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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Democratic	7,721,410	61.95%	Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom • On General Election ballot 11 February 2015: Announced his candidacy for Governor in 2018.
Total		12,464,235	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)

	Democratic	1,348,888	53.42%	Congressman Jared Polis • for Lieutenant Governor: former state Representative Dianne Primavera • Congressional District 2. 11 June 2017: Candidate for Governor in 2018.
Total		2,525,062	100.00%

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


	Democratic	244,934	61.44%	Governor David Yutaka Ige • for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Joshua B. "Josh" Green
Total		398,657	100.00%

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


	Democratic	2,479,746	54.53%	J.B. Pritzker • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Juliana Stratton
Total		4,547,657	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Democratic	506,509	48.03%	state Senator Laura Kelly • for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Lynn Rogers
Total		1,054,622	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)
	Democratic	320,962	49.68%	state Attorney General Janet T. Mills
Total		646,013	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Democratic	2,266,193	53.31%	forner state Senator Gretchen Whitmer • for Lieutenant Governor: Garlin D. Gilchrist, II
Total		4,250,585	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Democratic	480,007	49.39%	Clark County Commissioner Stephen F. "Steve" Sisolak
Total		971,799	100.00%

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


		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Democratic	398,368	57.20%	Congressman Michelle Lujan Grisham • for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Howie C. Morales • 13 December 2016: Announced run for Governor in 2016. Congressman CD 1.
Total		696,459	100.00%

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


	Democratic	2,895,652	57.77%	Governor Thomas W. "Tom" Wolf • for Lieutenant Governor: Braddock Mayor John K. Fetterman
Total		5,012,555	100.00%

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


	Democratic	198,122	52.64%	Governor Gina Marie Raimondo
Total		376,401	100.00%

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


	Democratic	1,324,307	49.54%	Public Instruction Superintendent Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers • for Lieutenant Governor: former state Assemblyman Mandela Barnes
Total		2,673,308	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.