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Gubernatorial Elections, 1948-2013

Note: The winner of each election is in bold. A bold election year indicates an incumbent loss.

*Incumbent initially gained office by rules of succession. **Incumbent lost in primary

Year Incumbent Challenger(s) State

1948 Daniel E Garvey* Bruce Brockett 1948 None Sidney Sanders McMath 1948 William L. Nous David Hamil Colorado 1948 James C. Shannon* 1948 None Elbert N. Carvel 1948 Melvin E. Thompsoni * ** 1948 Dwight H. Green Adlai Stevenson 1948 Robert D. Blue** William S. Beardsley 1948 Randolph Carpenter 1948 None 1948 None Frederick Payne 1948 Robert F. Bradford Paul A. Dever 1948 Kim Sigler Soapy Williams 1948 Luther W. Youngdahl Charles Halsted 1948 Sam C. Ford John W. Bonner 1948 Frank Sorrell 1948 None 1948 Thomas J. Mabry Manuel Lujan New 1948 Fred G. Aandahl Howard Henry 1948 Thomas J. Herbert Frank J. Lausche 1948 John Hallii * ** Douglas McKay 1948 John Orlando Pastore Albert P. Ruerat 1948 George T. Mickelson Harold J. Volz 1948 James N. McCord** Gordon Weaver Browning 1948 Beauford Jester Alvin H. Lane 1948 Herbert Brown Maw J. Bracken Lee 1948 Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. Charles F. Ryan 1948 Monrad Charles Wallgreen Arthur Bernard Langlie 1948 Oscar Rennebohm* Carl W. Thompson 1949 Alfred Eastlack Driscoll Elmer Wene New Jersey 1950 Daniel E. Garvey** Howard Pyle Arizona 1950 Sidney Sanders McMath Arkansas 1950 Earl Warren James Roosevelt 1950 Walter Walford Johnson* Dan Thornton Colorado 1950 Chester Bowles Connecticut 1950 Herman Talmadge Georgia 1950 None Len Jordan 1950 William S. Beardsley Lester Gillette Iowa 1950 None Edward F. Arn Kansas 1950 Frederick Payne Earle Grant Maine 1950 William Preston Lane, Jr. Theodore McKeldin 1950 Paul A. Dever Arthur Coolidge Massachusetts 1950 Soapy Williams Harry Francis Kelly Michigan 1950 Luther W. Youngdahl Harry Herbert Peterson Minnesota 1950 Val Peterson Walter Raecke Nebraska 1950 Vail Montgomery Pittman Charles Hinton Russell 1950 Sherman Adams Robert Bingham New Hampshire 1950 None Edwin L. Mechem 1950 Thomas E. Dewey Walter Lynch 1950 None Norman Burnsdale North Dakota 1950 Frank J. Lausche Don Ebright Ohio 1950 Douglas McKay Austin Fiegel Oregon 1950 None Dennis J. Roberts Rhode Island 1950 None South Dakota 1950 Gordon Weaver Browning John Randolph Neal, Jr. Tennessee 1950 * Ralph W. Currie Texas 1950 None Lee Earl Emerson Vermont 1950 None Walter J. Kohler Wisconsin 1950 None Frank A. Barrett 1951 Lawrence W. Wetherby* Eugene Siler 1952 Howard Pyle Joe Haldiman Arizona 1952 Sidney Sanders McMath Francis Adams Cherry Arkansas 1952 Dan Thornton John Metzger Colorado 1952 Elbert N. Carvel J. Caleb Boggs Delaware 1952 None Daniel T. McCarty 1952 Noneiii Illinois 1952 William S. Beardsley Herschel C. Loveless Iowa 1952 Edward F. Arn Charles Rooney Kansas 1952 None Robert F. Kennon Louisiana 1952 None Burton Cross Maine 1952 Paul A. Dever Massachusetts 1952 Soapy Williams Frederick Alger, Jr. Michigan 1952 C. Elmer Anderson* Orville L. Freeman Minnesota 1952 John W. Bonner J. Hugo Aronson Montana 1952 None Robert B. Crosby Nebraska 1952 None New Hampshire 1952 Edwin L. Mechem Everett Grantham New Mexico 1952 Norman Burnsdale Ole C. Johnson North Dakota 1952 Frank J. Lausche Charles P. Taft II Ohio 1952 Dennis J. Roberts Raoul Archambault, Jr. Rhode Island 1952 Sigul Anderson Sherman A. Iverson South Dakota 1952 Gordon Weaver Browning** Frank G. Clement Tennessee 1952 Allan Shivers Texas 1952 J. Bracken Lee Earl J. Glade Utah 1952 Lee Earl Emerson Robert W. Larrow Vermont 1952 Arthur Bernard Langlie Hugh Burnton Mitchell Washington 1952 Walter J. Kohler William Proxmire Wisconsin 1953 None Robert B. Meyner New Jersey 1954 Howard Pyle Ernest W. McFarland Arizona 1954 Francis Adams Cherry** Orval E. Faubus Arkansas 1954 Goodwin J. Knight* Richard Perrin Graves California 1954 None Edwin Johnson Colorado 1954 John Davis Lodge Abraham A. Ribicoff Connecticut 1954 Charley Eugene Johnsiv * ** LeRoy Collins Florida 1954 None Georgia 1954 None Robert E. Smylie Idaho 1954 None Leo A. Hoegh Iowa 1954 None Kansas 1954 Burton Cross Maine 1954 Theodore McKeldin Curley Byrd Maryland 1954 Christian Herter Robert Murphy Massachusetts 1954 Soapy Williams Donald Leonard Michigan 1954 C. Elmer Anderson Orville L. Freeman Minnesota 1954 None Victor E. Anderson Nebraska 1954 Charles Hinton Russell Vail Montgomery Pittman Nevada 1954 None New Hampshire 1954 None John F. Simms New Mexico 1954 None W. Averell Harriman New York 1954 Norman Burnsdale Cornelius Bymers North Dakota 1954 Frank J. Lausche James A. Rhodes Ohio 1954 Paul L. Patterson* Joseph Carson Oregon 1954 Dennis J. Roberts Dean J. Lewis Rhode Island 1954 None South Dakota 1954 Frank G. Clement John Randolph Neal, Jr. Tennessee 1954 Allan Shivers Tod R. Adams Texas 1954 None Joseph Blaine Johnson Vermont 1954 Walter J. Kohler William Proxmire Wisconsin 1954 Clifford Joy Rogersv * ** Milward L. Simpson Wyoming Albert Benjamin "Happy" 1955 None Chandler Kentucky 1956 Ernest W. McFarland Horace Griffen Arizona 1956 Orval E. Faubus Arkansas 1956 None Stephen McNichols Colorado 1956 J. Caleb Boggs J.H.T. McConnell Delaware 1956 LeRoy Collins William Washburne, Jr. Florida 1956 William Stratton Richard Austin Illinois 1956 Leo A. Hoegh Herschel C. Loveless Iowa 1956 Fred Hall** Kansas 1956 None Earl Long Louisiana 1956 Edmund Muskie W.A. Trafton Maine 1956 None Massachusetts 1956 Soapy Williams Albert Cobo Michigan 1956 Orville L. Freeman Minnesota 1956 J. Hugo Aronson Arnold Olsen Montana 1956 Victor E. Anderson Frank Sorrell Nebraska 1956 Lane Dwinell John Shaw New Hampshire 1956 John F. Simms Edwin L. Mechem New Mexico 1956 Luther Hodges* Kyle Hayes 1956 None John E. Davis North Dakota 1956 None C. William O'Neill Ohio 1956 Elmo Smithvi * Robert D. Holmes Oregon 1956 Dennis J. Roberts Christopher Del Sesto Rhode Island 1956 Joe Foss South Dakota 1956 None M. Texas 1956 J. Bracken Leevii ** Utah 1956 Joseph Blaine Johnson E. Frank Branon Vermont 1956 None Albert Dean Rosellini Washington 1956 None Vernon W. Thomson Wisconsin 1957 Robert B. Meyner Malcolm S. Forbes, Sr. New Jersey 1958 None Paul Jones Fannin Arizona 1958 Orval E. Faubus Arkansas 1958 None Pat Brown California 1958 Stephen McNichols Palmer Burch Colorado 1958 Abraham A. Ribicoff Fred Zeller Connecticut 1958 None Georgia 1958 Robert E. Smylie A.M. Derr Idaho 1958 Herschel C. Loveless William Murray Iowa 1958 George Docking Clyde Reed, Jr. Kansas 1958 None Clinton Clauson Maine 1958 None J. Millard Tawes Maryland 1958 Foster Furcolo Charles Gibbons Massachusetts 1958 Soapy Williams Bagwell Michigan 1958 Orville L. Freeman George MacKinnon Minnesota 1958 Victor E. Anderson Ralph G. Brooks Nebraska 1958 Charles Hinton Russell Frank Nevada 1958 None New Hampshire 1958 Edwin L. Mechem John Burroughs New Mexico 1958 W. Averell Harriman Nelson A. Rockefeller New York 1958 John E. Davis John F. Lord North Dakota 1958 C. William O'Neill Michael V. DiSalle Ohio 1958 Robert D. Holmes Mark Odom Hatfield Oregon 1958 Dennis J. Roberts Christopher Del Sesto Rhode Island 1958 None Ralph Herseth South Dakota 1958 None Tennessee 1958 M. Price Daniel Edwin S. Mayer Texas 1958 None Robert Theodore Stafford Vermont 1958 Vernon W. Thomson Gaylord Anton Nelson Wisconsin 1958 Milward L. Simpson John J. Hickey Wyoming 1959 None William A. Egan 1959 William F. Quinn John A. Burns 1959 None Bert Thomas Combs Kentucky 1960 Paul Jones Fannin Lee Ackerman Arizona 1960 Orval E. Faubus Arkansas 1960 None Elbert N. Carvel Delaware 1960 None Farris Bryant Florida 1960 William Stratton Otto Kerner, Jr. Illinois 1960 None Norman A. Erbe Iowa 1960 George Docking John Anderson Kansas 1960 None Louisiana 1960 John H. Reed* Frank Coffin Maine 1960 None John A. Volpe Massachusetts 1960 None John Swainson Michigan 1960 Orville L. Freeman Elmer L. Andersen Minnesota 1960 None Donald Grant Nutter Montana 1960 None Frank B. Morrison Nebraska 1960 Wesley Powell Bernard Boutin New Hampshire 1960 John Burroughs Edwin L. Mechem New Mexico 1960 None William L. Guy North Dakota 1960 Christopher Del Sesto John A. Notte, Jr. Rhode Island 1960 Ralph Herseth Archie Gubbrud South Dakota 1960 M. Price Daniel William Steger Texas 1960 George Dewey Clyde W. A. Barlocker Utah 1960 None Frank Ray Keyser, Jr. Vermont 1960 Albert Dean Roselini Lloyd J. Andrews Washington 1960 Gaylord Anton Nelson Philip G. Kuehn Wisconsin 1961 None Richard Joseph Hughes New Jersey 1962 William A. Egan Alaska 1962 Paul Jones Fannin Sam Goddard, Jr. Arizona 1962 Orval E. Faubus Arkansas 1962 Pat Brown California 1962 Stephen McNichols Colorado 1962 John N. Dempsey* John Alsop Connecticut 1962 None Carl E. Sanders Georgia 1962 William F. Quinn John A. Burns Hawaii 1962 Robert E. Smylie Vernon Smith Idaho 1962 Norman A. Erbe Harold E. Hughes Iowa 1962 John Anderson Dale Saffels Kansas 1962 John H. Reed Maynard Dolloff Maine 1962 J. Millard Tawes Frank Small, Jr. Maryland 1962 John A. Volpe Massachusetts 1962 John Swainson George W. Romney Michigan 1962 Elmer L. Andersen Karl F. Rolvaag Minnesota 1962 Frank B. Morrison Frederick Andrew Seaton Nebraska 1962 Frank Grant Sawyer Oran Gragson Nevada 1962 Wesley Powell** John W. King New Hampshire 1962 Edwin L. Mechem Jack M. Campbell New Mexico 1962 Nelson A. Rockefeller , Jr. New York 1962 William L. Guy Mark Andrews North Dakota 1962 Michael V. DiSalle James A. Rhodes Ohio 1962 Mark Odom Hatfield Robert Thornton Oregon 1962 John A. Notte, Jr. John Hubbard Chafee Rhode Island 1962 None Donald Stuart Russell 1962 Archie Gubbrud Ralph Herseth South Dakota 1962 None Frank G. Clement Tennessee 1962 M. Price Daniel** John B. Connally Texas 1962 Frank Ray Keyser, Jr. Phillip H. Hoff Vermont 1962 None John W. Reynolds Wisconsin 1962 Jack R. Gage* Clifford Peter Hansen Wyoming 1963 None Edward Thompson Breathitt Kentucky 1964 None Sam Goddard, Jr. Arizona 1964 Orval E. Faubus Arkansas 1964 None Charles L. Terry, Jr. Delaware 1964 None W. Haydon Burns Florida 1964 Otto Kerner, Jr. Charles Percy Illinois 1964 Harold E. Hughes Evan Hultman Iowa 1964 None William H. Avery Kansas 1964 None John McKeithen Louisiana 1964 Endicott Peabody** John A. Volpe Massachusetts 1964 George W. Romney Neil Staebler Michigan 1964 Tim M. Babcock* Roland Renne Montana 1964 Frank B. Morrison Dwight Burney Nebraska 1964 John W. King John Pillsbury New Hampshire 1964 Jack M. Campbell Merle Tucker New Mexico 1964 William L. Guy Donald Halcrow North Dakota 1964 John Hubbard Chafee Edward P. Gallogly Rhode Island 1964 None Nils A. Boe South Dakota 1964 John B. Connally Jack Crichton Texas 1964 None Utah 1964 Phillip H. Hoff Ralph A. Foote Vermont 1964 Albert Dean Roselini Daniel Jackson Evans Washington 1964 John W. Reynolds Warren P. Knowles Wisconsin 1965 Richard Joseph Hughes Wayne Dumont, Jr. New Jersey 1966 William A. Egan Alaska 1966 Samuel Goddard, Jr. John "Jack" R. Williams Arizona 1966 None Arkansas 1966 Pat Brown California 1966 John Arthur Love Robert Knous Colorado 1966 John N. Dempsey E. Clayton Gengras Connecticut 1966 W. Haydon Burns** Claude Kirk Florida 1966 None Georgia 1966 John A. Burns Randolph Crossley Hawaii 1966 Robert E. Smylie** Idaho 1966 Harold E. Hughes William Murray Iowa 1966 William H. Avery Kansas 1966 John H. Reed Kenneth Curtis Maine 1966 None Maryland 1966 John A. Volpe Edward McCormack, Jr. Massachusetts 1966 George W. Romney Zolton Ferency Michigan 1966 Karl F. Rolvaag Harold LeVander Minnesota 1966 None Nebraska 1966 Frank Grant Sawyer Paul D. Laxalt Nevada 1966 John W. King Hugh Gregg New Hampshire 1966 None David F. Cargo New Mexico 1966 Nelson A. Rockefeller Frank D. O'Connor New York 1966 James A. Rhodes Frazier Reams, Jr. Ohio 1966 None Dewey Follett Bartlett 1966 None Tom McCall Oregon 1966 John Hubbard Chafee Horace E. Hobbs Rhode Island 1966 Robert Evander McNair* Joseph O. Rogers, Jr. South Carolina 1966 Nils A. Boe Robert Chamberlin South Dakota 1966 None Buford Ellington Tennessee 1966 John B. Connally T. E. Kennerly Texas 1966 Phillip H. Hoff Richard A. Snelling Vermont 1966 Warren P. Knowles Patrick J. Lucey Wisconsin 1966 None Stanley K. Hathaway Wyoming 1967 None Louie B. Nunn Kentucky 1968 John "Jack" R. Williams Samuel Goddard, Jr. Arizona 1968 Winthrop Rockefeller Marion Crank Arkansas 1968 Charles L. Terry, Jr. Russell W. Peterson Delaware 1968 Samuel H. Shapiro* Richard B. Ogilvie Illinois 1968 None Robert D. Ray Iowa 1968 Robert Docking Rick Harman Kansas 1968 John McKeithen Louisiana 1968 Warren E. Hearnes Lawrence Roos 1968 Tim M. Babcock Forrest H. Anderson Montana 1968 None Walter Peterson New Hampshire 1968 David F. Cargo Fabian Chavez, Jr. New Mexico 1968 William L. Guy Robert P. McCarney North Dakota 1968 John Hubbard Chafee Rhode Island 1968 None Frank L. Farrar South Dakota 1968 None Texas 1968 Cal Rampton Carl W. Buehner Utah 1968 None Deane Chandler Davis Vermont 1968 Daniel Jackson Evans John J. O'Connell Washington 1968 Warren P. Knowles Bronson Cutting La Follette Wisconsin 1969 None William T. Cahill New Jersey 1970 Albert Preston Brewer** George C. Wallace 1970 Keith Miller* William A. Egan Alaska 1970 Jack R. Williams Raul H. Castro Arizona 1970 Winthrop Rockefeller Dale Bumpers Arkansas 1970 Ronald Reagan Jesse M. Unruh California 1970 John Arthur Love Mark Hogan Colorado 1970 None Thomas J. Meskill Connecticut 1970 Claude Kirk Florida 1970 None Georgia 1970 John A. Burns Samuel King Hawaii 1970 Don Samuelson Cecil D. Andrus Idaho 1970 Robert D. Ray Robert Fulton Iowa 1970 Robert Docking Kent Frizzell Kansas 1970 Kenneth Curtis James S. Erwin Maine 1970 * Stanley Blair Maryland 1970 Francis W. Sargent* Massachusetts 1970 * Sander Levin Michigan 1970 None Wendell R. Anderson Minnesota 1970 Norbert Tiemann J. James Exon Nebraska 1970 None Mike O'Callaghan Nevada 1970 Walter Peterson Roger Crowley New Hampshire 1970 None Bruce King New Mexico 1970 Nelson A. Rockefeller New York 1970 None John J. Gilligan Ohio 1970 Dewey Follett Bartlett David Hall Oklahoma 1970 Tom McCall Robert W. Straub Oregon 1970 None Milton Jerrold Shapp 1970 Frank Licht Herbert F. DeSimone Rhode Island 1970 None John Carl West South Carolina 1970 Frank L. Farrar Richard Francis Kneip South Dakota 1970 None Tennessee 1970 Preston Smith Paul Eggers Texas 1970 Deane Chandler Davis Leo O'Brien, Jr. Vermont 1970 None Patrick J. Lucey Wisconsin 1970 Stanley K. Hathaway John J. Rooney Wyoming 1971 None Wendell H. Ford Kentucky 1972 Dale Bumpers Len E. Blaylock Arkansas 1972 Russell W. Peterson Sherman W. Tribbitt Delaware 1972 Richard B. Ogilvie Daniel Walker Illinois 1972 None Otis "Doc" Bowen Indiana 1972 Robert D. Day Paul Franzenburg Iowa 1972 Robert Docking Morris Kay Kansas 1972 None Louisiana 1972 None Missouri 1972 None Thomas L. Judge Montana 1972 Walter Peterson** Mel Thomson, Jr. New Hampshire 1972 None James Holshouser North Carolina 1972 None Arthur A. Link North Dakota 1972 None Philip W. Noel Rhode Island 1972 Richard Francis Kneip Carveth Thompson South Dakota 1972 Preston Smith** Texas 1972 Cal Rampton Nicholas L. Strike Utah 1972 None Thomas P. Salmon Vermont 1972 Daniel Jackson Evans Albert Dean Rosellini Washington 1972 Arch Moore IV West 1973 William Cahill** Brendan T. Byrne New Jersey 1974 George C. Wallace Alabama 1974 William A. Egan Jay S. Hammond Alaska 1974 None Raul H. Castro Arizona 1974 None David Pryor Arkansas 1974 None California 1974 John D. Vanderhoof* Dick Lamm Colorado 1974 None Ella T. Grasso Connecticut 1974 Reubin Askew Jerry Thomas Florida 1974 None Georgia 1974 * Randolph Crossley Hawaii 1974 Cecil D. Andrus Jack Murphy Idaho 1974 Robert D. Day James Schaben Iowa 1974 None Robert F. Bennett Kansas 1974 None James B. Longley Maine 1974 Marvin Mandel Louise Gore Maryland 1974 Francis W. Sargent Massachusetts 1974 William Milliken Sander Levin Michigan 1974 Wendell R. Anderson John Johnson Minnesota 1974 J. James Exon Richard Marvel Nebraska 1974 Mike O'Callaghan Shirley Crumpler Nevada 1974 Mel Thomson, Jr. Richard Leonard New Hampshire 1974 None New Mexico 1974 Malcolm Wilson* Hugh L. Carey New York 1974 John J. Gilligan James A. Rhodes Ohio 1974 David Hall** David Lyle Boren Oklahoma 1974 None Robert W. Straub Oregon 1974 Milton Jerrold Shapp Drew Lewis, Jr. Pennsylvania 1974 Philip W. Noel James Nugent Rhode Island 1974 Richard Francis Kneip John E. Olson South Dakota 1974 None Tennessee 1974 Dolph Briscoe Jim Granberry Texas 1974 Thomas P. Salmon Walter "Peanut" Vermont 1974 Patrick J. Lucey William D. Dyke Wisconsin 1974 None Ed Herschler Wyoming 1975 Julian Morton Caroll* Robert E. Gable Kentucky 1975 Edwin Edwards Robert Jones Louisiana 1976 David Pryor Leon Griffith Arkansas 1976 Sherman W. Tribbitt Pierre S. du Pont, IV Delaware 1976 Daniel Walker** James Thompson Illinois 1976 Otis "Doc" Bowen Larry Conrad Indiana 1976 Kit Bond Joseph P. Teasdale Missouri 1976 Thomas L. Judge Robert Woodahl Montana 1976 Mel Thomson, Jr. Harry Spanos New Hampshire 1976 None , Jr. North Carolina 1976 Arthur A. Link Richard Elkin North Dakota 1976 None J. Joseph Garrahy Rhode Island 1976 None Scott M. Matheson, Sr. Utah 1976 None Richard A. Snelling Vermont 1976 None Washington 1976 None Jay Rockefeller IV 1977 Brendan T. Byrne Raymond Bateman New Jersey 1978 None "Fob" James Alabama 1978 Jay S. Hammond Alaska 1978 Bruce Edward Babbitt* Arizona 1978 None Arkansas 1978 Jerry Brown Evelle J. Younger California 1978 Dick Lamm Ted Strickland Colorado 1978 Ella T. Grasso Ronald Sarasin Connecticut 1978 None Florida 1978 George Busbee Georgia 1978 George Ariyoshi John Leopold Hawaii 1978 John V. Evans* Allan Larsen Idaho 1978 James Thompson Illinois 1978 Robert D. Day Jerome Fitzgerald Iowa 1978 Robert F. Bennett John W. Carlin Kansas 1978 None*** Joseph E. Brennan Maine 1978 Noneviii Harry Roe Hughes Maryland 1978 Michael Dukakis** Edward J. King Massachusetts 1978 William Milliken William Fitzgerald, jr. Michigan 1978 * Minnesota 1978 None Nebraska 1978 None Robert F List Nevada 1978 Mel Thomson, Jr. Hugh J. Gallen New Hampshire 1978 None Bruce King New Mexico 1978 Hugh L. Carey Perry Duryea, Jr. New York 1978 James A. Rhodes Richard F. Celeste Ohio 1978 None Oklahoma 1978 Robert W. Straub Victor G. Atiyeh Oregon 1978 None Pennsylvania 1978 J. Joseph Garrahy Lincoln C. Almond Rhode Island 1978 None Richard Wilson Riley South Carolina 1978 Noneix South Dakota 1978 None Tennessee 1978 Dolph Briscoe** Texas 1978 Richard A. Snelling Edwin C. Granai Vermont 1978 Martin J. Schreiber* Lee Sherman Dreyfus Wisconsin 1978 Ed Herschler John C. Ostlund Wyoming 1979 None John Y. Brown Kentucky 1979 None Louisiana 1980 Bill Clinton Frank D. White Arkansas 1980 Pierre S. du Pont, IV William Gordy Delaware 1980 None Robert D. Orr Indiana 1980 Joseph P. Teasdale Kit Bond Missouri 1980 Thomas L. Judge** Montana 1980 Hugh J. Gallen Mel Thomson, Jr. New Hampshire 1980 Jim Hunt, Jr. I. Beverly Lake, Jr. North Carolina 1980 Arthur A. Link Allen I. Olson North Dakota 1980 J. Joseph Garrahy Buddy Cianci, Jr. Rhode Island 1980 Scott M. Matheson, Sr. Bob Wright Utah 1980 Richard A. Snelling M. Jerome Diamond Vermont 1980 Dixy Lee Ray** John Dennis Spellman Washington 1980 Jay Rockefeller IV Arch Moore West Virginia 1981 None Thomas H. Kean New Jersey 1982 None George C. Wallace Alabama 1982 None William Jennings Sheffield Alaska 1982 Bruce Edward Babbitt Leo Corbet Arizona 1982 Frank D. White Bill Clinton Arkansas 1982 None George Deukmejian California 1982 Dick Lamm John Fuhr Colorado 1982 William O'Neill* Lewis Connecticut 1982 Bob Graham Skip Bafalis Florida 1982 None Joe Harris Georgia 1982 George Ariyoshi Hawaii 1982 John V. Evans Idaho 1982 James Thompson Adlai Stevenson III Illinois 1982 None Iowa 1982 John W. Carlin Sam Hardage Kansas 1982 Joseph E. Brennan Charles Cragen Maine 1982 Harry Roe Hughes Robert Pascal Maryland 1982 Edward J. King** Michael Dukakis Massachusetts 1982 None James Blanchard Michigan 1982 None Rudy Perpich Minnesota 1982 Charles Thone Nebraska 1982 Robert F. List Richard H. Bryan Nevada 1982 Hugh J. Gallen John J. Sununu New Hampshire 1982 None New Mexico 1982 None New York 1982 None Richard F. Celeste Ohio 1982 George Nigh Oklahoma 1982 Victor G. Atiyeh Oregon 1982 Dick Thornburgh Allen Edward Ertel Pennsylvania 1982 J. Joseph Garrahy Vincent Marzullo Rhode Island 1982 Richard Wilson Riley William D. Workman, Jr. South Carolina 1982 Bill Janklow Mike O'Connor South Dakota 1982 Lamar Alexander Randy Tyree Tennessee 1982 Bill Clements Mark White Texas 1982 Richard A. Snelling Madeleine M. Kunin Vermont 1982 None Anthony S. Earl Wisconsin 1982 Ed Herschler Warren A. Morton Wyoming 1983 None Kentucky 1983 Dave Treen Edwin Edwards Louisiana 1984 Bill Clinton Arkansas 1984 None Michael N. Castle Delaware 1984 Robert D. Orr Indiana 1984 None Missouri 1984 Ted Schwinden Pat Goodover Montana 1984 John H. Sununu Chris Spirou New Hampshire 1984 None Jim Martin North Carolina 1984 Allen I. Olson George A. Sinner North Dakota 1984 None Edward DiPrete Rhode Island 1984 None Norman H. Bangerter Utah 1984 None Madeleine M. Kunin Vermont 1984 John Dennis Spellman Washington 1984 None Arch Moore West Virginia 1985 Thomas H. Kean Peter Shapiro New Jersey 1986 None Guy Hunt Alabama 1986 William Jennings Sheffield** Alaska 1986 None Evan Mecham Arizona 1986 Bill Clinton Arkansas 1986 George Deukmejian Tom Bradley California 1986 None Colorado 1986 William O'Neill Julie Belaga Connecticut 1986 None Bob Martinez Florida 1986 Joe Harris Georgia 1986 None John D. Waihee III Hawaii 1986 None Cecil D. Andrus Idaho 1986 James Thompson Adlai Stevenson III Illinois 1986 Terry Branstad Lowell Junkins Iowa 1986 None Kansas 1986 None John McKernan Maine 1986 None William Donald Schaefer Maryland 1986 Michael Dukakis George Kariotis Massachusetts 1986 James Blanchard William Lucas Michigan 1986 Rudy Perpich Minnesota 1986 None Kay Orr Nebraska 1986 Richard H. Bryan Patty Cafferata Nevada 1986 John H. Sununu Paul McEachern New Hampshire 1986 None Garrey E. Carruthers New Mexico 1986 Mario Cuomo Andrew O'Rourke New York 1986 Richard F. Celeste James A. Rhodes Ohio 1986 None Henry Louis Bellmon Oklahoma 1986 None Oregon 1986 None Robert P. Casey, Sr. Pennsylvania 1986 Edward DiPrete Rhode Island 1986 None Carroll A. Campbell South Carolina 1986 None George Speaker Mickelson South Dakota 1986 None Ned McWherter Tennessee 1986 Mark White Bill Clements Texas 1986 Madeleine M. Kunin Peter P. Smith Vermont 1986 Anthony S. Earl Wisconsin 1986 None Michael J. Sullivan Wyoming 1987 None Wallace G. Wilkinson Kentucky 1987 Edwin Edwardsx Louisiana 1988 Michael N. Castle Jacob Kreshtool Delaware 1988 None Indiana 1988 John Ashcroft Betty Hearned Missouri 1988 None Montana 1988 None Judd A. Gregg New Hampshire 1988 Jim Martin Robert B. Jordan, III North Carolina 1988 George A. Sinner Leon Mailberg North Dakota 1988 Edward DiPrete Bruce Sundlun Rhode Island 1988 Norman H. Bangerter Ted Wilson Utah 1988 Madeleine M. Kunin Michael Bernhardt Vermont 1988 Booth Gardner Bob Williams Washington 1988 Arch Moore West Virginia 1989 None Jim Florio New Jersey 1990 Guy Hunt Paul Hubbert Alabama 1990 None Walter J. Hickel Alaska 1990 None III Arizona 1990 Bill Clinton Arkansas 1990 None Pete Wilson California 1990 Roy Romer John Andrews Colorado 1990 None Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Connecticut 1990 Bob Martinez Florida 1990 None Georgia 1990 John D. Waihee III Fred Hemmings Hawaii 1990 Cecil D. Andrus Roger Fairchild Idaho 1990 None Illinois 1990 Terry Branstad Donald Avenson Iowa 1990 Mike Hayden Kansas 1990 John McKernan Joesph E. Brennan Maine 1990 William Scahefer Maryland 1990 None William Weld Massachusetts 1990 James Blanchard Michigan 1990 Rudy Perpich Minnesota 1990 Kay Orr Nebraska 1990 Bob Miller* Jim Gallaway Nevada 1990 Judd A. Gregg J. Joseph Grandmaison New Hampshire 1990 None Bruce King New Mexico 1990 Mario Cuomo Pierre Rinfret New York 1990 None George V. Voinovich Ohio 1990 None Oklahoma 1990 None Oregon 1990 Robert P. Casey, Sr. Pennsylvania 1990 Edward DiPrete Bruce Sundlun Rhode Island 1990 Caroll A. Campbell Theo Mitchell South Carolina 1990 George Speaker Mickelson Bob Samuelson South Dakota 1990 Ned McWherter Dwight Henry Tennessee 1990 None Texas 1990 None Richard A. Snelling Vermont 1990 Tommy Thompson Thomas Loftus Wisconsin 1990 Michael J. Sullivan Mary Mead Wyoming 1991 None Brereton Jones Kentucky 1991 Buddy Roemer** Edwin Edwards Louisiana 1991 1992 None Thomas R. Carper Delaware 1992 Evan Bayh Linley Pearson Indiana 1992 None Missouri 1992 None Montana 1992 None Steve New Hampshire 1992 None Jim Hunt, Jr. North Carolina 1992 None North Dakota 1992 Bruce Sundlun Elizabeth A. Leonard Rhode Island 1992 None Michael O. Leavitt Utah 1992 * John McClaughry Vermont 1992 None Michael Edward Lowry Washington 1992 Gaston Caperton Cleve Benedict West Virginia 1993 Jim Florio New Jersey 1994 James Elisha Folsom, Jr. * "Fob" James Alabama 1994 None Tony Knowels Alaska 1994 Fife Symington III Eddie Basha Arizona 1994 Jim Guy Tucker* Sheffield Nelson Arkansas 1994 Pete Wilson Kathleen Brown California 1994 Roy Romer Bruce Benson Colorado 1994 None John G. Rowland Connecticut 1994 Lawton Chiles Florida 1994 Zell Miller Guy Millner Georgia 1994 None Hawaii 1994 None Phil Batt Idaho 1994 Jim Edgar Dawn Clark Netsch Illinois 1994 Terry Branstad Bonnie Campbell Iowa 1994 None Kansas 1994 None Angus King Maine 1994 None Parris N. Glendening Maryland 1994 William Weld Mark Roosevelt Massachusetts 1994 John Engler Howard Eliot Wolpe, III Michigan 1994 Arne Carlson John J. Marty Minnesota 1994 Ben Nelson Gene Spence Nebraska 1994 Bob Miller Jim Gibbons Nevada 1994 Wayne King New Hampshire 1994 Bruce King New Mexico 1994 Mario Cuomo New York 1994 George V. Voinovich Robert L. Burch, Jr. Ohio 1994 None Oklahoma 1994 None Oregon 1994 Nonexi Pennsylvania 1994 Bruce Sundlun** Lincoln C. Almond Rhode Island 1994 None South Carolina 1994 * ** Bill Janklow South Dakota 1994 None Tennessee 1994 Ann Richards George W. Bush Texas 1994 Howard Dean David F. Kelley Vermont 1994 Tommy Thompson Chuck Chvala Wisconsin 1994 None Wyoming 1995 None Paul E. Patton Kentucky 1995 None Murphy J. Foster, Jr. Louisiana 1995 Kirk Fordice Dick Molpus Mississippi 1996 Thomas R. Carper Janet Rzewnicki Delaware 1996 None Frank O'Bannon Indiana 1996 Mel Carnahan Margaret Kelly Missouri 1996 Marc Racicot Judy Jacobson Montana 1996 None New Hampshire 1996 Jim Hunt, Jr. Robin Hayes North Carolina 1996 Ed Schafer Lee Kaldor North Dakota 1996 Michael O. Leavitt Jim Bradley Utah 1996 Howard Dean John Gropper Vermont 1996 None Washington 1996 None Cecil Underwood West Virginia 1997 Christine Todd Whitman James E. McGreevey New Jersey 1998 "Fob" James Don Siegelman Alabama 1998 Tony Knowles John Lindauer Alaska 1998 * Paul Johnston Arizona 1998 * Bill Bristow Arkansas 1998 None Gray Davis California 1998 None Bill Owens Colorado 1998 John G. Rowland Barbara Kennelly Connecticut 1998 None Jeb Bush Florida 1998 None Georgia 1998 Ben Cayentano Hawaii 1998 None Idaho 1998 None Illinois 1998 None Iowa 1998 Bill Graves Tom Sawyer Kansas 1998 Angus King James B. Longley, Jr. Maine 1998 Parris N. Glendening Ellen Sauerbrey Maryland 1998 * Scott Harshbarger Massachusetts 1998 John Engler Geoffrey Fieger Michigan 1998 None Minnesota 1998 None Nebraska 1998 None Nevada 1998 Jeanne Shaheen Jay Lucas New Hampshire 1998 Gary Johnson Martin Chavez New Mexico 1998 George Pataki Peter Vallone New York 1998 None Bob Taft II Ohio 1998 Frank Keating Oklahoma 1998 John Kitzhaber Bill Sizemore Oregon 1998 Tom Ridge Pennsylvania 1998 Lincoln C. Almond Myrth York Rhode Island 1998 David Beasley South Carolina 1998 Bill Janklow Bernie Hunhoff South Dakota 1998 Don Sundquist Hooker Tennessee 1998 George W. Bush Garry Mauro Texas 1998 Howard Dean Vermont 1998 Tommy Thompson Ed Garvey Wisconsin 1998 Jim Gerringer John P. Vinich Wyoming 1999 Paul E. Patton Peppy Martin Kentucky 1999 Murphy J. Foster, Jr. William Jefferson Louisiana 1999 None Mississippi 2000 None Delaware 2000 Frank O'Bannon David McIntosh Indiana 2000 None Bob Holden Missouri 2000 None Montana 2000 Jeanne Shaheen Gordon Humphrey New Hampshire 2000 None Mike Easley North Carolina 2000 None North Dakota 2000 Michael O. Leavitt Bill Orton Utah 2000 Howard Dean Ruth Dwyer Vermont 2000 Gary Locke John Carlson Washington 2000 Cecil Underwood West Virginia 2001 None James E. McGreevey New Jersey 2002 Don Siegelman Alabama 2002 None Frank Murkowski Alaska 2002 None Arizona 2002 Mike Huckabee Jimmie Lou Fisher Arkansas 2002 Gray Davis California 2002 Bill Owens Rollie Heath Colorado 2002 John G. Rowland Bill Curry Connecticut 2002 Jeb Bush Bill McBride, Jr. Florida 2002 Roy Barnes Georgia 2002 None Linda Lingle Hawaii 2002 Dirk Kempthorne Jerry Brady Idaho 2002 None Illinois 2002 Tom Vilsack Doug Gross Iowa 2002 None Kansas 2002 None Maine 2002 None Robert L. Ehrlich Maryland 2002 None Massachusetts 2002 None Jennifer Granholm Michigan 2002 None Minnesota 2002 Mike Johanns Stormy Dean Nebraska 2002 Kenny Guinn Joe Neal Nevada 2002 None New Hampshire 2002 None New Mexico 2002 George Pataki Carl McCall New York 2002 Bob Taft II Tim Hagan Ohio 2002 None Oklahoma 2002 None Ted Kulongoski Oregon 2002 None Pennsylvania 2002 None Don Carcieri Rhode Island 2002 Jim Hodges South Carolina 2002 None South Dakota 2002 None Tennessee 2002 * Tony Sanchez Texas 2002 None Vermont 2002 Scott McCallum* Jim Doyle Wisconsin 2002 None Dave Freudenthal Wyoming 2003 None Ernie Fletcher Kentucky 2003 None Louisiana 2003 Ronnie Musgrove Haley Barbour Mississippi 2004 Ruth Ann Minner Bill Lee Delaware 2004 Joe E. Kernan* Indiana 2004 Bob Holden** Missouri 2004 None Montana 2004 Craig Benson John Lynch New Hampshire 2004 Mike Easley Patrick Ballantine North Carolina 2004 John Hoeven Joe Satrom North Dakota 2004 Olene Walkerxii Jon Huntsman Utah 2004 Jim Douglas Vermont 2004 None Washington 2004 None West Virginia 2005 None Jon S. Corzine New Jersey 2006 Bob Riley Alabama 2006 Fran Murkowski** Alaska 2006 Janet Napolitano Arizona 2006 None Mike Beebe Arkansas 2006 Phil Angelides California 2006 None Bill Ritter Colorado 2006 * John DeStefano, Jr. Connecticut 2006 None Charlie Crist Florida 2006 Sonny Perdue Mark Taylor Georgia 2006 Linda Lingle Randy Iwase Hawaii 2006 None C.L. "Butch" Otter Idaho 2006 Rod Blagojevich Illinois 2006 None Chet Culver Iowa 2006 Kathleen Sebelius Jim Barnett Kansas 2006 John Baldacci Chandler Woodcock Maine 2006 Robert L. Ehrlich Martin O'Malley Maryland 2006 None Massachusetts 2006 Jennifer Granholm Dick Devos Michigan 2006 Tim Pawlenty Mike Hatch Minnesota 2006 * David Hahn Nebraska 2006 None Jim Gibbons Nevada 2006 John Lynch New Hampshire 2006 Bill Richardson John Dendahl New Mexico 2006 None New York 2006 None Ted Strickland Ohio 2006 Brad Henry Ernest J. Istook, Jr. Oklahoma 2006 Ted Kulongoski Ron Saxton Oregon 2006 Ed Rendell Pennsylvania 2006 Don Carcieri Charles Fogarty Rhode Island 2006 Mark Sanford Tommy Moore South Carolina 2006 Mike Rounds Jack Billion South Dakota 2006 Phil Bredesen James Bryson Tennessee 2006 Rick Perry Chris Bell Texas 2006 Jim Douglas Scudder Parker Vermont 2006 Jim Doyle Mark Green Wisconsin 2006 Dave Freudenthal Ray Hunkins Wyoming 2007 Ernie Fletcher Kentucky 2007 None Louisiana 2007 Haley Barbour John Arthur Eaves, Jr. Mississippi 2008 None Delaware 2008 Mitch Daniels Jill Long Thompson Indiana 2008 None Missouri 2008 Brian Schweitzer Roy Brown Montana 2008 John Lynch Joe Kenney New Hampshire 2008 None Beverly Perdue North Carolina 2008 John Hoeven Tim Mathern North Dakota 2008 Jon Huntsman Bob Springmeyer Utah (I), Gaye 2008 Jim Douglas Symington Vermont 2008 Christine Gregoire Washington 2008 Joe Manchin Russ Weeks, Jr. West Virginia 2009 Jon S. Corzine New Jersey 2010 None Robert J. Bentley Alabama 2010 * Ethan Berkowitz Alaska 2010 * Arizona 2010 Mike Beebe Jim Keet Arkansas 2010 None Jerry Brown California 2010 None Colorado 2010 None Dan Malloy Connecticut 2010 None Rick Scott Florida 2010 None Georgia 2010 None Hawaii 2010 Keith Allred Idaho 2010 * Bill Brady Illinois 2010 Chet Culver Terry Branstad Iowa 2010 None Kansas 2010 None Paul LePage Maine 2010 Martin O'Malley Robert L. Ehrlich Maryland 2010 Deval Patrick Charles Baker, Jr. Massachusetts 2010 None Rick Snyder Michigan 2010 None Minnesota 2010 Dave Heineman Mike Meister Nebraska 2010 Jim Gibbons** Nevada 2010 John Lynch John Stephen New Hampshire 2010 None New Mexico 2010 Nonexiii New York 2010 Ted Strickland Ohio 2010 None Oklahoma 2010 None John Kitzhaber Oregon 2010 None Pennsylvania 2010 None Rhode Island 2010 None South Carolina 2010 None South Dakota 2010 None Tennessee 2010 Rick Perry Bill White Texas 2010 Gary Herbertxiv * Peter Corroon Utah 2010 None Vermont 2010 None Scott Walker Wisconsin 2010 None Matthew H. Mead Wyoming 2011 Steve Beshear David Williams Kentucky 2011 Bobby Jindal Tara Hollis Louisiana 2011 None Phil Bryant Mississippi 2011 Earl Ray Tomblinxv * Bill Maloney West Virginia 2012 Jack Markell Jeffrey Cragg Delaware 2012 None Mike Pence Indiana 2012 Jay Nixon Dave Spence Missouri 2012 None Steve Bullock Montana 2012 None New Hampshire 2012 None Pat McCrory North Carolina 2012 * Ryan Taylor North Dakota 2012 Peter Cooke Utah 2012 Peter Shumlin Randy Brock Vermont 2012 None Washington 2012 Earl Ray Tomblin Bill Maloney West Virginia 2013 Chris Christie Barbara Buono New Jersey 1948-52 No Incumbents Florida 1948-64 No Incumbents Missouri 1948-66 No Incumbents Alabama 1948-66 No Incumbents Oklahoma 1948-66 No Incumbents South Carolina 1948-68 No Incumbents West Virginia 1948-70 No Incumbents Pennsylvania

1948-72 No Incumbents Indiana 1948-87 No incumbents Mississippi 1948-present No Incumbentsxvi Virginia

i Special Election. ii Special Election due to death of Gov. . Hall, who had succeeded to , lost in the special primary. iii Incumbent Gov. Adlai Stevenson won the Democratic primary, but dropped out of the gubernatorial race to run for President. iv Special Election. v Note that sources differ as to whether Gov. Rogers ran for a full term in 1954. vi Special Election due to the death of Gov. Paul Patterson. Smith succeeded Patterson in January 1956 and lost the special election in November. vii After losing the Republican primary, Lee ran as an Independent in the general election, losing again. viii Blair Lee was "" while running for Governor (and losing in the Democratic primary) in 1978. ix Harvey Wollman lost the Democratic primary in June 1978 before succeeding to the governorship in July 1978. x Edwards was entitled to a run-off but withdrew after the primary/first round of voting. xi , who lost this election, was Acting Governor for 6 months in 1993 while Gov. Casey underwent surgery. Casey had resumed his role as Governor at the time of the 1994 election. xii The Republican Party chose (at its Convention) not to put Gov. Walker on the Primary ballot. xiii , who completed Eliot Spitzer's term, was initially a candidate for re-election in 2010. He withdrew from the race on Feb. 26, 2010. xiv Special Election to complete Gov. Huntsman's term. xv Special Election to complete Gov. Manchin's term. xvi Incumbents are not permitted to run for successive terms under the Virginia State Constitution.