2020 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2020 General Election

2020 Governor's Chairs
by State

11 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2020

7 Republican
4 Democratic

11 Elected

39 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2020

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

8 Incumbents renominated by same party

101 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 2020 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 0 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2020.

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Delaware 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

	Democratic	Governor John Charles Carney, Jr. • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Previously served in the U.S. House 2011-2017. First elected to the Governor's Chair: 2016. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated

	Democratic	292,903	59.46%	Governor John Charles Carney, Jr.

	Republican	190,312	38.63%	Julianne E. Murray

	Independent Party Of Delaware	6,150	1.25%	Kathy S. DeMatteis

	Libertarian	3,270	0.66%	John J. Machurek
Total		492,635	100.00%

Montana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

Open	Democratic	Governor Steve Bullock • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit. 14 May 2019: "I'm Steve Bullock and I'm running for President." 2 December 2019: Suspended campaign. "... it has become clear that in this moment, I won't be able to break through to the top tier of this still-crowded field of candidates ...." 9 March 2020: "Now I'm taking that fight to the US Senate."
		Open Chair (no incumbent)

	Republican	328,548	54.43%	Member of Congress Greg Gianforte • for Lieutenant Governor: Kristen Juras • 7 June 2019: Filed to run for Governor.

	Democratic	250,860	41.56%	Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Casey Schreiner

	Libertarian	24,179	4.01%	Lyman Bishop • for Lieutenant Governor: John Nesper

	Write-in	21	0.00%	Christopher J. "Chris" Hall • for Lieutenant Governor: Darren E. Hall
Total		603,608	100.00%

North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

	Democratic	Governor Roy Asberry Cooper, III • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated

	Democratic	2,834,790	51.52%	Governor Roy Asberry Cooper, III

	Republican	2,586,604	47.01%	Lieutenant Governor Daniel James "Dan" Forest • 28 January 2019: Running for Governor in 2020.

	Libertarian	60,449	1.10%	Steven Joseph DiFiore, II

	Constitution	20,934	0.38%	Albert Lawrence "Al" Pisano
Total		5,502,777	100.00%

Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

	Democratic	Governor Jay R. Inslee • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • on General Election ballot
	Democratic	2,294,243	56.56%	Governor Jay R. Inslee • 22 August 2019: Running for re-election after withdrawing as a Presidential contender.
	Republican	1,749,066	43.12%	Loren Culp
	Scattering	13,145	0.32%	WRITE-IN
Total		4,056,454	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-Nonpartisan League
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Independent American
	• Independent Party Of Delaware
	• Mountain
	• Progressive
	• Truth Matters
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation
	• No Party Preference
	• Unaffiliated
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise 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.