2018 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2018 General Election

2018 Governor's Chairs
by State

36 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2018

36 Elected

14 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2018

19 Open Governor's Chairs (voluntary retirement, seeking other political office, term limits)

19 Incumbents renominated by same party

1 Incumbent lost primary - no longer a candidate for this office

1 Republican

262 Candidates seeking a Governor's Chair (Candidates may run under the banner of multiple parties. Hence, the number of parties may be greater than the number of candidates.)

This is a list of the current Governors' chairs, the incumbents occupying them, and the candidacy status of said incumbents. Chairs up for election in the year 2018 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 0 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2018.

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Alabama 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	2,637	0.15%	Write-In
Total		1,719,589	100.00%

Alaska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent



	Scattering	605	0.21%	Write-in Votes
Total		283,134	100.00%

Hawaii 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Scattering	7,165	1.80%	Blank Votes
	Scattering	649	0.16%	Over Votes
Total		398,657	100.00%

Iowa 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	5,707	0.43%	Under Votes
	Scattering	934	0.07%	Over Votes
	Scattering	488	0.04%	Write-in
Total		1,334,279	100.00%

Maine 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Scattering	15,346	2.38%	Blank
	Scattering	126	0.02%	Others
Total		646,013	100.00%

Maryland 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	1,813	0.08%	Other Write-Ins
Total		2,304,512	100.00%

Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	78,050	2.84%	Blanks
	Scattering	7,504	0.27%	All Others
Total		2,752,665	100.00%

Minnesota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Scattering	1,084	0.04%	WRITE-IN
Total		2,587,287	100.00%

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2018. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	282	0.05%	Scatter
Total		573,602	100.00%

New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Scattering	122,040	1.96%	Blank
	Scattering	7,115	0.11%	Scattering
	Scattering	4,442	0.07%	Void
Total		6,230,959	100.00%

Oregon 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Scattering	3,034	0.16%	Misc.
Total		1,866,997	100.00%

Rhode Island 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Scattering	1,246	0.33%	WRITE-IN
Total		376,401	100.00%

South Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	2,045	0.12%	Write-In
Total		1,707,569	100.00%

Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	4,038	1.45%	Blank Votes
	Scattering	1,115	0.40%	Total Write-ins
	Scattering	105	0.04%	Overvotes
Total		278,230	100.00%

Wisconsin 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	966	0.04%	SCATTERING
Total		2,673,308	100.00%

Wyoming 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period. The Wyoming Supreme Court determined on 4 May 2004 that term limits require an amendment to the state constitution rather than, as they were, imposed by a 1992 ballot initiative. At the time, the ruling was not applied to statewide offices. Reference: CATHCART v. MEYER, 2004 WY 49, 88 P.3d 1050, Case Number: 04-32, 04-33, 04-34, Decided: 05/04/2004
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Scattering	1,966	0.96%	Under Votes
	Scattering	1,100	0.54%	Write-Ins
	Scattering	71	0.03%	Over Votes
Total		205,275	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• Libertarian
	• Reform
	• Wisconsin Green
Other Third Parties
	• Clear Water Party of Iowa
	• Compassion
	• Conservative
	• Earth Rights
	• Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis
	• Griebel Frank for CT
	• Humanitarian
	• Independence
	• Independent American
	• Independent Party of Connecticut
	• Independent Party of Oregon
	• Liberty Union
	• Marijuana
	• Moderate
	• Natural Law
	• Progressive
	• Republican Takeover
	• Serve America Movement
	• Socialist Workers Party
	• U.S. Taxpayers
	• Unity
	• Women's Equality
	• Working Families
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Affiliation
	• No Party Affiliation
	• No Political Party
	• None
	• Nonpartisan
	• Petition
	• The Wisconsin Party
	• Unenrolled
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• None of these candidates
	• Not readily classifiable
	• Scattering
	• Write-in

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.