohio

1952 Dennis J. Roberts Raoul Archambault, Jr. Rhode Island

1952 Sigul Anderson Sherman A. Iverson South Dakota

1952 Gordon Weaver Browning** Frank G. Clement Tennessee

1952 Allan Shivers

Texas

1952 J. Bracken Lee Earl J. Glade Utah

1952 Lee Earl Emerson Robert W. Larrow Vermont

1952 Arthur Bernard Langlie Hugh Burnton Mitchell Washington

1952 Walter J. Kohler William Proxmire Wisconsin

1953 None Robert B. Meyner New Jersey

1954 Howard Pyle Ernest W. McFarland Arizona

1954 Francis Adams Cherry** Orval E. Faubus Arkansas

1954 Goodwin J. Knight* Richard Perrin Graves California

1954 None Edwin Johnson Colorado

1954 John Davis Lodge Abraham A. Ribicoff Connecticut

1954 Charley Eugene Johnsiv * ** LeRoy Collins Florida

1954 None Marvin Griffin Georgia

1954 None Robert E. Smylie Idaho

1954 None Leo A. Hoegh Iowa

1954 None Fred Hall Kansas

1954 Burton Cross Edmund Muskie Maine

1954 Theodore McKeldin Curley Byrd Maryland

1954 Christian Herter Robert Murphy Massachusetts

1954 Soapy Williams Donald Leonard Michigan

1954 C. Elmer Anderson Orville L. Freeman Minnesota

1954 None Victor E. Anderson Nebraska

1954 Charles Hinton Russell Vail Montgomery Pittman Nevada

1954 None Lane Dwinell New Hampshire

1954 None John F. Simms New Mexico

1954 None W. Averell Harriman New York

1954 Norman Burnsdale Cornelius Bymers North Dakota

1954 Frank J. Lausche James A. Rhodes Ohio

1954 Paul L. Patterson* Joseph Carson Oregon

1954 Dennis J. Roberts Dean J. Lewis Rhode Island

1954 None Joe Foss South Dakota

1954 Frank G. Clement John Randolph Neal, Jr. Tennessee

1954 Allan Shivers Tod R. Adams Texas

1954 None Joseph Blaine Johnson Vermont

1954 Walter J. Kohler William Proxmire Wisconsin

1954 Clifford Joy Rogersv * ** Milward L. Simpson Wyoming

1955 None Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Kentucky

1956 Ernest W. McFarland Horace Griffen Arizona

1956 Orval E. Faubus

Arkansas

1956 None Stephen McNichols Colorado

1956 J. Caleb Boggs J.H.T. McConnell Delaware

1956 LeRoy Collins William Washburne, Jr. Florida

1956 William Stratton Richard Austin Illinois

1956 Leo A. Hoegh Herschel C. Loveless Iowa

1956 Fred Hall** George Docking Kansas

1956 None Earl Long Louisiana

1956 Edmund Muskie W.A. Trafton Maine

1956 None Foster Furcolo Massachusetts

1956 Soapy Williams Albert Cobo Michigan

1956 Orville L. Freeman Ancher Nelsen Minnesota

1956 J. Hugo Aronson Arnold Olsen Montana

1956 Victor E. Anderson Frank Sorrell Nebraska

1956 Lane Dwinell John Shaw New Hampshire

1956 John F. Simms Edwin L. Mechem New Mexico

1956 Luther Hodges* Kyle Hayes North Carolina

1956 None John E. Davis North Dakota

1956 None C. William O'Neill Ohio

1956 Elmo Smithvi * Robert D. Holmes Oregon

1956 Dennis J. Roberts Christopher Del Sesto Rhode Island

1956 Joe Foss Ralph Herseth South Dakota

1956 None M. Price Daniel Texas

1956 J. Bracken Leevii ** George Dewey Clyde Utah

1956 Joseph Blaine Johnson E. Frank Branon Vermont

1956 None Albert Dean Rosellini Washington

1956 None Vernon W. Thomson Wisconsin

1957 Robert B. Meyner Malcolm S. Forbes, Sr. New Jersey

1958 None Paul Jones Fannin Arizona

1958 Orval E. Faubus

Arkansas

1958 None Pat Brown California

1958 Stephen McNichols Palmer Burch Colorado

1958 Abraham A. Ribicoff Fred Zeller Connecticut

1958 None Ernest Vandiver Georgia

1958 Robert E. Smylie A.M. Derr Idaho

1958 Herschel C. Loveless William Murray Iowa

1958 George Docking Clyde Reed, Jr. Kansas

1958 None Clinton Clauson Maine

1958 None J. Millard Tawes Maryland

1958 Foster Furcolo Charles Gibbons Massachusetts

1958 Soapy Williams Paul Douglas Bagwell Michigan

1958 Orville L. Freeman George MacKinnon Minnesota

1958 Victor E. Anderson Ralph G. Brooks Nebraska

1958 Charles Hinton Russell Frank Grant Sawyer Nevada

1958 None Wesley Powell New Hampshire

1958 Edwin L. Mechem John Burroughs New Mexico

1958 W. Averell Harriman Nelson A. Rockefeller New York

1958 John E. Davis John F. Lord North Dakota

1958 C. William O'Neill Michael V. DiSalle Ohio

1958 Robert D. Holmes Mark Odom Hatfield Oregon

1958 Dennis J. Roberts Christopher Del Sesto Rhode Island

1958 None Ralph Herseth South Dakota

1958 None Buford Ellington Tennessee

1958 M. Price Daniel Edwin S. Mayer Texas

1958 None Robert Theodore Stafford Vermont

1958 Vernon W. Thomson Gaylord Anton Nelson Wisconsin

1958 Milward L. Simpson John J. Hickey Wyoming

1959 None William A. Egan Alaska

1959 William F. Quinn John A. Burns Hawaii

1959 None Bert Thomas Combs Kentucky

1960 Paul Jones Fannin Lee Ackerman Arizona

1960 Orval E. Faubus

Arkansas

1960 None Elbert N. Carvel Delaware

1960 None Farris Bryant Florida

1960 William Stratton Otto Kerner, Jr. Illinois

1960 None Norman A. Erbe Iowa

1960 George Docking John Anderson Kansas

1960 None Jimmie Davis Louisiana

1960 John H. Reed* Frank Coffin Maine

1960 None John A. Volpe Massachusetts

1960 None John Swainson Michigan

1960 Orville L. Freeman Elmer L. Andersen Minnesota

1960 None Donald Grant Nutter Montana

1960 None Frank B. Morrison Nebraska

1960 Wesley Powell Bernard Boutin New Hampshire

1960 John Burroughs Edwin L. Mechem New Mexico

1960 None William L. Guy North Dakota

1960 Christopher Del Sesto John A. Notte, Jr. Rhode Island

1960 Ralph Herseth Archie Gubbrud South Dakota

1960 M. Price Daniel William Steger Texas

1960 George Dewey Clyde W. A. Barlocker Utah

1960 None Frank Ray Keyser, Jr. Vermont

1960 Albert Dean Roselini Lloyd J. Andrews Washington

1960 Gaylord Anton Nelson Philip G. Kuehn Wisconsin

1961 None Richard Joseph Hughes New Jersey

1962 William A. Egan Mike Stepovich Alaska

1962 Paul Jones Fannin Sam Goddard, Jr. Arizona

1962 Orval E. Faubus

Arkansas

1962 Pat Brown Richard Nixon California

1962 Stephen McNichols John Arthur Love Colorado

1962 John N. Dempsey* John Alsop Connecticut

1962 None Carl E. Sanders Georgia

1962 William F. Quinn John A. Burns Hawaii

1962 Robert E. Smylie Vernon Smith Idaho

1962 Norman A. Erbe Harold E. Hughes Iowa

1962 John Anderson Dale Saffels Kansas

1962 John H. Reed Maynard Dolloff Maine

1962 J. Millard Tawes Frank Small, Jr. Maryland

1962 John A. Volpe Endicott Peabody Massachusetts

1962 John Swainson George W. Romney Michigan

1962 Elmer L. Andersen Karl F. Rolvaag Minnesota

1962 Frank B. Morrison Frederick Andrew Seaton Nebraska

1962 Frank Grant Sawyer Oran Gragson Nevada

1962 Wesley Powell** John W. King New Hampshire

1962 Edwin L. Mechem Jack M. Campbell New Mexico

1962 Nelson A. Rockefeller Robert Morgenthau, Jr. New York

1962 William L. Guy Mark Andrews North Dakota

1962 Michael V. DiSalle James A. Rhodes Ohio

1962 Mark Odom Hatfield Robert Thornton Oregon

1962 John A. Notte, Jr. John Hubbard Chafee Rhode Island

1962 None Donald Stuart Russell South Carolina

1962 Archie Gubbrud Ralph Herseth South Dakota

1962 None Frank G. Clement Tennessee

1962 M. Price Daniel** John B. Connally Texas

1962 Frank Ray Keyser, Jr. Phillip H. Hoff Vermont

1962 None John W. Reynolds Wisconsin

1962 Jack R. Gage* Clifford Peter Hansen Wyoming

1963 None Edward Thompson Breathitt Kentucky

1964 None Sam Goddard, Jr. Arizona

1964 Orval E. Faubus

Arkansas

1964 None Charles L. Terry, Jr. Delaware

1964 None W. Haydon Burns Florida

1964 Otto Kerner, Jr. Charles Percy Illinois

1964 Harold E. Hughes Evan Hultman Iowa

1964 None William H. Avery Kansas

1964 None John McKeithen Louisiana

1964 Endicott Peabody** John A. Volpe Massachusetts

1964 George W. Romney Neil Staebler Michigan

1964 Tim M. Babcock* Roland Renne Montana

1964 Frank B. Morrison Dwight Burney Nebraska

1964 John W. King John Pillsbury New Hampshire

1964 Jack M. Campbell Merle Tucker New Mexico

1964 William L. Guy Donald Halcrow North Dakota

1964 John Hubbard Chafee Edward P. Gallogly Rhode Island

1964 None Nils A. Boe South Dakota

1964 John B. Connally Jack Crichton Texas

1964 None Cal Rampton Utah

1964 Phillip H. Hoff Ralph A. Foote Vermont

1964 Albert Dean Roselini Daniel Jackson Evans Washington

1964 John W. Reynolds Warren P. Knowles Wisconsin

1965 Richard Joseph Hughes Wayne Dumont, Jr. New Jersey

1966 William A. Egan Wally Hickel Alaska

1966 Samuel Goddard, Jr. John "Jack" R. Williams Arizona

1966 None Winthrop Rockefeller Arkansas

1966 Pat Brown Ronald Reagan California

1966 John Arthur Love Robert Knous Colorado

1966 John N. Dempsey E. Clayton Gengras Connecticut

1966 W. Haydon Burns** Claude Kirk Florida

1966 None Lester Maddox Georgia

1966 John A. Burns Randolph Crossley Hawaii

1966 Robert E. Smylie** Don Samuelson Idaho

1966 Harold E. Hughes William Murray Iowa

1966 William H. Avery Robert Docking Kansas

1966 John H. Reed Kenneth Curtis Maine

1966 None Spiro Agnew Maryland

1966 John A. Volpe Edward McCormack, Jr. Massachusetts

1966 George W. Romney Zolton Ferency Michigan

1966 Karl F. Rolvaag Harold LeVander Minnesota

1966 None Norbert Tiemann Nebraska

1966 Frank Grant Sawyer Paul D. Laxalt Nevada

1966 John W. King Hugh Gregg New Hampshire

1966 None David F. Cargo New Mexico

1966 Nelson A. Rockefeller Frank D. O'Connor New York

1966 James A. Rhodes Frazier Reams, Jr. Ohio

1966 None Dewey Follett Bartlett Oklahoma

1966 None Tom McCall Oregon

1966 John Hubbard Chafee Horace E. Hobbs Rhode Island

1966 Robert Evander McNair* Joseph O. Rogers, Jr. South Carolina

1966 Nils A. Boe Robert Chamberlin South Dakota

1966 None Buford Ellington Tennessee

1966 John B. Connally T. E. Kennerly Texas

1966 Phillip H. Hoff Richard A. Snelling Vermont

1966 Warren P. Knowles Patrick J. Lucey Wisconsin

1966 None Stanley K. Hathaway Wyoming

1967 None Louie B. Nunn Kentucky

1968 John "Jack" R. Williams Samuel Goddard, Jr. Arizona

1968 Winthrop Rockefeller Marion Crank Arkansas

1968 Charles L. Terry, Jr. Russell W. Peterson Delaware

1968 Samuel H. Shapiro* Richard B. Ogilvie Illinois

1968 None Robert D. Ray Iowa

1968 Robert Docking Rick Harman Kansas

1968 John McKeithen

Louisiana

1968 Warren E. Hearnes Lawrence Roos Missouri

1968 Tim M. Babcock Forrest H. Anderson Montana

1968 None Walter Peterson New Hampshire

1968 David F. Cargo Fabian Chavez, Jr. New Mexico

1968 William L. Guy Robert P. McCarney North Dakota

1968 John Hubbard Chafee Frank Licht Rhode Island

1968 None Frank L. Farrar South Dakota

1968 None Preston Smith Texas

1968 Cal Rampton Carl W. Buehner Utah

1968 None Deane Chandler Davis Vermont

1968 Daniel Jackson Evans John J. O'Connell Washington

1968 Warren P. Knowles Bronson Cutting La Follette Wisconsin

1969 None William T. Cahill New Jersey

1970 Albert Preston Brewer** George C. Wallace Alabama

1970 Keith Miller* William A. Egan Alaska

1970 Jack R. Williams Raul H. Castro Arizona

1970 Winthrop Rockefeller Dale Bumpers Arkansas

1970 Ronald Reagan Jesse M. Unruh California

1970 John Arthur Love Mark Hogan Colorado

1970 None Thomas J. Meskill Connecticut

1970 Claude Kirk Reubin Askew Florida

1970 None Jimmy Carter Georgia

1970 John A. Burns Samuel King Hawaii

1970 Don Samuelson Cecil D. Andrus Idaho

1970 Robert D. Ray Robert Fulton Iowa

1970 Robert Docking Kent Frizzell Kansas

1970 Kenneth Curtis James S. Erwin Maine

1970 Marvin Mandel* Stanley Blair Maryland

1970 Francis W. Sargent* Kevin White Massachusetts

1970 William Milliken* Sander Levin Michigan

1970 None Wendell R. Anderson Minnesota

1970 Norbert Tiemann J. James Exon Nebraska

1970 None Mike O'Callaghan Nevada

1970 Walter Peterson Roger Crowley New Hampshire

1970 None Bruce King New Mexico

1970 Nelson A. Rockefeller Arthur Goldberg New York

1970 None John J. Gilligan Ohio

1970 Dewey Follett Bartlett David Hall Oklahoma

1970 Tom McCall Robert W. Straub Oregon

1970 None Milton Jerrold Shapp Pennsylvania

1970 Frank Licht Herbert F. DeSimone Rhode Island

1970 None John Carl West South Carolina

1970 Frank L. Farrar Richard Francis Kneip South Dakota

1970 None Winfield Dunn Tennessee

1970 Preston Smith Paul Eggers Texas

1970 Deane Chandler Davis Leo O'Brien, Jr. Vermont

1970 None Patrick J. Lucey Wisconsin

1970 Stanley K. Hathaway John J. Rooney Wyoming

1971 None Wendell H. Ford Kentucky

1972 Dale Bumpers Len E. Blaylock Arkansas

1972 Russell W. Peterson Sherman W. Tribbitt Delaware

1972 Richard B. Ogilvie Daniel Walker Illinois

1972 None Otis "Doc" Bowen Indiana

1972 Robert D. Day Paul Franzenburg Iowa

1972 Robert Docking Morris Kay Kansas

1972 None Edwin Edwards Louisiana

1972 None Kit Bond Missouri

1972 None Thomas L. Judge Montana

1972 Walter Peterson** Mel Thomson, Jr. New Hampshire

1972 None James Holshouser North Carolina

1972 None Arthur A. Link North Dakota

1972 None Philip W. Noel Rhode Island

1972 Richard Francis Kneip Carveth Thompson South Dakota

1972 Preston Smith** Dolph Briscoe Texas

1972 Cal Rampton Nicholas L. Strike Utah

1972 None Thomas P. Salmon Vermont

1972 Daniel Jackson Evans Albert Dean Rosellini Washington

1972 Arch Moore Jay Rockefeller IV West Virginia

1973 William Cahill** Brendan T. Byrne New Jersey

1974 George C. Wallace

Alabama

1974 William A. Egan Jay S. Hammond Alaska

1974 None Raul H. Castro Arizona

1974 None David Pryor Arkansas

1974 None Jerry Brown California

1974 John D. Vanderhoof* Dick Lamm Colorado

1974 None Ella T. Grasso Connecticut

1974 Reubin Askew Jerry Thomas Florida

1974 None George Busbee Georgia

1974 George Ariyoshi* Randolph Crossley Hawaii

1974 Cecil D. Andrus Jack Murphy Idaho

1974 Robert D. Day James Schaben Iowa

1974 None Robert F. Bennett Kansas

1974 None James B. Longley Maine

1974 Marvin Mandel Louise Gore Maryland

1974 Francis W. Sargent Michael Dukakis Massachusetts

1974 William Milliken Sander Levin Michigan

1974 Wendell R. Anderson John Johnson Minnesota

1974 J. James Exon Richard Marvel Nebraska

1974 Mike O'Callaghan Shirley Crumpler Nevada

1974 Mel Thomson, Jr. Richard Leonard New Hampshire

1974 None Jerry Apodaca New Mexico

1974 Malcolm Wilson* Hugh L. Carey New York

1974 John J. Gilligan James A. Rhodes Ohio

1974 David Hall** David Lyle Boren Oklahoma

1974 None Robert W. Straub Oregon

1974 Milton Jerrold Shapp Drew Lewis, Jr. Pennsylvania

1974 Philip W. Noel James Nugent Rhode Island

1974 Richard Francis Kneip John E. Olson South Dakota

1974 None Ray Blanton Tennessee

1974 Dolph Briscoe Jim Granberry Texas

1974 Thomas P. Salmon Walter "Peanut" Kennedy Vermont

1974 Patrick J. Lucey William D. Dyke Wisconsin

1974 None Ed Herschler Wyoming

1975 Julian Morton Caroll* Robert E. Gable Kentucky

1975 Edwin Edwards Robert Jones Louisiana

1976 David Pryor Leon Griffith Arkansas

1976 Sherman W. Tribbitt Pierre S. du Pont, IV Delaware

1976 Daniel Walker** James Thompson Illinois

1976 Otis "Doc" Bowen Larry Conrad Indiana

1976 Kit Bond Joseph P. Teasdale Missouri

1976 Thomas L. Judge Robert Woodahl Montana

1976 Mel Thomson, Jr. Harry Spanos New Hampshire

1976 None Jim Hunt, Jr. North Carolina

1976 Arthur A. Link Richard Elkin North Dakota

1976 None J. Joseph Garrahy Rhode Island

1976 None Scott M. Matheson, Sr. Utah

1976 None Richard A. Snelling Vermont

1976 None Dixy Lee Ray Washington

1976 None Jay Rockefeller IV West Virginia

1977 Brendan T. Byrne Raymond Bateman New Jersey

1978 None "Fob" James Alabama

1978 Jay S. Hammond

Alaska

1978 Bruce Edward Babbitt* Evan Mecham Arizona

1978 None Bill Clinton Arkansas

1978 Jerry Brown Evelle J. Younger California

1978 Dick Lamm Ted Strickland Colorado

1978 Ella T. Grasso Ronald Sarasin Connecticut

1978 None Bob Graham Florida

1978 George Busbee

Georgia

1978 George Ariyoshi John Leopold Hawaii

1978 John V. Evans* Allan Larsen Idaho

1978 James Thompson Michael Bakalis Illinois

1978 Robert D. Day Jerome Fitzgerald Iowa

1978 Robert F. Bennett John W. Carlin Kansas

1978 None*** Joseph E. Brennan Maine

1978 Noneviii Harry Roe Hughes Maryland

1978 Michael Dukakis** Edward J. King Massachusetts

1978 William Milliken William Fitzgerald, jr. Michigan

1978 Rudy Perpich* Al Quie Minnesota

1978 None Charles Thone Nebraska

1978 None Robert F List Nevada

1978 Mel Thomson, Jr. Hugh J. Gallen New Hampshire

1978 None Bruce King New Mexico

1978 Hugh L. Carey Perry Duryea, Jr. New York

1978 James A. Rhodes Richard F. Celeste Ohio

1978 None George Nigh Oklahoma

1978 Robert W. Straub Victor G. Atiyeh Oregon

1978 None Dick Thornburgh Pennsylvania

1978 J. Joseph Garrahy Lincoln C. Almond Rhode Island

1978 None Richard Wilson Riley South Carolina

1978 Noneix Bill Janklow South Dakota

1978 None Lamar Alexander Tennessee

1978 Dolph Briscoe** Bill Clements Texas

1978 Richard A. Snelling Edwin C. Granai Vermont

1978 Martin J. Schreiber* Lee Sherman Dreyfus Wisconsin

1978 Ed Herschler John C. Ostlund Wyoming

1979 None John Y. Brown Kentucky

1979 None Dave Treen Louisiana

1980 Bill Clinton Frank D. White Arkansas

1980 Pierre S. du Pont, IV William Gordy Delaware

1980 None Robert D. Orr Indiana

1980 Joseph P. Teasdale Kit Bond Missouri

1980 Thomas L. Judge** Ted Schwinden Montana

1980 Hugh J. Gallen Mel Thomson, Jr. New Hampshire

1980 Jim Hunt, Jr. I. Beverly Lake, Jr. North Carolina

1980 Arthur A. Link Allen I. Olson North Dakota

1980 J. Joseph Garrahy Buddy Cianci, Jr. Rhode Island

1980 Scott M. Matheson, Sr. Bob Wright Utah

1980 Richard A. Snelling M. Jerome Diamond Vermont

1980 Dixy Lee Ray** John Dennis Spellman Washington

1980 Jay Rockefeller IV Arch Moore West Virginia

1981 None Thomas H. Kean New Jersey

1982 None George C. Wallace Alabama

1982 None William Jennings Sheffield Alaska

1982 Bruce Edward Babbitt Leo Corbet Arizona

1982 Frank D. White Bill Clinton Arkansas

1982 None George Deukmejian California

1982 Dick Lamm John Fuhr Colorado

1982 William O'Neill* Lewis Rome Connecticut

1982 Bob Graham Skip Bafalis Florida

1982 None Joe Harris Georgia

1982 George Ariyoshi Frank Fasi Hawaii

1982 John V. Evans Phil Batt Idaho

1982 James Thompson Adlai Stevenson III Illinois

1982 None Terry Branstad Iowa

1982 John W. Carlin Sam Hardage Kansas

1982 Joseph E. Brennan Charles Cragen Maine

1982 Harry Roe Hughes Robert Pascal Maryland

1982 Edward J. King** Michael Dukakis Massachusetts

1982 None James Blanchard Michigan

1982 None Rudy Perpich Minnesota

1982 Charles Thone Bob Kerrey Nebraska

1982 Robert F. List Richard H. Bryan Nevada

1982 Hugh J. Gallen John J. Sununu New Hampshire

1982 None Toney Anaya New Mexico

1982 None Mario Cuomo New York

1982 None Richard F. Celeste Ohio

1982 George Nigh Tom Daxon Oklahoma

1982 Victor G. Atiyeh Ted Kulongoski Oregon

1982 Dick Thornburgh Allen Edward Ertel Pennsylvania

1982 J. Joseph Garrahy Vincent Marzullo Rhode Island

1982 Richard Wilson Riley William D. Workman, Jr. South Carolina

1982 Bill Janklow Mike O'Connor South Dakota

1982 Lamar Alexander Randy Tyree Tennessee

1982 Bill Clements Mark White Texas

1982 Richard A. Snelling Madeleine M. Kunin Vermont

1982 None Anthony S. Earl Wisconsin

1982 Ed Herschler Warren A. Morton Wyoming

1983 None Martha Layne Collins Kentucky

1983 Dave Treen Edwin Edwards Louisiana

1984 Bill Clinton

Arkansas

1984 None Michael N. Castle Delaware

1984 Robert D. Orr Wayne Townsend Indiana

1984 None John Ashcroft Missouri

1984 Ted Schwinden Pat Goodover Montana

1984 John H. Sununu Chris Spirou New Hampshire

1984 None Jim Martin North Carolina

1984 Allen I. Olson George A. Sinner North Dakota

1984 None Edward DiPrete Rhode Island

1984 None Norman H. Bangerter Utah

1984 None Madeleine M. Kunin Vermont

1984 John Dennis Spellman Booth Gardner Washington

1984 None Arch Moore West Virginia

1985 Thomas H. Kean Peter Shapiro New Jersey

1986 None Guy Hunt Alabama

1986 William Jennings Sheffield** Steve Cowper Alaska

1986 None Evan Mecham Arizona

1986 Bill Clinton

Arkansas

1986 George Deukmejian Tom Bradley California

1986 None Roy Romer Colorado

1986 William O'Neill Julie Belaga Connecticut

1986 None Bob Martinez Florida

1986 Joe Harris

Georgia

1986 None John D. Waihee III Hawaii

1986 None Cecil D. Andrus Idaho

1986 James Thompson Adlai Stevenson III Illinois

1986 Terry Branstad Lowell Junkins Iowa

1986 None Mike Hayden Kansas

1986 None John McKernan Maine

1986 None William Donald Schaefer Maryland

1986 Michael Dukakis George Kariotis Massachusetts

1986 James Blanchard William Lucas Michigan

1986 Rudy Perpich Cal Ludeman Minnesota

1986 None Kay Orr Nebraska

1986 Richard H. Bryan Patty Cafferata Nevada

1986 John H. Sununu Paul McEachern New Hampshire

1986 None Garrey E. Carruthers New Mexico

1986 Mario Cuomo Andrew O'Rourke New York

1986 Richard F. Celeste James A. Rhodes Ohio

1986 None Henry Louis Bellmon Oklahoma

1986 None Neil Goldschmidt Oregon

1986 None Robert P. Casey, Sr. Pennsylvania

1986 Edward DiPrete Bruce Sundlun Rhode Island

1986 None Carroll A. Campbell South Carolina

1986 None George Speaker Mickelson South Dakota

1986 None Ned McWherter Tennessee

1986 Mark White Bill Clements Texas

1986 Madeleine M. Kunin Peter P. Smith Vermont

1986 Anthony S. Earl Tommy Thompson Wisconsin

1986 None Michael J. Sullivan Wyoming

1987 None Wallace G. Wilkinson Kentucky

1987 Edwin Edwardsx Buddy Roemer Louisiana

1988 Michael N. Castle Jacob Kreshtool Delaware

1988 None Evan Bayh Indiana

1988 John Ashcroft Betty Hearned Missouri

1988 None Stan Stephens Montana

1988 None Judd A. Gregg New Hampshire

1988 Jim Martin Robert B. Jordan, III North Carolina

1988 George A. Sinner Leon Mailberg North Dakota

1988 Edward DiPrete Bruce Sundlun Rhode Island

1988 Norman H. Bangerter Ted Wilson Utah

1988 Madeleine M. Kunin Michael Bernhardt Vermont

1988 Booth Gardner Bob Williams Washington

1988 Arch Moore Gaston Caperton West Virginia

1989 None Jim Florio New Jersey

1990 Guy Hunt Paul Hubbert Alabama

1990 None Walter J. Hickel Alaska

1990 None Fife Symington III Arizona

1990 Bill Clinton

Arkansas

1990 None Pete Wilson California

1990 Roy Romer John Andrews Colorado

1990 None Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Connecticut

1990 Bob Martinez Lawton Chiles Florida

1990 None Zell Miller Georgia

1990 John D. Waihee III Fred Hemmings Hawaii

1990 Cecil D. Andrus Roger Fairchild Idaho

1990 None Jim Edgar Illinois

1990 Terry Branstad Donald Avenson Iowa

1990 Mike Hayden Joan Finney Kansas

1990 John McKernan Joesph E. Brennan Maine

1990 William Scahefer William Shepard Maryland

1990 None William Weld Massachusetts

1990 James Blanchard John Engler Michigan

1990 Rudy Perpich Arne Carlson Minnesota

1990 Kay Orr Ben Nelson Nebraska

1990 Bob Miller* Jim Gallaway Nevada

1990 Judd A. Gregg J. Joseph Grandmaison New Hampshire

1990 None Bruce King New Mexico

1990 Mario Cuomo Pierre Rinfret New York

1990 None George V. Voinovich Ohio

1990 None David Walters Oklahoma

1990 None Barbara Roberts Oregon

1990 Robert P. Casey, Sr. Barbara Hafer Pennsylvania

1990 Edward DiPrete Bruce Sundlun Rhode Island

1990 Caroll A. Campbell Theo Mitchell South Carolina

1990 George Speaker Mickelson Bob Samuelson South Dakota

1990 Ned McWherter Dwight Henry Tennessee

1990 None Ann Richards Texas

1990 None Richard A. Snelling Vermont

1990 Tommy Thompson Thomas Loftus Wisconsin

1990 Michael J. Sullivan Mary Mead Wyoming

1991 None Brereton Jones Kentucky

1991 Buddy Roemer** Edwin Edwards Louisiana

1991 Ray Mabus Kirk Fordice Mississippi

1992 None Thomas R. Carper Delaware

1992 Evan Bayh Linley Pearson Indiana

1992 None Mel Carnahan Missouri

1992 None Marc Racicot Montana

1992 None Steve Merrill New Hampshire

1992 None Jim Hunt, Jr. North Carolina

1992 None Ed Schafer North Dakota

1992 Bruce Sundlun Elizabeth A. Leonard Rhode Island

1992 None Michael O. Leavitt Utah

1992 Howard Dean* John McClaughry Vermont

1992 None Michael Edward Lowry Washington

1992 Gaston Caperton Cleve Benedict West Virginia

1993 Jim Florio Christine Todd Whitman New Jersey

1994 James Elisha Folsom, Jr. * "Fob" James Alabama

1994 None Tony Knowels Alaska

1994 Fife Symington III Eddie Basha Arizona

1994 Jim Guy Tucker* Sheffield Nelson Arkansas

1994 Pete Wilson Kathleen Brown California

1994 Roy Romer Bruce Benson Colorado

1994 None John G. Rowland Connecticut

1994 Lawton Chiles Jeb Bush Florida

1994 Zell Miller Guy Millner Georgia

1994 None Ben Cayetano Hawaii

1994 None Phil Batt Idaho

1994 Jim Edgar Dawn Clark Netsch Illinois

1994 Terry Branstad Bonnie Campbell Iowa

1994 None Bill Graves Kansas

1994 None Angus King Maine

1994 None Parris N. Glendening Maryland

1994 William Weld Mark Roosevelt Massachusetts

1994 John Engler Howard Eliot Wolpe, III Michigan

1994 Arne Carlson John J. Marty Minnesota

1994 Ben Nelson Gene Spence Nebraska

1994 Bob Miller Jim Gibbons Nevada

1994 Steve Merrill Wayne King New Hampshire

1994 Bruce King Gary Johnson New Mexico

1994 Mario Cuomo George Pataki New York

1994 George V. Voinovich Robert L. Burch, Jr. Ohio

1994 None Frank Keating Oklahoma

1994 None John Kitzhaber Oregon

1994 Nonexi Tom Ridge Pennsylvania

1994 Bruce Sundlun** Lincoln C. Almond Rhode Island

1994 None David Beasley South Carolina

1994 Walter Dale Miller* ** Bill Janklow South Dakota

1994 None Don Sundquist Tennessee

1994 Ann Richards George W. Bush Texas

1994 Howard Dean David F. Kelley Vermont

1994 Tommy Thompson Chuck Chvala Wisconsin

1994 None Jim Geringer Wyoming

1995 None Paul E. Patton Kentucky

1995 None Murphy J. Foster, Jr. Louisiana

1995 Kirk Fordice Dick Molpus Mississippi

1996 Thomas R. Carper Janet Rzewnicki Delaware

1996 None Frank O'Bannon Indiana

1996 Mel Carnahan Margaret Kelly Missouri

1996 Marc Racicot Judy Jacobson Montana

1996 None Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire

1996 Jim Hunt, Jr. Robin Hayes North Carolina

1996 Ed Schafer Lee Kaldor North Dakota

1996 Michael O. Leavitt Jim Bradley Utah

1996 Howard Dean John Gropper Vermont

1996 None Gary Locke Washington

1996 None Cecil Underwood West Virginia

1997 Christine Todd Whitman James E. McGreevey New Jersey

1998 "Fob" James Don Siegelman Alabama

1998 Tony Knowles John Lindauer Alaska

1998 Jane Dee Hull* Paul Johnston Arizona

1998 Mike Huckabee* Bill Bristow Arkansas

1998 None Gray Davis California

1998 None Bill Owens Colorado

1998 John G. Rowland Barbara Kennelly Connecticut

1998 None Jeb Bush Florida

1998 None Roy Barnes Georgia

1998 Ben Cayentano Linda Lingle Hawaii

1998 None Dirk Kempthorne Idaho

1998 None George Ryan Illinois

1998 None Tom Vilsack Iowa

1998 Bill Graves Tom Sawyer Kansas

1998 Angus King James B. Longley, Jr. Maine

1998 Parris N. Glendening Ellen Sauerbrey Maryland

1998 Paul Cellucci* Scott Harshbarger Massachusetts

1998 John Engler Geoffrey Fieger Michigan

1998 None Jesse Ventura Minnesota

1998 None Mike Johanns Nebraska

1998 None Kenny Guinn Nevada

1998 Jeanne Shaheen Jay Lucas New Hampshire

1998 Gary Johnson Martin Chavez New Mexico

1998 George Pataki Peter Vallone New York

1998 None Bob Taft II Ohio

1998 Frank Keating Laura Boyd Oklahoma

1998 John Kitzhaber Bill Sizemore Oregon

1998 Tom Ridge Ivan Itkin Pennsylvania

1998 Lincoln C. Almond Myrth York Rhode Island

1998 David Beasley Jim Hodges South Carolina

1998 Bill Janklow Bernie Hunhoff South Dakota

1998 Don Sundquist John Jay Hooker Tennessee

1998 George W. Bush Garry Mauro Texas

1998 Howard Dean Ruth Dwyer Vermont

1998 Tommy Thompson Ed Garvey Wisconsin

1998 Jim Gerringer John P. Vinich Wyoming

1999 Paul E. Patton Peppy Martin Kentucky

1999 Murphy J. Foster, Jr. William Jefferson Louisiana

1999 None Ronnie Musgrove Mississippi

2000 None Ruth Ann Minner Delaware

2000 Frank O'Bannon David McIntosh Indiana

2000 None Bob Holden Missouri

2000 None Judy Martz Montana

2000 Jeanne Shaheen Gordon Humphrey New Hampshire

2000 None Mike Easley North Carolina

2000 None John Hoeven North Dakota

2000 Michael O. Leavitt Bill Orton Utah

2000 Howard Dean Ruth Dwyer Vermont

2000 Gary Locke John Carlson Washington

2000 Cecil Underwood Bob Wise West Virginia

2001 None James E. McGreevey New Jersey

2002 Don Siegelman Bob Riley Alabama

2002 None Frank Murkowski Alaska

2002 None Janet Napolitano Arizona

2002 Mike Huckabee Jimmie Lou Fisher Arkansas

2002 Gray Davis Bill Simon California

2002 Bill Owens Rollie Heath Colorado

2002 John G. Rowland Bill Curry Connecticut

2002 Jeb Bush Bill McBride, Jr. Florida

2002 Roy Barnes Sonny Perdue Georgia

2002 None Linda Lingle Hawaii

2002 Dirk Kempthorne Jerry Brady Idaho

2002 None Rod Blagojevich Illinois

2002 Tom Vilsack Doug Gross Iowa

2002 None Kathleen Sebelius Kansas

2002 None John Baldacci Maine

2002 None Robert L. Ehrlich Maryland

2002 None Mitt Romney Massachusetts

2002 None Jennifer Granholm Michigan

2002 None Tim Pawlenty Minnesota

2002 Mike Johanns Stormy Dean Nebraska

2002 Kenny Guinn Joe Neal Nevada

2002 None Craig Benson New Hampshire

2002 None Bill Richardson New Mexico

2002 George Pataki Carl McCall New York

2002 Bob Taft II Tim Hagan Ohio

2002 None Brad Henry Oklahoma

2002 None Ted Kulongoski Oregon

2002 None Ed Rendell Pennsylvania

2002 None Don Carcieri Rhode Island

2002 Jim Hodges Mark Sanford South Carolina

2002 None Mike Rounds South Dakota

2002 None Phil Bredesen Tennessee

2002 Rick Perry* Tony Sanchez Texas

2002 None Jim Douglas Vermont

2002 Scott McCallum* Jim Doyle Wisconsin

2002 None Dave Freudenthal Wyoming

2003 None Ernie Fletcher Kentucky

2003 None Kathleen Blanco Louisiana

2003 Ronnie Musgrove Haley Barbour Mississippi

2004 Ruth Ann Minner Bill Lee Delaware

2004 Joe E. Kernan* Mitch Daniels Indiana

2004 Bob Holden** Matt Blunt Missouri

2004 None Brian Schweitzer Montana

2004 Craig Benson John Lynch New Hampshire

2004 Mike Easley Patrick Ballantine North Carolina

2004 John Hoeven Joe Satrom North Dakota

2004 Olene Walkerxii Jon Huntsman Utah

2004 Jim Douglas Peter Clavelle Vermont

2004 None Christine Gregoire Washington

2004 None Joe Manchin West Virginia

2005 None Jon S. Corzine New Jersey

2006 Bob Riley Lucy Baxley Alabama

2006 Fran Murkowski** Sarah Palin Alaska

2006 Janet Napolitano Len Munsil Arizona

2006 None Mike Beebe Arkansas

2006 Arnold Schwarzenegger Phil Angelides California

2006 None Bill Ritter Colorado

2006 Jodi Rell* John DeStefano, Jr. Connecticut

2006 None Charlie Crist Florida

2006 Sonny Perdue Mark Taylor Georgia

2006 Linda Lingle Randy Iwase Hawaii

2006 None C.L. "Butch" Otter Idaho

2006 Rod Blagojevich Judy Baar Topinka Illinois

2006 None Chet Culver Iowa

2006 Kathleen Sebelius Jim Barnett Kansas

2006 John Baldacci Chandler Woodcock Maine

2006 Robert L. Ehrlich Martin O'Malley Maryland

2006 None Deval Patrick Massachusetts

2006 Jennifer Granholm Dick Devos Michigan

2006 Tim Pawlenty Mike Hatch Minnesota

2006 Dave Heineman* David Hahn Nebraska

2006 None Jim Gibbons Nevada

2006 John Lynch Jim Coburn New Hampshire

2006 Bill Richardson John Dendahl New Mexico

2006 None Eliot Spitzer New York

2006 None Ted Strickland Ohio

2006 Brad Henry Ernest J. Istook, Jr. Oklahoma

2006 Ted Kulongoski Ron Saxton Oregon

2006 Ed Rendell Lynn Swann Pennsylvania

2006 Don Carcieri Charles Fogarty Rhode Island

2006 Mark Sanford Tommy Moore South Carolina

2006 Mike Rounds Jack Billion South Dakota

2006 Phil Bredesen James Bryson Tennessee

2006 Rick Perry Chris Bell Texas

2006 Jim Douglas Scudder Parker Vermont

2006 Jim Doyle Mark Green Wisconsin

2006 Dave Freudenthal Ray Hunkins Wyoming

2007 Ernie Fletcher Steve Beshear Kentucky

2007 None Bobby Jindal Louisiana

2007 Haley Barbour John Arthur Eaves, Jr. Mississippi

2008 None Jack Markell Delaware

2008 Mitch Daniels Jill Long Thompson Indiana

2008 None Jay Nixon Missouri

2008 Brian Schweitzer Roy Brown Montana

2008 John Lynch Joe Kenney New Hampshire

2008 None Beverly Perdue North Carolina

2008 John Hoeven Tim Mathern North Dakota

2008 Jon Huntsman Bob Springmeyer Utah

2008 Jim Douglas Anthony Pollina (I), Gaye Symington Vermont

2008 Christine Gregoire Dino Rossi Washington

2008 Joe Manchin Russ Weeks, Jr. West Virginia

2009 Jon S. Corzine Chris Christie New Jersey

2010 None Robert J. Bentley Alabama

2010 Sean Parnell* Ethan Berkowitz Alaska

2010 Jan Brewer* Terry Goddard Arizona

2010 Mike Beebe Jim Keet Arkansas

2010 None Jerry Brown California

2010 None John Hickenlooper Colorado

2010 None Dan Malloy Connecticut

2010 None Rick Scott Florida

2010 None Nathan Deal Georgia

2010 None Neil Abercrombie Hawaii

2010 Butch Otter Keith Allred Idaho

2010 Pat Quinn* Bill Brady Illinois

2010 Chet Culver Terry Branstad Iowa

2010 None Sam Brownback Kansas

2010 None Paul LePage Maine

2010 Martin O'Malley Robert L. Ehrlich Maryland

2010 Deval Patrick Charles Baker, Jr. Massachusetts

2010 None Rick Snyder Michigan

2010 None Mark Dayton Minnesota

2010 Dave Heineman Mike Meister Nebraska

2010 Jim Gibbons** Brian Sandoval Nevada

2010 John Lynch John Stephen New Hampshire

2010 None Susana Martinez New Mexico

2010 Nonexiii Andrew Cuomo New York

2010 Ted Strickland John Kasich Ohio

2010 None Mary Fallin Oklahoma

2010 None John Kitzhaber Oregon

2010 None Tom Corbett Pennsylvania

2010 None Lincoln Chafee Rhode Island

2010 None Nikki Haley South Carolina

2010 None Dennis Daugaard South Dakota

2010 None Bill Haslam Tennessee

2010 Rick Perry Bill White Texas

2010 Gary Herbertxiv * Peter Corroon Utah

2010 None Peter Shumlin Vermont

2010 None Scott Walker Wisconsin

2010 None Matthew H. Mead Wyoming

2011 Steve Beshear David Williams Kentucky

2011 Bobby Jindal Tara Hollis Louisiana

2011 None Phil Bryant Mississippi

2011 Earl Ray Tomblinxv * Bill Maloney West Virginia

2012 Jack Markell Jeffrey Cragg Delaware

2012 None Mike Pence Indiana

2012 Jay Nixon Dave Spence Missouri

2012 None Steve Bullock Montana

2012 None Maggie Hassan New Hampshire

2012 None Pat McCrory North Carolina

2012 Jack Dalrymple* Ryan Taylor North Dakota

2012 Gary Herbert Peter Cooke Utah

2012 Peter Shumlin Randy Brock Vermont

2012 None Jay Inslee Washington

2012 Earl Ray Tomblin Bill Maloney West Virginia

2013 Chris Christie Barbara Buono New Jersey

1948-52 No Incumbents

Florida

1948-64 No Incumbents

Missouri

1948-66 No Incumbents

Alabama

1948-66 No Incumbents

Oklahoma

1948-66 No Incumbents

South Carolina

1948-68 No Incumbents

West Virginia

1948-70 No Incumbents

Pennsylvania

1948-72 No Incumbents

Indiana

1948-87 No incumbents

Mississippi

1948-present No Incumbentsxvi

Virginia i Special Election. ii Special Election due to death of Gov. Earl Snell. Hall, who had succeeded to governor, lost in the special primary.

iii Incumbent Gov. Adlai Stevenson won the Democratic primary, but dropped out of the gubernatorial race to run

for President. iv Special Election.

v Note that sources differ as to whether Gov. Rogers ran for a full term in 1954.

vi Special Election due to the death of Gov. Paul Patterson. Smith succeeded Patterson in January 1956 and lost the

special election in November. vii

After losing the Republican primary, Lee ran as an Independent in the general election, losing again. viii

Blair Lee was "Acting Governor" while running for Governor (and losing in the Democratic primary) in 1978. ix Harvey Wollman lost the Democratic primary in June 1978 before succeeding to the governorship in July 1978.

x Edwards was entitled to a run-off but withdrew after the primary/first round of voting.

xi Mark Singel, who lost this election, was Acting Governor for 6 months in 1993 while Gov. Casey underwent

surgery. Casey had resumed his role as Governor at the time of the 1994 election. xii

The Republican Party chose (at its Convention) not to put Gov. Walker on the Primary ballot. xiii

David Paterson, who completed Eliot Spitzer's term, was initially a candidate for re-election in 2010. He withdrew from the race on Feb. 26, 2010. xiv

Special Election to complete Gov. Huntsman's term. xv

Special Election to complete Gov. Manchin's term. xvi

Incumbents are not permitted to run for successive terms under the Virginia State Constitution.