| The Green Papers: 2026 General Election |
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming |
| Alabama 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Kay Ivey Ascended to the chair 10 April 2017 following the resignation of Governor Robert J. Bentley (Republican). First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit Regular Primary on 19 May 2026. If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the primary, a 16 June runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters. |
|||
|   | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
aka Ja'Mel Brown |
|||||
| Democratic | former U.S. Senator Gordon Douglas "Doug" Jones First elected to the US Senate in a special election: 12 December 2017; unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 2020. |
||||
| Republican | Senator Thomas H. "Tommy" Tuberville 27 May 2025: Senator Thomas H. "Tommy" Tuberville announces his candidacy for Governor in 2026. |
||||
| Alaska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Mike J. Dunleavy First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair |
|||
| Democratic | former state Senator Tom Begich for Lieutenant Governor: Julia Hnilicka |
||||
| Republican | former state Senator Click Bishop for Lieutenant Governor: Greta Schuerch 21 April 2026: Denied. 8 May 2026: Re-added. |
||||
| Republican | former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson for Lieutenant Governor: Josh Church |
||||
| Democratic | state Senator Matt Claman for Lieutenant Governor: Sarah Skeel |
||||
| Republican | former state Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum for Lieutenant Governor: Bob Craig |
||||
| Republican | Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Edna DeVries for Lieutenant Governor: George B. Hightower |
||||
| Nonpartisan | Meda DeWitt for Lieutenant Governor: Christopher Steere |
||||
| Republican | Michael Loren Gilbert for Lieutenant Governor: Timothy Dean Hickel |
||||
| Republican | Matt Andrew Heilala for Lieutenant Governor: Jesse M. Sumner |
||||
| Republican | former state Senator Shelley Hughes for Lieutenant Governor: Blake Gettys 14 November 2025: Resigned from the state Senate. |
||||
| Democratic; Nonpartisan | former state Representative Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins for Lieutenant Governor: Zac Johnson Jonathan "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins (Democratic) Zac Johnson (Nonpartisan) |
||||
| Republican | Henry F. "Hank" Kroll for Lieutenant Governor: Tommy R. Nicholson, III (Undeclared) |
||||
| Republican; Undeclared | former state Senator Lesil L. McGuire for Lieutenant Governor: Elizabeth Rexford Lesil L. McGuire (Republican) Elizabeth Rexford (Undeclared) |
||||
| Democratic; Republican | former Angoon City Council Member James Willia"JP4" Parkin, IV for Lieutenant Governor: Ramadhani "Ram" Greer Parkin is a registered Republican. Greer is a registered Democrat. |
||||
| Undeclared | Destry J. Payne, Sr. for Lieutenant Governor: Cliff Silvers |
||||
| Republican | former Attorney General Treg Taylor for Lieutenant Governor: Candi English |
||||
| Nonpartisan | former Governor Bill Walker for Lieutenant Governor: former state Revenue Commissioner Randy Hoffbeck Governor Walker was first elected as an Independent in 2014. Ran as a Petition candidate in 2018 where he suspended his campaign but remained on the ballot. |
||||
| Republican | Bernadette M. Wilson for Lieutenant Governor: former state Senator Michael K. "Mike" Shower |
||||
| Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated |
||||
| Democratic | state Senator Fredrick J. "Fred" Love | ||||
| Republican | Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders | ||||
| Libertarian | Colt Shelby | ||||
| Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Ronald D. "Ron" DeSantis First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit. |
|||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
| Democratic | Evelyn Castillo-Bach | ||||
circa 5 June 2026: "Mayor of Orange County Jerry Demings announced today that he is suspending his campaign for governor of Florida. Earlier this week, Mayor Demings was diagnosed with a treatable form of prostate cancer." 11 June 2026: Withdrew. |
|||||
| Democratic | Thomas Eloy Fernandez | ||||
| Democratic | Dayna Marie Foster | ||||
9 October 2025: Withdrew. |
|||||
| Democratic | former Member of Congress David W. Jolly for Lieutenant Governor: former Member of Congress Gwen Graham First elected as a Republican in a special Congressional election: 11 March 2014 [re: passing of Congressman Charles William "C.W." "Bill" Young (Republican)], reelected: 2014, unsuccessful candidate for reelection: 2016. 4 June 2025: Filed with the Florida Department of State to run for Governor as a Democrat. |
||||
| Democratic | Dotie Joseph | ||||
Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the US House: 2010; unsuccessful candidate for election to the US House: 2012; first elected: 2016, re-elected: 2018, 2020; unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 2022. |
|||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
| Democratic | Kenneth Stephann "Stephann" Norman | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
5 May 2026: Withdrew. |
|||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
26 January 2026: Withdrew. |
|||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
Wife of Governor Ronald D. "Ron" DeSantis |
|||||
| Republican | Member of Congress Byron Donalds 26 February 2025: Member of Congress Donalds, CD 19, is a candidate for Governor in 2026. |
||||
| Republican | James Fishback | ||||
| Republican | Jim Holcomb | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
| Republican | Arthur Joseph McCaffrey | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
| Republican | Daniel Nokovich | ||||
28 July 2025: Candidate for state Representative. |
|||||
| Republican | former state Representative Paul Renner | ||||
| Republican | Rachel Rodriguez | ||||
| Republican | James Walker Shaw | ||||
| Republican | Caneste Succe | ||||
aka Angie Windhauser Candidate for Governor and US House CD 10. 23 January 2026: Withdrew. |
|||||
| Republican | Robert Edward "Bobby" Williams, Jr. | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
| Libertarian | Scott Eckhard Jewett | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
| No Party Affiliation | Dean Ocean Abrams | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
| No Party Affiliation; (Republican) | former Surfside Mayor Charles W. Burkett | ||||
| No Party Affiliation | Jeffrey Peter "Dr. Jeff" Datto | ||||
| No Party Affiliation | Moliere "Moe" Dimanche | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
14 August 2025: Withdrew. |
|||||
| No Party Affiliation | Desmond Meade | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
circa 15 May 2026: No longer a candidate. |
|||||
| No Party Affiliation | Frank J. Russo | ||||
Candidate for Governor (No Party Affiliation) and US Senate Class 3 Special (Republican) |
|||||
7 October 2025: Withdrew |
|||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
| Write-in | Kathleen Gail "Kathy" Anderson | ||||
| Write-in; (Democratic) | Richard Paul Dembinsky | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
| Write-in | Mohammad Wajid Khan | ||||
| Write-in | Erik Edward Morris | ||||
12 June 2026: Did Not Qualify |
|||||
1 June 2026: Withdrawn |
|||||
| Georgia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Brian Porter Kemp First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit. |
|||
|   | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
| Democratic | former Atlanta Mayor Keisha R. Lance Bottoms | ||||
First elected as a Republican Lieutenant Governor in 2018; Did not run for re-election in 2022. Running for Governor as a Democrat in 2026. |
|||||
Formerly affiliated with the Republican Party. First elected state Labor Commissioner: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006; Unsuccessful candidate for the US Senate: 2010. |
|||||
| Republican | Rick Jackson Advances to 16 June runoff. Received 35% in the 19 May primary. |
||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones Advances to 16 June runoff. Received 37% in the 19 May primary. 8 July 2025: "... I'm proud to be running to be the next Governor of our great state." |
||||
19 May 2026: "... it is with regret that I announce that I am suspending my campaign as the Libertarian nominee for Governor of Georgia ...." The Libertarian Party may name a replacement candidate but that candidate must meet the 14 July 2026 petition requirements. |
|||||
| Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Brad Little First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 Renominated |
||||
| Democratic | Terri Pickens | ||||
| Republican | Governor Brad Little | ||||
| Constitution | Marvin "Pro Life" Richardson | ||||
| Libertarian | Melissa-Sue Robinson | ||||
| Libertarian | Paul Sand | ||||
| Independent | former state Supreme Court Justice John R. Stegner | ||||
| Write-in; (Independent) | Jacob Burnett | ||||
| Iowa 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Kimberly K. "Kim" Reynolds Ascended to the Governor's Chair: 24 May 2017 [re: Governor Terry E. Branstad (Republican) resignation to become Ambassador to China]; first elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 Open Chair - 11 April 2025: "After a lot of thought, prayer, and conversations with my family, I have decided that I will not seek re-election in 2026...." |
|||
|   | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
| Democratic | Auditor Rob Sand for Lieutenant Governor: Crawford County Supervisor Dave Muhlbauer 12 May 2025: Auditor Rob Sand is a candidate for Governor in 2026. |
||||
13 May 2025: Formed an exploratory committee to run for Governor in 2026. Member of Congress CD 4. |
|||||
| Republican | Zach Lahn for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Derek Wulf |
||||
| Libertarian | Nicholas "Nick" Gluba for Lieutenant Governor: Julia "Jules" Cutler Petitions challenged |
||||
| Nebraska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Jim Pillen First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated |
||||
| Democratic | former state Senator Lynne Walz | ||||
| Republican | Governor Jim Pillen | ||||
| Legal Marijuana Now | Rick Beard 12 May 2026: Received 69% in the primary. |
||||
12 May 2026: Received 31% in the primary. |
|||||
| Nevada 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Joseph "Joe" Lombardo First elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Renominated |
||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Aaron Darnell Ford | ||||
| Republican | Governor Joseph "Joe" Lombardo | ||||
| No Political Party | Christopher "Chris" Battenberg | ||||
| No Political Party | Jordan Koteras | ||||
| No Political Party | Allen Anderson Rheinhart Democratic Socialist |
||||
| No Political Party | Emilio Ray Rodriguez | ||||
| No Political Party | John T. Scott | ||||
| New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Kelly Ayotte First elected: 2024. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
||||
| Democratic | former Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington | ||||
| Republican | Governor Kelly Ayotte | ||||
| Republican | Shaun Fife | ||||
| Independent; (Democratic) | Jonathan "Jon" Kiper Community First Party |
||||
| Ohio 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Michael "Mike" DeWine First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit. |
|||
|   | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
| Democratic | Amy Acton for Lieutenant Governor: former Hamilton County Commissioner David Pepper |
||||
for Lieutenant Governor: Stuart "Stu" Moats aka Heather Hill. Disqualified but remains on the ballot. |
|||||
for Lieutenant Governor: Kimberly C. "Kim" Georgeton |
|||||
| Republican | Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Robert A. "Rob" McColley |
||||
| Libertarian | Donald C. "Don" Kissick for Lieutenant Governor: James L. Mills |
||||
| Independent; (Forward Party) | Timothy "Tim" Grady for Lieutenant Governor: Andrea Neutzling |
||||
for Lieutenant Governor: Christy Jo Orr |
|||||
| Oklahoma 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor J. Kevin Stitt First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit. |
|||
| Democratic | Arya Azma | ||||
| Democratic | former state Senator Connie Johnson | ||||
| Democratic | state Representative Cyndi Munson | ||||
| Republican | Jennifer Domenico | ||||
| Republican | Attorney General Gentner F. Drummond | ||||
| Republican | former Rio New Mexico City Manager Leisa Mitchell Haynes | ||||
| Republican | Chip Keating | ||||
| Republican | former state Senator Mike Mazzei | ||||
| Republican | former state Representative Charles McCall | ||||
| Republican | former state Senator Jake A. Merrick | ||||
| Republican | Kenneth Sturgell | ||||
| Republican | Calup Anthony Taylor | ||||
| Independent | Robert E. Brooks, Sr. | ||||
| Independent | Orlando Lynn Bush | ||||
| Independent | former Tulsa School Board Member Jerry Griffin | ||||
| South Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Henry Dargan McMaster 24 January 2017: Ascended to the Governor's Chair following the resignation of Governor Nikki Randhawa Haley (Republican) who became United Nations Ambassador; first elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit. |
|||
| Democratic | state Representative Jermaine L. Johnson, Sr. | ||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Pamela S. Evette Received 28.9% in the 9 June primary. Advances to 23 June runoff. |
||||
4 June 2026: Withdrew, "While my campaign is ending....", endorsing Michael Alan "Alan" Wilson. Remains on the ballot. |
|||||
4 August 2025: "I'm running for governor...." |
|||||
25 July 2025: Member of Congress Norman is a candidate for Governor in 2026. "I'm running for governor to shake things up...." |
|||||
| Republican | Attorney General Michael Alan "Alan" Wilson for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Mike Reichenbach Received 26.4% in the 9 June primary. Advances to 23 June runoff. |
||||
| Green | Walid N. Hakim | ||||
| United Citizens | Michael A. Addison for Lieutenant Governor: Candace Brewer |
||||
| Workers Party | Gary M. Votour | ||||
| South Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Larry Rhoden Ascended to the Chair: 26 January 2025 [re: resignation of Governor Kristi Lynn Noem (Republican)] Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
||||
| Democratic | former state Senator Dan Ahlers | ||||
| Republican | Toby Doeden 2 June 2026: Advances to the 28 July 2026 runoff with 30.6% of the vote. |
||||
for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Karla Lems |
|||||
Member of Congress At-Large. |
|||||
| Republican | Governor Larry Rhoden 2 June 2026: Advances to the 28 July 2026 runoff with 25.2% of the vote. |
||||
for Lieutenant Governor: Kirra Noltensmeier |
|||||
for Lieutenant Governor: Ericka Flanigan |
|||||
| 12 November 2024: President-elect Donald Trump nominates Governor Kristi Lynn Noem to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. 25 January 2025: Governor Kristi Lynn Noem (Republican), who was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, resigned after being confirmed by the US Senate 59-34 as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. She previously served in the U.S. House 2011-2019. 25 January 2024: Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden (Republican) who was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, ascended to the Governor's Chair upon the resignation of Governor Kristi Lynn Noem (Republican). Governor Noem was earlier confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. | |||||
| Tennessee 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor William "Bill" Lee First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit. |
|||
| Democratic | Carnita Atwater | ||||
| Democratic | Tim Cyr | ||||
| Democratic | Memphis City Council Member Jerri Green | ||||
| Democratic | Adam "Ditch" Kurtz | ||||
| Democratic | Kevin Lee McCants Filed for both the Senate Class 2 seat and the Governor's chair. |
||||
| Republican | Senator Marsha Blackburn 6 August 2025: Candidate for Governor in 2026. "It's official! I'm running for Governor ...." Previously served in the U.S. House: 2003-2019; first elected to the U.S. Senate: 2018; re-elected: 2024. |
||||
| Republican | state Representative Monty Fritts | ||||
| Republican | Member of Congress John W. Rose Member of Congress CD 6 |
||||
8 March 2026: Will not file to run. |
|||||
| Independent | Misam Abidi | ||||
| Independent | Harold Dean "Dean" Brewer | ||||
| Independent | Edgar Ray "Ray" Brown | ||||
| Independent | Taylor Hafley | ||||
| Independent; (Republican) | David Elmer Hatley | ||||
| Independent | Wendell Jackson | ||||
| Independent | Charles Van Morgan | ||||
| Independent | Eddie Lee Murphy | ||||
| Independent | Lauren M. Pinkston | ||||
| Independent | Victor Lloyd "Vic" Scoggin | ||||
| Independent | David "Dave" Seeman | ||||
| Independent | Karl Knox Smithson | ||||
| Independent | Larita Webb "L. Webb" Taylor | ||||
| Independent | Robert C. Vick | ||||
| Write-in | Stephen C. Maxwell | ||||
| Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Greg Abbott Previously served as Attorney General: first elected 2002; re-elected: 2006, 2010; First elected as Governor: 2014; re-elected: 2018, 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 Renominated |
||||
First elected to the US House: 2002; unsuccessful candidate for renomination: 2004; unsuccessful candidate for Texas Governor: 2006; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the US Senate: 2020. |
|||||
| Democratic | state Representative Gina Hinojosa | ||||
5 January 2026: Withdrew. "With the primary just weeks away, the responsible choice is ... to defeat Greg Abbott ... I'm proud to endorse Gina Hinojosa .... " Remains on the ballot |
|||||
| Republican | Governor Greg Abbott | ||||
| Libertarian | former Lago Vista City Council Member Pat Dixon | ||||
| Independent | Elliot Charles Chavez | ||||
| Independent | Sarah Bowman Cunningham | ||||
| Independent | Blas Eugenio Padrino | ||||
| Independent | Jenn Mack Raphoon | ||||
| Independent | Janis Marie Richards | ||||
| Independent | Demetra J. Wysinger | ||||
| Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
| Republican | Governor Phil Scott First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
||||
| Democratic | Amanda Janoo | ||||
| Democratic | Aly Richards | ||||
| Republican | Governor Phil Scott | ||||
| Peace And Justice | June Goodband | ||||
| Independent | Dean R. Roy Freedom and Unity Party, 14 years old |
||||
| If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Governor. [Vermont Constitution Section 47, Chapter II] | |||||
| Wyoming 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. 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 |
Republican | Governor Mark Gordon First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022. Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Open Chair - 16 April 2026: Stated he will not run for a 3rd term. |
|||
| Democratic | Kenneth R. "Ken" Casner | ||||
| Republican | state Senator Eric Barlow | ||||
| Republican | Brent Warren Bien | ||||
| Republican | Curt Norman Blake | ||||
| Republican | Public Instruction Superintendent Megan Degenfelder | ||||
circa 10 April 2026: "I'm stepping away from the campaign ...." |
|||||
15 January 2026: "... I’ll be back in 2030 ...." Note: The Wyoming Constitution requires gubernatorial candidates to be state residents for 5 years which Mr. Knezovich does not meet. |
|||||
| Constitution | Rebecca Bextel | ||||
| 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 | |
| American Constitution | |
| Constitution | |
| Green | |
| Green-Rainbow | |
| Libertarian | |
| Pacific Green | |
| Peace And Justice | |
| Other Third Parties | |
| American Solidarity | |
| Approval Voting | |
| Conservative | |
| Forward Party | |
| Independence | |
| Independent Party of Florida | |
| Independent Party of Oregon | |
| Legal Marijuana Now | |
| New | |
| No Labels | |
| Peace And Freedom | |
| Progressive Party of Oregon | |
| Prohibition Party | |
| Socialist Workers Party | |
| United Citizens | |
| Unity | |
| Workers Party | |
| Working Families | |
| Independents | |
| Independent | |
| No Party Affiliation | |
| No Party Preference | |
| No Political Party | |
| Nonpartisan | |
| Unaffiliated | |
| Undeclared | |
| Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
| Not readily classifiable | |
| 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. 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. "Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office). "FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary. When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details. If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements. |
|
2026 General Election Home |