2024 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020, except in New Hampshire and Vermont where governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022.

For related races, see 2024 United States elections.
2024 United States gubernatorial elections
November 5, 2024
13 governorships
11 states; 2 territories
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
     Democratic incumbent      Term-limited or retiring Democrat
     Republican incumbent      Term-limited Republican
     New Progressive incumbent
     Nonpartisan      No election

In addition to state gubernatorial elections, the territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico will also hold elections for their governors.

The elections will take place concurrently with the 2024 presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, and numerous state and local elections.

This election will be the first time since the 2017 gubernatorial elections that there will not be a Democrat incumbent running for re-election.

Election predictions

Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating a party's predicted advantage in winning that seat.

Most election predictors use:

  • "tossup": no advantage
  • "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
  • "lean": slight advantage
  • "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
  • "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory
State PVI Incumbent Last
race		 Cook
February 16,
2023[1]		 IE
May 5,
2023[2]		 Sabato
January 19,
2023[3]
Delaware D+7 John Carney
(term-limited)		 59.5% D Solid D Solid D Safe D
Indiana R+11 Eric Holcomb
(term-limited)		 56.5% R Solid R Solid R Safe R
Missouri R+10 Mike Parson
(term-limited)		 57.1% R Solid R Solid R Safe R
Montana R+11 Greg Gianforte 54.4% R Solid R Solid R Safe R
New Hampshire D+1 Chris Sununu 57.0% R Solid R Battleground Likely R
North Carolina R+3 Roy Cooper
(term-limited)		 51.5% D Lean D Battleground Tossup
North Dakota R+20 Doug Burgum 65.8% R Solid R Solid R Safe R
Utah R+13 Spencer Cox 63.0% R Solid R Solid R Safe R
Vermont D+16 Phil Scott 69.2% R Solid R Solid R Likely R
Washington D+8 Jay Inslee
(retiring)		 56.6% D Solid D Solid D Safe D
West Virginia R+22 Jim Justice
(term-limited)		 63.5% R Solid R Solid R Safe R

Race summary

States
State Governor Party First elected Last race Status Candidates
Delaware John Carney Democratic 2016 59.5% D Term-limited
  • TBD
Indiana Eric Holcomb Republican 2016 56.5% R Term-limited
Missouri Mike Parson Republican 2018[lower-alpha 1] 57.1% R Term-limited
Montana Greg Gianforte Republican 2020 54.4% R Eligible
  • TBD
New Hampshire Chris Sununu Republican 2016 57.0% R Eligible
  • TBD
North Carolina Roy Cooper Democratic 2016 51.5% D Term-limited
North Dakota Doug Burgum Republican 2016 65.8% R Eligible
  • TBD
Utah Spencer Cox Republican 2020 63.0% R Running
Vermont Phil Scott Republican 2016 69.2% R Eligible
  • TBD
Washington Jay Inslee Democratic 2012 56.6% D Retiring[16]
West Virginia Jim Justice Republican 2016[lower-alpha 2] 63.5% R Term-limited

Territories
State Governor Party First elected Last race Status Candidates
American Samoa Lemanu Peleti Mauga Nonpartisan/Democratic[lower-alpha 3] 2020 60.3% Eligible
  • TBD
Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi New Progressive[lower-alpha 4] 2020 32.9% NP Running

Delaware
Main article: 2024 Delaware gubernatorial election

Governor John Carney was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 59.5% of the vote. He will be term-limited by the Delaware Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a third term.

Indiana
Main article: 2024 Indiana gubernatorial election

Governor Eric Holcomb was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 56.5% of the vote. He will be term-limited by the Indiana Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a third consecutive term. Former president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation Eric Doden is running for the Republican nomination.[6] United States Senator Mike Braun has announced an intention to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination.[4]

Former Republican Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick is running for the Democratic nomination, having switched parties in 2021.[7]

Missouri
Main article: 2024 Missouri gubernatorial election

Governor Mike Parson took office on June 1, 2018, upon the resignation of Eric Greitens and was elected to a full term in his own right in 2020 with 57.2% of the vote. Because Parson served more than two years of Greitens' term, he will be term-limited by the Missouri Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a second full term. Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft are running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.[10][9]

Montana
Main article: 2024 Montana gubernatorial election

Governor Greg Gianforte was elected in 2020 with 54.4% of the vote. He is eligible to run for re-election, but has not yet stated whether he will do so.

New Hampshire
Main article: 2024 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

Governor Chris Sununu won reelection to a fourth term in 2022. Because New Hampshire does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he will be eligible to run for re-election for a historic fifth term in 2024. Former Hillsborough County Treasurer and 2022 Congressional nominee Robert Burns expressed interest if Sununu does not seek a fifth term.[30] Democratic Manchester mayor Joyce Craig has formed an exploratory committee and expressed interest in running. [31] Steve Marchand and Tom Sherman, previous Democratic candidates for Governor, have declined to run.[32][33]

North Carolina
Main article: 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election

Governor Roy Cooper was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 51.5% of the vote. He will be term-limited by the North Carolina Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a third consecutive term. Attorney general Josh Stein is running for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, while state treasurer Dale Folwell and lieutenant governor Mark Robinson are running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.[34][12]

North Dakota
Main article: 2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election

Governor Doug Burgum was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 65.8% of the vote. In the November 2022 elections, voters amended the North Dakota Constitution to place a limit of two, four-year terms for succeeding governors sworn into office after the amendment's effective date of January 1, 2023.[35] Burgum, sworn into office before the amendment's effective date, remains eligible to run for re-election for a third term and has expressed interest in doing so.[36]

Utah
Main article: 2024 Utah gubernatorial election

Governor Spencer Cox was elected in 2020 with 63% of the vote and is running for reelection to a second term. Although Utah does not have gubernatorial term limits, he has pledged to only serve two terms.[15]

Vermont
Main article: 2024 Vermont gubernatorial election

Governor Phil Scott won reelection to a fourth term in 2022. Because Vermont does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he will be eligible to run for re-election for a fifth term in 2024.

Washington
Main article: 2024 Washington gubernatorial election

Governor Jay Inslee was re-elected to a third term in 2020 with 56.6% of the vote. Because Washington does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he is eligible to run for re-election for a fourth term but he has decided not to seek re-election.[37] Washington attorney general Bob Ferguson and Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz have been mentioned as a potential candidates.[38]

West Virginia
Main article: 2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election

Governor Jim Justice was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 63.5% of the vote. He will be term-limited by the West Virginia Constitution in 2024 and is ineligible to seek re-election for a third consecutive term. Businessman and son of U.S. Representative Carol Miller, Chris Miller is running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.[24] as so is auditor of West Virginia JB McCuskey.[39]

Territories

American Samoa
Main article: 2024 American Samoa gubernatorial election

Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga was elected in 2020 with 60.3% of the vote. He is eligible to run for re-election, but has not yet stated whether he will do so.

Puerto Rico
Main article: 2024 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election

Governor Pedro Pierluisi was elected in 2020 with 32.9% of the vote. He is eligible to run for re-election, and stated that he would on March 20, 2022 during the New Progressive Party's general assembly.ref name="calienta"/>

See also

Notes
  1. Parson took office in 2018 after his predecessor (Eric Greitens) resigned. He was subsequently elected in the 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election.
  2. Governor Jim Justice was originally elected as a Democrat before switching back to a Republican in 2017. Justice won re-election as a Republican in 2020.[20]
  3. The governor of American Samoa is elected on a non-partisan basis, although individuals do affiliate with national parties, in Mauga's case with the Democratic Party.
  4. Pierluisi affiliates with the Democratic Party on the national level.

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