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2018 Governor

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GOVERNOR

Governor · 2018

Republican Hold

DEM

26 needed

REP

IND

Before

17

32

1

After

24

26

Net change:D +7·R −6·I −1·36 seats contested

Chamber Control

Democratic24

RepublicanMajority26

Threshold:26 seats

D 24 – R 26

36 contests|D won 16|R won 20

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	IveyREP	59.5%	1,022,457	MaddoxDEM	40.4%	694,495	R+19.1	↑ D+8.3
▶	Alaska	DunleavyREP	51.4%	145,631	BegichDEM	44.4%	125,739	R+7.0	—
▶	Arizona	DuceyREP	56.0%	1,330,863	GarciaDEM	41.8%	994,341	R+14.2	↓ R+2.3
▶	Arkansas	HutchinsonREP	65.3%	582,406	HendersonDEM	31.8%	283,218	R+33.6	↓ R+19.6
▶	California	NewsomDEM	62.0%	7,721,410	CoxREP	38.0%	4,742,825	D+23.9	↑ D+4.0
▶	Colorado	PolisDEM	53.4%	1,348,888	StapletonREP	42.8%	1,080,801	D+10.6	↑ D+7.3
▶	Connecticut	LamontDEM	49.4%	694,510	StefanowskiREP	46.2%	650,138	D+3.1	↑ D+0.6
▶	Florida	DesantisREP	49.6%	4,076,186	GillumDEM	49.2%	4,043,723	R+0.4	↑ D+0.7
▶	Georgia	KempREP	50.2%	1,978,408	AbramsDEM	48.8%	1,923,685	R+1.4	↑ D+6.5
▶	Hawaii	IgeDEM	62.7%	244,934	TupolaREP	33.7%	131,719	D+29.0	↑ D+16.6
▶	Idaho	LittleREP	59.8%	361,661	JordanDEM	38.2%	231,081	R+21.6	↓ R+6.6
▶	Illinois	PritzkerDEM	54.5%	2,479,746	RaunerREP	38.8%	1,765,751	D+15.7	↑ D+19.6
▶	Iowa	ReynoldsREP	50.3%	667,275	HubbellDEM	47.5%	630,986	R+2.7	↑ D+19.0
▶	Kansas	KellyDEM	48.0%	506,509	KobachREP	42.9%	453,030	D+5.1	↑ D+8.8
▶	Maine	MillsDEM	50.8%	318,984	MoodyREP	43.3%	272,034	D+7.5	↑ D+12.3
▶	Maryland	HoganREP	55.4%	1,275,644	JealousDEM	43.5%	1,002,639	R+11.8	↓ R+8.1
▶	Massachusetts	BakerREP	66.6%	1,781,341	GonzalezDEM	33.1%	885,770	R+33.5	↓ R+31.6
▶	Michigan	WhitmerDEM	53.3%	2,266,193	SchuetteREP	43.8%	1,859,534	D+9.6	↑ D+13.6
▶	Minnesota	WalzDEM	53.8%	1,393,096	JohnsonREP	42.4%	1,097,705	D+11.4	↑ D+5.9
▶	Nebraska	RickettsREP	59.0%	411,812	KristDEM	41.0%	286,169	R+18.0	↓ R+0.1
▶	Nevada	SisolakDEM	49.4%	480,007	LaxaltREP	45.3%	440,320	D+4.1	↑ D+50.8
▶	New Hampshire	SununuREP	52.8%	302,764	KellyDEM	45.7%	262,359	R+7.0	↓ R+12.0
▶	New Mexico	GrishamDEM	57.2%	398,368	PearceREP	42.8%	298,091	D+14.4	↑ D+28.9
▶	New York	CuomoDEM	59.5%	3,635,340	MolinaroREP	36.2%	2,207,602	D+23.4	↑ D+9.4
▶	Ohio	DewineREP	50.4%	2,231,917	CordrayDEM	46.7%	2,067,847	R+3.7	↑ D+26.9
▶	Oklahoma	StittREP	54.3%	644,579	EdmondsonDEM	42.2%	500,973	R+12.1	↑ D+2.7
▶	Oregon	BrownDEM	50.0%	934,498	BuehlerREP	43.6%	814,988	D+6.4	↑ D+0.6
▶	Pennsylvania	WolfDEM	57.8%	2,895,652	WagnerREP	40.7%	2,039,882	D+17.1	↑ D+7.2
▶	Rhode Island	RaimondoDEM	52.6%	198,122	FungREP	37.2%	139,932	D+15.5	↑ D+11.0
▶	South Carolina	McMasterREP	54.0%	921,342	SmithDEM	45.9%	784,182	R+8.0	↑ D+6.5
▶	South Dakota	NoemREP	51.0%	172,399	SuttonDEM	47.6%	160,740	R+3.5	↑ D+41.6
▶	Tennessee	LeeREP	59.6%	1,336,106	DeanDEM	38.5%	864,863	R+21.0	↑ D+26.5
▶	Texas	AbbottREP	55.8%	4,656,196	ValdezDEM	42.5%	3,546,615	R+13.3	↑ D+7.1
▶	Vermont	ScottREP	55.2%	151,261	HallquistDEM	40.3%	110,335	R+14.9	↓ R+16.2
▶	Wisconsin	EversDEM	49.5%	1,324,307	WalkerREP	48.4%	1,295,080	D+1.1	↑ D+6.8
▶	Wyoming	GordonREP	67.1%	136,412	ThroneDEM	27.5%	55,965	R+39.6	↓ R+7.4

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