# 2022 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8, 2022, in 36 states and three territories. As most governors serve four-year terms, the last regular gubernatorial elections for all but two of the seats took place in 2018. The gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections, as part of the 2022 midterm elections.
Democrats performed better than expected, including in closely-watched races in Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and the party picked up the governorships of Arizona, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Republicans picked up the governorship of Nevada, making incumbent Democrat Steve Sisolak the only incumbent to lose his seat, the first Democrat since the 2014 Illinois gubernatorial election, and the first of any party since the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election.
This is the first midterm cycle since 1998 in which the non-incumbent party suffered net losses, the first since 1986 in which the incumbent party gained seats overall, and the first since 1934 in which Democrats did so. Democrats won the popular vote in this gubernatorial election cycle by 0.24 points, making this the closest midterm gubernatorial election cycle since at least 1990. However, the 2019 off-year elections were won by Democrats with a smaller margin of 0.01 points.

## Partisan composition

Going into the election, there were 28 Republican governors and 22 Democratic governors in the United States. This class of governors is made up of 20 Republicans and 16 Democrats. In contrast to 2018, where Republicans were defending eight seats in states won by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Republicans held six seats in states won by Joe Biden in the 2020 U.S. presidential election (Vermont, New Hampshire, Arizona, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Maryland). Meanwhile, Democrats were defending four governorships in states Trump had previously won (Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin in 2016, and Kansas in 2016 and 2020).

## Election predictions

Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive seats. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assign ratings to each state, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.
Most election predictors use:
* "tossup": no advantage
* "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
* "lean": slight advantage
* "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
* "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory
| State | PVI | Incumbent | Last race | Cook Oct 28, 2022 | IE Nov 3, 2022 | Sabato Nov 7, 2022 | Politico Nov 3, 2022 | RCP Nov 2, 2022 | Fox Nov 1, 2022 | 538 Nov 7, 2022 | ED Nov 7, 2022 | Result |
| Alabama | R+15 | Kay Ivey | 59.5% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Ivey 66.9% R |
| Alaska | R+8 | Mike Dunleavy | 51.4% R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Dunleavy 50.3% R |
| Arizona | R+2 | Doug Ducey (term-limited) | 56.0% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Lean R | Hobbs 50.3% D (flip) |
| Arkansas | R+16 | Asa Hutchinson (term-limited) | 65.3% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Sanders 63.0% R |
| California | D+13 | Gavin Newsom | 61.9% D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Newsom 59.2% D |
| Colorado | D+4 | Jared Polis | 53.4% D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Solid D | Safe D | Polis 58.5% D |
| Connecticut | D+7 | Ned Lamont | 49.4% D | Solid D | Solid D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D | Likely D | Solid D | Safe D | Lamont 56.0% D |
| Florida | R+3 | Ron DeSantis | 49.6% R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Lean R | Likely R | Solid R | Safe R | DeSantis 59.4% R |
| Georgia | R+3 | Brian Kemp | 50.2% R | Lean R | Lean R | Likely R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Likely R | Likely R | Kemp 53.4% R |
| Hawaii | D+14 | David Ige (term-limited) | 62.7% D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Green 63.2% D |
| Idaho | R+18 | Brad Little | 59.8% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Little 60.5% R |
| Illinois | D+7 | J. B. Pritzker | 54.5% D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Likely D | Lean D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Pritzker 54.9% D |
| Iowa | R+6 | Kim Reynolds | 50.3% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Likely R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Reynolds 58.0% R |
| Kansas | R+10 | Laura Kelly | 48.0% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Lean D | Kelly 49.5% D |
| Maine | D+2 | Janet Mills | 50.9% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Mills 55.7% D |
| Maryland | D+14 | Larry Hogan (term-limited) | 55.4% R | Solid D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Safe D (flip) | Solid D (flip) | Safe D (flip) | Solid D (flip) | Solid D (flip) | Safe D (flip) | Moore 64.5% D (flip) |
| Massachusetts | D+15 | Charlie Baker (retiring) | 66.6% R | Solid D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Safe D (flip) | Solid D (flip) | Safe D (flip) | Solid D (flip) | Solid D (flip) | Safe D (flip) | Healey 63.8% D (flip) |
| Michigan | R+1 | Gretchen Whitmer | 53.3% D | Lean D | Tilt D | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Whitmer 54.5% D |
| Minnesota | D+1 | Tim Walz | 53.8% D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Tossup | Lean D | Likely D | Likely D | Walz 52.3% D |
| Nebraska | R+13 | Pete Ricketts (term-limited) | 59.0% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Pillen 59.7% R |
| Nevada | R+1 | Steve Sisolak | 49.4% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lombardo 48.8% R (flip) |
| New Hampshire | D+1 | Chris Sununu | 65.1% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R | Solid R | Safe R | Sununu 57.1% R |
| New Mexico | D+3 | Michelle Lujan Grisham | 57.2% D | Lean D | Tilt D | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Likely D | Lean D | Lujan Grisham 52.0% D |
| New York | D+10 | Kathy Hochul | 59.6% D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Tossup | Lean D | Solid D | Safe D | Hochul 53.2% D |
| Ohio | R+6 | Mike DeWine | 50.4% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Solid R | Safe R | DeWine 62.4% R |
| Oklahoma | R+20 | Kevin Stitt | 54.3% R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Tossup | Lean R | Likely R | Safe R | Stitt 55.4% R |
| Oregon | D+6 | Kate Brown (term-limited) | 50.1% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D | Lean D | Kotek 47.0% D |
| Pennsylvania | R+2 | Tom Wolf (term-limited) | 57.8% D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D | Solid D | Likely D | Shapiro 56.5% D |
| Rhode Island | D+8 | Dan McKee | 52.6% D | Solid D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Solid D | Likely D | McKee 58.1% D |
| South Carolina | R+8 | Henry McMaster | 54.0% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | McMaster 58.1% R |
| South Dakota | R+16 | Kristi Noem | 51.0% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Noem 62.0% R |
| Tennessee | R+14 | Bill Lee | 59.6% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Lee 64.9% R |
| Texas | R+5 | Greg Abbott | 55.8% R | Likely R | Solid R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R | Likely R | Solid R | Likely R | Abbott 54.8% R |
| Vermont | D+16 | Phil Scott | 68.5% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Scott 70.9% R |
| Wisconsin | R+2 | Tony Evers | 49.5% D | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Evers 51.2% D |
| Wyoming | R+25 | Mark Gordon | 67.1% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Gordon 74.1% R |

## Race summary
### States

| States | Governor | Party | First elected | Status | Candidates |
| Alabama | Kay Ivey | Republican | 2017 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Kay Ivey (Republican) 66.9% ▌Yolanda Flowers (Democratic) 29.2% ▌Jimmy Blake (Libertarian) 3.3% |
| Alaska | Mike Dunleavy | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Mike Dunleavy (Republican) 50.3% ▌Les Gara (Democratic) 24.2% ▌Bill Walker (Independent) 20.7% ▌Charlie Pierce (Republican) 4.5% |
| Arizona | Doug Ducey | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent term-limited. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Katie Hobbs (Democratic) 50.3% ▌Kari Lake (Republican) 49.7% |
| Arkansas | Asa Hutchinson | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent term-limited. Republican hold. | ▌Y Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) 63.0% ▌Chris Jones (Democratic) 35.2% ▌Ricky Harrington (Libertarian) 1.8% |
| California | Gavin Newsom | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Gavin Newsom (Democratic) 59.2% ▌Brian Dahle (Republican) 40.8% |
| Colorado | Jared Polis | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Jared Polis (Democratic) 58.5% ▌Heidi Ganahl (Republican) 39.2% Others ▌Kevin Ruskusky (Libertarian) 1.2% ▌Danielle Neuschwanger (Constitution) 0.9% ▌Paul Noel Fiorino (Unity) 0.3% |
| Connecticut | Ned Lamont | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Ned Lamont (Democratic) 56.0% ▌Bob Stefanowski (Republican) 43.1% ▌Robert Hotaling (Independent) 1.0% |
| Florida | Ron DeSantis | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Ron DeSantis (Republican) 59.4% ▌Charlie Crist (Democratic) 40.0% ▌Carmen Gimenez (Independent) 0.4% ▌Hector Roos (Libertarian) 0.2% |
| Georgia | Brian Kemp | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Brian Kemp (Republican) 53.4% ▌Stacey Abrams (Democratic) 45.9% ▌Shane Hazel (Libertarian) 0.7% |
| Hawaii | David Ige | Democratic | 2014 | Incumbent term-limited. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Josh Green (Democratic) 63.2% ▌Duke Aiona (Republican) 36.8% |
| Idaho | Brad Little | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Brad Little (Republican) 60.5% ▌Stephen Heidt (Democratic) 20.3% ▌Ammon Bundy (Independent) 17.2% ▌Paul Sand (Libertarian) 1.1% ▌Chantyrose Davison (Constitution) 0.9% |
| Illinois | J. B. Pritzker | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y J. B. Pritzker (Democratic) 54.9% ▌Darren Bailey (Republican) 42.4% ▌Scott Schluter (Libertarian) 2.7% |
| Iowa | Kim Reynolds | Republican | 2017 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Kim Reynolds (Republican) 58.0% ▌Deidre DeJear (Democratic) 39.5% ▌Rick Stewart (Libertarian) 2.4% |
| Kansas | Laura Kelly | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Laura Kelly (Democratic) 49.5% ▌Derek Schmidt (Republican) 47.3% ▌Dennis Pyle (Independent) 2.0% ▌Seth Cordell (Libertarian) 1.1% |
| Maine | Janet Mills | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Janet Mills (Democratic) 55.7% ▌Paul LePage (Republican) 42.4% ▌Sam Hunkler (Independent) 1.9% |
| Maryland | Larry Hogan | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent term-limited. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Wes Moore (Democratic) 64.5% ▌Dan Cox (Republican) 32.1% Others ▌David Lashar (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌David Harding (Working Class) 0.9% ▌Nancy Wallace (Green) 0.7% |
| Massachusetts | Charlie Baker | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | ▌Y Maura Healey (Democratic) 63.7% ▌Geoff Diehl (Republican) 34.6% ▌Kevin Reed (Libertarian) 1.6% |
| Michigan | Gretchen Whitmer | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Gretchen Whitmer (Democratic) 54.5% ▌Tudor Dixon (Republican) 43.9% Others ▌Mary Buzuma (Libertarian) 0.9% ▌Donna Brandenburg (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.4% ▌Kevin Hogan (Green) 0.2% ▌Daryl Simpson (Natural Law) 0.1% |
| Minnesota | Tim Walz | DFL | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Tim Walz (DFL) 52.3% ▌Scott Jensen (Republican) 44.6% Others ▌James McCaskel (Legal Marijuana Now) 1.2% ▌Steve Patterson (GLC) 0.9% ▌Hugh McTavish (IPM–Alliance) 0.7% ▌Gabrielle Prosser (Socialist Workers) 0.3% |
| Nebraska | Pete Ricketts | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent term-limited. Republican hold. | ▌Y Jim Pillen (Republican) 59.7% ▌Carol Blood (Democratic) 36.3% ▌Scott Zimmerman (Libertarian) 4.0% |
| Nevada | Steve Sisolak | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | ▌Y Joe Lombardo (Republican) 48.8% ▌Steve Sisolak (Democratic) 47.3% Others ▌Brandon Davis (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌None of These Candidates 1.5% ▌Ed Bridges (Independent American) 1.0% |
| New Hampshire | Chris Sununu | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Chris Sununu (Republican) 57.1% ▌Tom Sherman (Democratic) 41.6% ▌Kelly Halldorson (Libertarian) 0.8% ▌Karlyn Borysenko (Libertarian) 0.5% |
| New Mexico | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic) 52.0% ▌Mark Ronchetti (Republican) 45.6% ▌Karen Bedonie (Libertarian) 2.4% |
| New York | Kathy Hochul | Democratic | 2021 | Incumbent elected to full term. | ▌Y Kathy Hochul (Democratic) 53.2% ▌Lee Zeldin (Republican) 46.8% |
| Ohio | Mike DeWine | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Mike DeWine (Republican) 62.4% ▌Nan Whaley (Democratic) 37.4% |
| Oklahoma | Kevin Stitt | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Kevin Stitt (Republican) 55.4% ▌Joy Hofmeister (Democratic) 41.8% ▌Natalie Bruno (Libertarian) 1.4% ▌Ervin Yen (Independent) 1.4% |
| Oregon | Kate Brown | Democratic | 2015 | Incumbent term-limited. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Tina Kotek (Democratic) 47.0% ▌Christine Drazan (Republican) 43.6% ▌Betsy Johnson (Independent) 8.6% ▌Donice Smith (Constitution) 0.4% ▌R. Leon Noble (Libertarian) 0.4% |
| Pennsylvania | Tom Wolf | Democratic | 2014 | Incumbent term-limited Democratic hold. | ▌Y Josh Shapiro (Democratic) 56.5% ▌Doug Mastriano (Republican) 41.7% Others ▌Matt Hackenburg (Libertarian) 1.0% ▌Christina DiGiulio (Green) 0.5% ▌Joe Soloski (Keystone) 0.4% |
| Rhode Island | Dan McKee | Democratic | 2021 | Incumbent elected to full term. | ▌Y Dan McKee (Democratic) 57.9% ▌Ashley Kalus (Republican) 38.9% Others ▌Zachary Hurwitz (Independent) 1.3% ▌Paul Rianna Jr. (Independent) 0.9% ▌Elijah Gizzarelli (Libertarian) 0.8% |
| South Carolina | Henry McMaster | Republican | 2017 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Henry McMaster (Republican) 58.1% ▌Joe Cunningham (Democratic) 40.7% ▌Bruce Reeves (Libertarian) 1.2% |
| South Dakota | Kristi Noem | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Kristi Noem (Republican) 62.0% ▌Jamie Smith (Democratic) 35.2% ▌Tracey Quint (Libertarian) 2.9% |
| Tennessee | Bill Lee | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Bill Lee (Republican) 64.9% ▌Jason Martin (Democratic) 32.9% Others ▌John Gentry (Independent) 0.9%▌Constance Every (Independent) 0.6%▌Deborah Rouse (Independent) 0.2%▌Rick Tyler (Independent) 0.1%▌Charles Morgan (Independent) 0.1%▌Basil Marceaux (Independent) 0.1%▌Alfred O'Neil (Independent) 0.1%▌Michael Scantland (Independent) 0.1% |
| Texas | Greg Abbott | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Greg Abbott (Republican) 54.8% ▌Beto O'Rourke (Democratic) 43.9% ▌Mark Tippetts (Libertarian) 1.0% ▌Delilah Barrios (Green) 0.4% |
| Vermont | Phil Scott | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Phil Scott (Republican) 70.9% ▌Brenda Siegel (Democratic) 23.9% Others ▌Kevin Hoyt (Independent) 2.1%▌Peter Duval (Independent) 1.6%▌Bernard Peters (Independent) 0.8% |
| Wisconsin | Tony Evers | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Tony Evers (Democratic) 51.2% ▌Tim Michels (Republican) 47.8% ▌Joan Ellis Beglinger (Independent) 1.0% |
| Wyoming | Mark Gordon | Republican | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Mark Gordon (Republican) 74.1% ▌Theresa Livingston (Democratic) 15.8% ▌Jared Baldes (Libertarian) 4.2% |

### Territories and federal district

| Territory | Governor | Party | First elected | Status | Candidates |
| District of Columbia | Muriel Bowser | Democratic | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Muriel Bowser (Democratic) 74.7% ▌Red Grant (Independent) 14.9% ▌Stacia Hall (Republican) 5.9% ▌Dennis Sobin (Libertarian) 1.3% |
| Guam | Lou Leon Guerrero | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Lou Leon Guerrero (Democratic) 55.5% ▌Felix Camacho (Republican) 44.1% |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Ralph Torres | Republican | 2015 | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. Independent gain. | First round: ▌Y Ralph Torres (Republican) 38.8% ▌Y Arnold Palacios (Independent) 33.2% ▌Tina Sablan (Democratic) 28.0% Runoff: ▌Y Arnold Palacios (Independent) 54.1% ▌Ralph Torres (Republican) 45.9% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Albert Bryan | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Albert Bryan (Democratic) 56.0% ▌Kurt Vialet (Independent) 38.2% ▌Stephen Frett (Independent Citizens Movement) 3.4% ▌Ronald Pickard (Independent) 1.1% |

## Closest races

States where the margin of victory was under 1%:
* Arizona, 0.66%
States where the margin of victory was under 5%:
* Nevada, 1.51%
* Kansas, 2.21%
* Wisconsin, 3.40%
* Oregon, 3.42%
States where the margin of victory was under 10%:
* New Mexico, 6.38%
* New York, 6.40%
* Georgia, 7.54%
* Minnesota, 7.67%
* Northern Mariana Islands, 8.28%
Blue denotes races won by Democrats. Red denotes races won by Republicans. Grey denotes races won by Independents.

## Alabama

Incumbent Republican governor Kay Ivey took office on April 10, 2017, upon the resignation of former governor Robert J. Bentley, and was elected to a full term in 2018. She ran for re-election to a second full term and won in a landslide.
Primary elections in Alabama were held on May 24. Runoff elections for instances where no candidate received 50% plus one vote were scheduled for June 21. A runoff was avoided in the Republican primary, with Ivey winning outright. The Democratic primary advanced to a runoff between Malika Sanders-Fortier and Yolanda Flowers, with Flowers winning the Democratic nomination.
This was the first gubernatorial election in Alabama history in which both major party nominees were women. Flowers was also the first Black female gubernatorial nominee in Alabama. Governor Ivey was re-elected and sworn in for her second full term on January 16, 2023.
This is the only gubernatorial election in the 2020s to be won by a member of the Silent Generation.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Kay Ivey (incumbent) | 357,069 | 54.45% |
| | Republican | Lynda Blanchard | 126,202 | 19.25% |
| | Republican | Tim James | 106,181 | 16.19% |
| | Republican | Lew Burdette | 42,924 | 6.55% |
| | Republican | Dean Odle | 11,767 | 1.79% |
| | Republican | Donald Trent Jones | 3,821 | 0.58% |
| | Republican | Dave Thomas | 2,886 | 0.44% |
| | Republican | Stacy Lee George | 2,546 | 0.39% |
| | Republican | Dean Young | 2,356 | 0.36% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 655,752 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Yolanda Rochelle Flowers | 56,991 | 33.88% |
| | Democratic | Malika Sanders-Fortier | 54,699 | 32.52% |
| | Democratic | Patricia Jamieson Salter | 19,691 | 11.71% |
| | Democratic | Arthur Kennedy | 15,630 | 9.29% |
| | Democratic | Doug Smith | 11,861 | 7.05% |
| | Democratic | Chad Martin | 9,352 | 5.56% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 168,224 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary runoff results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Yolanda Rochelle Flowers | 32,529 | 55.14% |
| | Democratic | Malika Sanders-Fortier | 26,469 | 44.86% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 58,998 | 100.0% |
2022 Alabama Gubernatorial Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Kay Ivey (incumbent) | 946,932 | 66.91% | +7.45% |
| | Democratic | Yolanda Rochelle Flowers | 412,961 | 29.18% | −11.21% |
| | Libertarian | James D. "Jimmy" Blake | 45,958 | 3.25% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 9,432 | 0.67% | +0.52% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,411,756 | 100% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,419,718 | 38.50% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,687,753 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Alaska

Incumbent Republican governor Mike Dunleavy won re-election to a second term, becoming the first Republican governor to be re-elected to a second term since Jay Hammond in 1978 and the first governor, regardless of political affiliation, to be re-elected to a second term since Tony Knowles in 1998.
Primary election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mike Dunleavy (incumbent)Nancy Dahlstrom | 76,534 | 40.43 |
| | Democratic | Les GaraJessica Cook | 43,660 | 23.06 |
| | Independent | Bill WalkerHeidi Drygas | 43,111 | 22.77 |
| | Republican | Charlie PierceEdie Grunwald | 12,458 | 6.58 |
| | Republican | Christopher KurkaPaul Hueper | 7,307 | 3.86 |
| | Independence | John HoweShellie Wyatt | 1,702 | 0.90 |
| | Republican | Bruce WaldenTanya Lange | 1,661 | 0.88 |
| | Libertarian | William S. ToienShirley Rainbolt | 1,381 | 0.73 |
| | Republican | David HaegWaynette Coleman | 1,139 | 0.60 |
| | Independent | William NemecRonnie Ostrem | 347 | 0.18 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 188,626 | 100.00 |
2022 Alaska gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Mike Dunleavy (incumbent)Nancy Dahlstrom | 132,632 | 50.29% | −1.15% |
| | Democratic | Les GaraJessica Cook | 63,851 | 24.21% | −20.20% |
| | Independent | Bill WalkerHeidi Drygas | 54,668 | 20.73% | +18.70% |
| | Republican | Charlie PierceEdie Grunwald (withdrew) | 11,817 | 4.48% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 784 | 0.30% | +0.09% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 263,752 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 266,472 | 44.33% | −5.49% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 601,161 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Arizona

Incumbent Republican governor Doug Ducey was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third consecutive term. Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs won the election against Republican former television anchor Kari Lake.
Primaries were held on August 2 for both parties, with Lake winning the Republican nomination and Hobbs winning the Democratic nomination, making this the first gubernatorial election in Arizona history in which both major party candidates for governor were women. Hobbs became the fifth female governor of Arizona, with Arizona setting a record for the most female governors in American history. With the concurrent passage of Proposition 131, this will be the last gubernatorial election in Arizona without a lieutenant governor on the ticket.
Going into the election, most polling had Lake leading and analysts generally considered the race to either be a tossup or leaning towards the Republican. Nonetheless, Hobbs ultimately defeated Lake with 50.32% of the vote, becoming the first Democrat elected governor of Arizona since Janet Napolitano in 2006. Lake refused to concede and filed a post-election lawsuit in an attempt to overturn the results, with all her claims either being dismissed or ruled against for lack of evidence.
This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 taking place in a state that was carried by Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. With a margin of 0.67%, it was the closest election of the 2022 gubernatorial election cycle.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Kari Lake | 398,860 | 47.97% |
| | Republican | Karrin Taylor Robson | 358,662 | 43.13% |
| | Republican | Matt Salmon (withdrawn) | 30,704 | 3.69% |
| | Republican | Scott Neely | 25,876 | 3.11% |
| | Republican | Paola Tulliani-Zen | 17,281 | 2.08% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 105 | 0.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 831,508 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Katie Hobbs | 431,059 | 72.32% |
| | Democratic | Marco A. López Jr. | 136,090 | 22.83% |
| | Democratic | Aaron Lieberman (withdrawn) | 28,878 | 4.85% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 596,027 | 100.0% |
2022 Arizona gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Katie Hobbs | 1,287,891 | 50.32% | +8.48% |
| | Republican | Kari Lake | 1,270,774 | 49.65% | −6.35% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 820 | 0.03% | +0.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,559,485 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,592,313 | 62.56% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,143,929 | | |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

## Arkansas

Incumbent Republican governor Asa Hutchinson was term-limited and could not seek a third term. Arkansas is one of the nine states and one territory of the United States that limit governors to two terms for life in their constitutions, along with California, Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Dakota, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Oklahoma. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was sworn in on January 10, 2023.
Primary elections in Arkansas were held on May 24. Runoff elections for instances where no candidate receives over 50% of the vote were scheduled for June 21. Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders won the Republican nomination, while Chris Jones won the Democratic nomination.
Leading up to the Republican primary, Sanders received many endorsements from key Republican figures, including Donald Trump, Mike Pence, incumbent Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas' entire U.S. Congressional delegation, and dozens of GOP representatives from the State House and State Senate. She cruised to a landslide victory in the primary, and as Arkansas is a GOP stronghold, her victory virtually guaranteed she would win the general election, in which she defeated Jones by 28 points. Jones became the first Democrat to win Washington County since 2010, and Sanders became the first Republican to win majority-Black Crittenden County since her father in 1998. This is the first time ever that a Republican won three straight gubernatorial elections in the state's history.
Sanders became the first female governor of Arkansas, as well as the first daughter of a former governor to take office in United States history. In addition, with the election of Leslie Rutledge as lieutenant governor, Arkansas, along with Massachusetts, became the first two U.S. states to have both a female governor and female lieutenant governor serving at the same time.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Sarah Huckabee Sanders | 289,249 | 83.14% |
| | Republican | Francis "Doc" Washburn | 58,638 | 16.86% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 347,887 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Chris Jones | 66,540 | 70.43% |
| | Democratic | Anthony Bland | 9,055 | 9.58% |
| | Democratic | Jay Martin | 7,731 | 8.18% |
| | Democratic | James "Rus" Russell | 6,421 | 6.80% |
| | Democratic | Supha Xayprasith-Mays | 4,725 | 5.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 94,472 | 100.0% |
2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Sarah Huckabee Sanders | 571,105 | 62.96% | −2.37% |
| | Democratic | Chris Jones | 319,242 | 35.20% | +3.43% |
| | Libertarian | Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. | 16,690 | 1.84% | −1.06% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 907,037 | 100.00% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 907,037 | 50.81% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,799,136 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## California

Incumbent Democratic Party Governor Gavin Newsom ran and won re-election to a second term after surviving a recall election in 2021, during his first term.
The elections featured universal mail-in ballots; in-person voting was also available. All statewide elected offices are currently held by Democrats. Newsom won 61.9% of the vote in both the 2018 gubernatorial election and the 2021 recall election. He received 55.9% of the top-two primary vote and faced Republican Party state senator Brian Dahle, who received 17.7% of the primary vote, in the general election. Newsom easily won re-election with 59.2% of the vote to Dahle's 40.8%, but with a smaller margin of victory than in 2018. Dahle flipped five counties that Newsom carried in 2018, namely Lake, Merced (although Merced voted to recall Newsom), Orange, San Bernardino, and San Joaquin. Dahle received 32% of the vote in Los Angeles County, a respectable performance for a Republican in the Democratic stronghold.
Primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gavin Newsom (incumbent) | 3,945,728 | 55.9 |
| | Republican | Brian Dahle | 1,252,800 | 17.7 |
| | No party preference | Michael Shellenberger | 290,286 | 4.1 |
| | Republican | Jenny Rae Le Roux | 246,665 | 3.5 |
| | Republican | Anthony Trimino | 246,322 | 3.5 |
| | Republican | Shawn Collins | 173,083 | 2.5 |
| | Green | Luis J. Rodriguez | 124,672 | 1.8 |
| | Republican | Leo S. Zacky | 94,521 | 1.3 |
| | Republican | Major Williams | 92,580 | 1.3 |
| | Republican | Robert C. Newman II | 82,849 | 1.2 |
| | Democratic | Joel Ventresca | 66,885 | 0.9 |
| | Republican | David Lozano | 66,542 | 0.9 |
| | Republican | Ronald A. Anderson | 53,554 | 0.8 |
| | No party preference | Reinette Senum | 53,015 | 0.8 |
| | Democratic | Armando Perez-Serrato | 45,474 | 0.6 |
| | Republican | Ron Jones | 38,337 | 0.5 |
| | Republican | Daniel R. Mercuri | 36,396 | 0.5 |
| | Green | Heather Collins | 29,690 | 0.4 |
| | Democratic | Anthony Fanara | 25,086 | 0.4 |
| | Republican | Cristian Raul Morales | 22,304 | 0.3 |
| | Republican | Lonnie Sortor | 21,044 | 0.3 |
| | No party preference | Frederic C. Schultz | 17,502 | 0.2 |
| | No party preference | Woodrow Sanders III | 16,204 | 0.2 |
| | No party preference | James G. Hanink | 10,110 | 0.1 |
| | No party preference | Serge Fiankan | 6,201 | 0.1 |
| | No party preference | Bradley Zink | 5,997 | 0.1 |
| | American Independent | Jeff Scott (write-in) | 13 | 0.0 |
| | Republican | Gurinder Bhangoo (write-in) | 8 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,063,868 | 100.0 |
2022 California gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Gavin Newsom (incumbent) | 6,470,104 | 59.18% | −2.77% |
| | Republican | Brian Dahle | 4,462,914 | 40.82% | +2.77% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,933,018 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,933,018 | 50.80% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 21,940,274 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Colorado

Incumbent Democratic governor Jared Polis won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican University of Colorado regent Heidi Ganahl. The primary election was held on June 28.
Polis's 2022 victory marked the first time in American history that an openly gay politician was re-elected governor of a state. Polis had the best performance for a re-elected Colorado governor since Bill Owens in 2002, the best for a Democrat since Roy Romer in 1990, and the highest raw vote total ever in a Colorado gubernatorial race.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jared Polis (incumbent) | 523,489 | 100.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 523,489 | 100.00% |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Heidi Ganahl | 341,157 | 53.87% |
| | Republican | Greg Lopez | 292,187 | 46.13% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 633,344 | 100.0% |
2022 Colorado gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Jared Polis (incumbent)Dianne Primavera (incumbent) | 1,468,481 | 58.53% | +5.11% |
| | Republican | Heidi GanahlDanny Moore | 983,040 | 39.18% | −3.62% |
| | Libertarian | Kevin RuskuskyMichele Poague | 28,939 | 1.15% | −1.60% |
| | American Constitution | Danielle NeuschwangerDarryl Gibbs | 21,623 | 0.86% | N/A |
| | Unity | Paul Noel FiorinoCynthia Munhos de Aquino Sirianni | 6,687 | 0.27% | −0.75% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 60 | 0.0% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,508,830 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,540,680 | 66.28% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,833,360 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Connecticut

Governor Ned Lamont was elected in 2018 with 49.4% of the vote and ran for re-election for a second term. The race simultaneously took place with the election to the state's Class III Senate seat. This election featured a rematch of the previous 2018 gubernatorial election, pitting Lamont against Republican Bob Stefanowski, who he previously defeated by 3.2% of the vote. This time Lamont won re-election by a wider margin, becoming the first Democrat to win a gubernatorial election by more than 5 points in the state since 1986. This is the first time since 1994 that Tolland County voted Democratic in a gubernatorial election.
2022 Connecticut gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Ned Lamont (incumbent)Susan Bysiewicz (incumbent) | 710,186 | 55.97% | +6.60% |
| | Republican | Bob StefanowskiLaura Devlin | 546,209 | 43.05% | −3.16% |
| | Independent Party | Robert HotalingStewart "Chip" Beckett | 12,400 | 0.98% | N/A |
| | Green | Michelle Louise Bicking (write-in)Cassandra Martineau (write-in) | 98 | 0.0% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,268,893 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,292,847 | 57.57% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,245,844 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Florida

Governor Ron DeSantis was elected in 2018 with 49.6% of the vote and ran for reelection to a second term. Andrew Gillum, former mayor of Tallahassee and Democratic nominee for governor in 2018, did not run against DeSantis again.
U.S. representative and former Republican governor of Florida Charlie Crist was the Democratic nominee. Also seeking the Democratic nomination was Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried.
DeSantis won re-election by a sizable margin due to the state as a whole swinging further Republican than it voted in the 2020 United States presidential election and continuing the state's rightward shift since the 2008 United States presidential election. County flips by DeSantis were Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, and Osceola counties, all of which were previous Democratic Party strongholds; these counties, notably, have relatively high Latino populations, for which their growth in support for the Republican Party was further cemented. This election was seen by many to more firmly assert Florida's status as a red state and not a swing state.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Charlie Crist | 904,524 | 59.71% |
| | Democratic | Nicole "Nikki" Fried | 535,480 | 35.35% |
| | Democratic | Cadance Daniel | 38,198 | 2.52% |
| | Democratic | Robert L. Willis | 36,786 | 2.43% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,513,180 | 100.0% |
2022 Florida gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Ron DeSantis (incumbent) Jeanette Nuñez (incumbent) | 4,614,210 | 59.37% | +9.78% |
| | Democratic | Charlie Crist Karla Hernandez | 3,106,313 | 39.97% | −9.22% |
| | Independent | Carmen Jackie Gimenez Kyle "KC" Gibson | 31,577 | 0.41% | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Hector Roos Jerry "Tub" Rorabaugh | 19,299 | 0.25% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,771,399 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,796,916 | 53.76% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,503,978 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Georgia

Incumbent Republican governor Brian Kemp won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams in a rematch. Abrams conceded on election night. The primary occurred on May 24, 2022. Kemp was sworn in for a second term on January 12, 2023.
Kemp was endorsed by former Vice President Mike Pence. He faced a primary challenge from former U.S. Senator David Perdue, who was endorsed by former president Donald Trump after Kemp refused to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and founder of Fair Fight Action who was narrowly defeated by Kemp in the 2018 gubernatorial election, was once again the Democratic nominee for the governorship. This was Georgia's first gubernatorial rematch since 1950.
Libertarian Shane T. Hazel, the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020, also declared he would run. This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
Despite Kemp's narrow 55,000-vote victory in 2018, which was Georgia's closest gubernatorial election since 1966, he went on to win by 300,000 votes (7.5%) – the largest raw vote victory for a Georgia governor since 2006. The race was seen as a potential benefit to Herschel Walker, who ran in the concurrent Senate race, as it was speculated Kemp's strong performance could help Walker avoid a runoff. He vastly underperformed compared to Kemp, however, and lost to incumbent Democratic senator Raphael Warnock in the December 6 runoff election.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Brian Kemp (incumbent) | 888,078 | 73.72% |
| | Republican | David Perdue | 262,389 | 21.78% |
| | Republican | Kandiss Taylor | 41,232 | 3.42% |
| | Republican | Catherine Davis | 9,778 | 0.81% |
| | Republican | Tom Williams | 3,255 | 0.27% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,204,742 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Stacey Abrams | 727,168 | 100.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 727,168 | 100.0% |
2022 Georgia gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Brian Kemp (incumbent) | 2,111,572 | 53.41% | +3.19% |
| | Democratic | Stacey Abrams | 1,813,673 | 45.88% | −2.95% |
| | Libertarian | Shane T. Hazel | 28,163 | 0.71% | −0.24% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,953,408 | 100.00% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,964,926 | 57.02% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,953,485 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Hawaii

Incumbent Democratic governor David Ige was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third consecutive term. Incumbent lieutenant governor Josh Green was the Democratic nominee, and faced former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona, the Republican nominee. This marked the third time Aiona had been the Republican gubernatorial nominee, having previously run unsuccessfully in 2010 and 2014. Green won the election with 63.2% of the vote with Aiona receiving 36.8% of the vote.
Green's performance was the highest percentage of the vote ever received by any gubernatorial candidate in the state's history. Despite this, Aiona performed 3 points better and received 20,000 more raw votes than Andria Tupola did in 2018.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Josh Green | 158,161 | 62.91% |
| | Democratic | Vicky Cayetano | 52,447 | 20.86% |
| | Democratic | Kai Kahele | 37,738 | 15.01% |
| | Democratic | Van Tanabe | 1,236 | 0.49% |
| | Democratic | Richard Kim | 991 | 0.39% |
| | Democratic | David Bourgoin | 590 | 0.23% |
| | Democratic | Clyde Lewman | 249 | 0.10% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 251,412 | 100.0% |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Duke Aiona | 37,608 | 49.57% |
| | Republican | B.J. Penn | 19,817 | 26.12% |
| | Republican | Gary Cordery | 8,258 | 10.88% |
| | Republican | Heidi Haunani Tsuneyoshi | 7,255 | 9.56% |
| | Republican | Lynn Barry Mariano | 903 | 1.19% |
| | Republican | Paul Morgan | 796 | 1.05% |
| | Republican | Keline Kahau | 469 | 0.62% |
| | Republican | Walter Woods | 438 | 0.58% |
| | Republican | Moses Paskowitz | 189 | 0.25% |
| | Republican | George Hawat | 140 | 0.18% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 75,873 | 100.0% |
2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Josh GreenSylvia Luke | 259,901 | 63.21% | +0.54 |
| | Republican | Duke AionaSeaula Tupa'i Jr. | 151,258 | 36.79% | +3.09 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 411,159 | 100.00% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 417,215 | 48.44% | –4.24 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 861,358 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Idaho

Governor Brad Little was elected in 2018 with 59.8% of the vote and ran for re-election to a second term. Little won his re-election bid by a landslide, defeating his Democratic challenger Stephen Heidt.
Incumbent lieutenant governor Janice McGeachin announced a primary challenge to Little, but Little won the Republican primary. Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy also announced a run for the Republican nomination, but switched to an independent on February 17, 2022.
The Democratic nominee is Stephen Heidt.
Republican primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Brad Little (incumbent) | 148,831 | 52.8 |
| | Republican | Janice McGeachin | 90,854 | 32.2 |
| | Republican | Ed Humphreys | 30,877 | 11.0 |
| | Republican | Steve Bradshaw | 5,470 | 1.9 |
| | Republican | Ashley Jackson | 3,172 | 1.1 |
| | Republican | Lisa Marie | 1,119 | 0.4 |
| | Republican | Ben Cannady | 804 | 0.3 |
| | Republican | Cody Usabel | 680 | 0.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 281,807 | 100 |
Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Stephen Heidt | 25,088 | 78.8 |
| | Democratic | Write-ins | 6,757 | 21.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 31,845 | 100 |
2022 Idaho gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Brad Little (incumbent) | 358,598 | 60.52% | +0.76% |
| | Democratic | Stephen Heidt | 120,160 | 20.28% | −17.91% |
| | Independent | Ammon Bundy | 101,835 | 17.19% | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Paul Sand | 6,714 | 1.13% | +0.05% |
| | Constitution | Chantyrose Davison | 5,250 | 0.89% | −0.07% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 592,557 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 599,353 | 57.18% | –4.24 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,048,263 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Illinois

Governor J. B. Pritzker was elected in 2018 with 54.5% of the vote and ran for a second term. In the general election, Pritzker won re-election with 54.9% of the vote.
Republican candidates who announced their candidacy included Richard Irvin, Darren Bailey, Gary Rabine, Paul Schimpf, and Jesse Sullivan. Bailey won the primary on June 28.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | J. B. Pritzker (incumbent)Juliana Stratton (incumbent) | 810,989 | 91.88% |
| | Democratic | Beverly MilesKarla Shaw | 71,704 | 8.12% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 882,693 | 100.0% |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Darren BaileyStephanie Trussell | 458,102 | 57.48% |
| | Republican | Jesse SullivanKathleen Murphy | 125,094 | 15.70% |
| | Republican | Richard IrvinAvery Bourne | 119,592 | 15.00% |
| | Republican | Gary RabineAaron Del Mar | 52,194 | 6.55% |
| | Republican | Paul SchimpfCarolyn Schofield | 34,676 | 4.35% |
| | Republican | Max SolomonLatasha H. Fields | 7,371 | 0.92% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 797,029 | 100.0% |
2022 Illinois gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | J. B. Pritzker (incumbent)Juliana Stratton (incumbent) | 2,253,748 | 54.91% | +0.38% |
| | Republican | Darren BaileyStephanie Trussell | 1,739,095 | 42.37% | +3.54% |
| | Libertarian | Scott SchluterJohn Phillips | 111,712 | 2.72% | +0.32% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 81 | 0.0% | −0.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,104,636 | 100.0% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Iowa

Governor Kim Reynolds took office on May 24, 2017, upon the resignation of Terry Branstad and was elected to a full term in her own right in 2018 with 50.3% of the vote. She ran for re-election to a second full term. In the general election, incumbent Republican governor Kim Reynolds won re-election in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Deidre DeJear.
Democrat Deidre DeJear, who announced her candidacy in August 2021, was the Democratic nominee.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Kim Reynolds (incumbent) | 185,293 | 99.03% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,808 | 0.97% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 187,101 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Deidre DeJear | 145,555 | 99.45% |
| | Democratic | Write-ins | 801 | 0.55% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 146,356 | 100.0% |
2022 Iowa gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Kim Reynolds (incumbent)Adam Gregg (incumbent) | 709,198 | 58.04% | +7.78% |
| | Democratic | Deidre DeJearEric Van Lacker | 482,950 | 39.53% | −8.00% |
| | Libertarian | Rick StewartMarco Battaglia | 28,998 | 2.37% | +0.84% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 718 | 0.06% | +0.02% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,221,864 | 100.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,230,416 | 55.06% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,234,666 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Kansas

Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, was elected in 2018 with 48% of the vote and ran for re-election to a second term. On the Republican side, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt ran against her.
Kelly narrowly won re-election, defeating Schmidt by 49.5% of the vote to 47.3% and by a margin of 20,614 votes in a minor upset.
Laura Kelly won the election by a margin of 2.2 percentage points over Derek Schmidt, similar to the percentage of votes that independent Dennis Pyle received. Kansas Republican Party Chair Mike Kuckelman pointed to this as evidence that Pyle was somewhat responsible for Schmidt's defeat. However, Pyle insisted that "Kansas needed a strong conservative candidate" and instead highlighted Schmidt's underperformance compared to other Republican candidates in Kansas.
Kelly's personal popularity was also a factor in her victory, where a majority of voters approved of Kelly's job performance, while only a third did so for President Joe Biden. Her win was also propelled by Democratic candidates' increased strength in suburban areas, such as Johnson County, in spite of Schmidt's increased vote share from 2018 in the Republican strongholds of rural Kansas.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Laura Kelly (incumbent)David Toland (incumbent) | 270,968 | 93.84 |
| | Democratic | Richard KarnowskiBarry Franco | 17,802 | 6.16 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 288,770 | 100 |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Derek SchmidtKatie Sawyer | 373,524 | 80.60 |
| | Republican | Arlyn BriggsLance Berland | 89,898 | 19.40 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 463,422 | 100 |
2022 Kansas gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Laura Kelly (incumbent)David Toland (incumbent) | 499,849 | 49.54% | +1.53% |
| | Republican | Derek SchmidtKatie Sawyer | 477,591 | 47.33% | +4.35% |
| | Independent | Dennis PyleKathleen Garrison | 20,452 | 2.03% | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Seth CordellEvan Laudick-Gains | 11,106 | 1.10% | −0.80% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,008,998 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.94% | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Maine

Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, was first elected in 2018 with 50.9% of the vote. Mills easily won re-election, soundly defeating Paul LePage by over 13 points, 55.7%–42.4%. Hunkler took 1.9%. Mills's margin of victory was the largest for any Maine gubernatorial candidate since Angus King won re-election in 1998, and the largest victory for a statewide Democratic candidate since George J. Mitchell won re-election to the US Senate in 1988.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Janet Mills (incumbent) | 69,422 | 93.42% |
| | Democratic | Blank ballots | 4,889 | 6.58% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 74,311 | 100.0% |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Paul LePage | 59,713 | 90.91% |
| | Republican | Blank ballots | 5,971 | 9.09% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 65,684 | 100.0% |
2022 Maine gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Janet Mills (incumbent) | 376,934 | 55.69% | +4.80% |
| | Republican | Paul LePage | 287,304 | 42.45% | −0.73% |
| | Independent | Sam Hunkler | 12,581 | 1.86% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 676,819 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Maryland

Incumbent governor Larry Hogan, the two-term Republican, was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.
The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on July 19, with state delegate Dan Cox securing the Republican nomination, while author and former nonprofit CEO Wes Moore won the Democratic nomination. Political observers gave Moore a strong chance of defeating Cox in the general election in this reliably Democratic state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-to-1. Shortly after polls closed, several national news organizations called the election for Moore. Moore became the first African-American governor of Maryland after being sworn in on January 18, 2023.
This race was also one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, and one of three that voted for Biden by double-digits. Moore flipped six counties that had voted for Hogan in 2018, and his electoral strength largely came from densely populated Prince George's County and Baltimore, where he improved on the margins of 2018 Democratic nominee Ben Jealous by roughly 20 percent. Moore's margin of victory was the highest of any gubernatorial candidate in the state since William Donald Schaefer in 1986.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Dan CoxGordana Schifanelli | 153,423 | 52.00% |
| | Republican | Kelly SchulzJeff Woolford | 128,302 | 43.48% |
| | Republican | Robin FickerLeRoy F. Yegge Jr. | 8,268 | 2.80% |
| | Republican | Joe WernerMinh Thanh Luong | 5,075 | 1.72% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 295,068 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Wes MooreAruna Miller | 217,524 | 32.41% |
| | Democratic | Tom PerezShannon Sneed | 202,175 | 30.12% |
| | Democratic | Peter FranchotMonique Anderson-Walker | 141,586 | 21.10% |
| | Democratic | Rushern Baker (withdrawn)Nancy Navarro (withdrawn) | 26,594 | 3.96% |
| | Democratic | Doug GanslerCandace Hollingsworth | 25,481 | 3.80% |
| | Democratic | John King Jr.Michelle Siri | 24,882 | 3.71% |
| | Democratic | Ashwani JainLaTrece Hawkins Lytes | 13,784 | 2.05% |
| | Democratic | Jon BaronNatalie Williams | 11,880 | 1.77% |
| | Democratic | Jerome SegalJustinian M. Dispenza | 4,276 | 0.64% |
| | Democratic | Ralph JaffeMark Greben | 2,978 | 0.44% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 671,160 | 100.0% |
2022 Maryland gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Wes MooreAruna Miller | 1,293,944 | 64.53% | +21.02% |
| | Republican | Dan CoxGordana Schifanelli | 644,000 | 32.12% | −24.23% |
| | Libertarian | David LasharChristiana Logansmith | 30,101 | 1.50% | +0.93% |
| | Working Class | David HardingCathy White | 17,154 | 0.86% | N/A |
| | Green | Nancy WallacePatrick Elder | 14,580 | 0.73% | +0.25% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 5,444 | 0.27% | +0.19% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,005,223 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,031,635 | 49.26% | −9.80% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,124,156 | | |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

## Massachusetts

Governor Charlie Baker was re-elected to a second term in 2018 with 66.6% of the vote. Because Massachusetts does not have gubernatorial term limits in its Constitution, he was eligible to run for re-election for a third term. However, in December 2021, Baker announced he would not be running for re-election.
Geoff Diehl, a former state representative and Chris Doughty were running for the Republican nomination. Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey and state senator Sonia Chang-Díaz were running for the Democratic nomination.
Diehl and Healey won their respective primaries on September 6.
Due to Massachusetts's strong liberal lean and Diehl's conservative political views, Healey was widely expected to win the election. The general election was called for the Democrat shortly after polls closed, with Healey becoming the first woman ever elected governor of Massachusetts and the first openly lesbian governor to take office in United States history.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Geoff Diehl | 149,800 | 55.44% |
| | Republican | Chris Doughty | 120,418 | 44.56% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 270,218 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Maura Healey | 642,092 | 85.54% |
| | Democratic | Sonia Chang-Díaz (withdrawn) | 108,574 | 14.46% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 750,666 | 100.0% |
2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Maura HealeyKim Driscoll | 1,584,403 | 63.74% | +30.62% |
| | Republican | Geoff DiehlLeah Cole Allen | 859,343 | 34.57% | −32.03% |
| | Libertarian | Kevin ReedPeter Everett | 39,244 | 1.58% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 2,806 | 0.11% | −0.17% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,485,796 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,511,461 | 51.4% | −9.37% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

## Michigan

Incumbent Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer ran for re-election to a second term and faced former political commentator Tudor Dixon in the general election. Whitmer defeated Dixon by a vote margin of nearly 11 percentage points, a larger victory than when she was first elected four years prior.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent) | 938,382 | 100.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 938,382 | 100.0% |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Tudor Dixon | 436,350 | 39.69% |
| | Republican | Kevin Rinke | 236,306 | 21.50% |
| | Republican | Garrett Soldano | 192,442 | 17.51% |
| | Republican | Ryan Kelley | 165,587 | 15.06% |
| | Republican | Ralph Rebandt | 45,046 | 4.10% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 23,542 | 2.14% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,099,273 | 100.0% |
2022 Michigan gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)Garlin Gilchrist (incumbent) | 2,430,505 | 54.47% | +1.16% |
| | Republican | Tudor DixonShane Hernandez | 1,960,635 | 43.94% | +0.19% |
| | Libertarian | Mary BuzumaBrian Ellison | 38,800 | 0.87% | −0.46% |
| | Constitution | Donna BrandenburgMellissa Carone | 16,246 | 0.36% | −0.33% |
| | Green | Kevin HoganDestiny Clayton | 10,766 | 0.24% | −0.44% |
| | Natural Law | Daryl M. SimpsonDoug Dern | 4,973 | 0.11% | −0.13% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 47 | 0.00% | ±0.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,461,972 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Minnesota

Incumbent Democratic (DFL) Governor Tim Walz defeated the Republican nominee, former state senator Scott Jensen, winning a second term.
In the end, Jensen's advantage in rural Greater Minnesota could not overcome Walz's large lead in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, with Walz going on to win the election with a comfortable 7.7% margin. However, this was the first time ever in Walz's career that he lost Minnesota's 1st congressional district, the district that he used to represent in Congress and prior to this election, carried seven times in a row. This election was also the first time ever that Walz failed to carry the following counties in any election which he ran in: Freeborn County, Houston County, Mower County, and Winona County. Winona County was significant given the fact that President Joe Biden carried the county in 2020.
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Tim Walz (incumbent) | 416,973 | 96.54% |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Ole Savior | 14,950 | 3.46% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 431,923 | 100.0% |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Scott Jensen | 288,499 | 89.31% |
| | Republican | Joyce Lynne Lacey | 21,308 | 6.60% |
| | Republican | Bob "Again" Carney Jr. | 13,213 | 4.09% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 323,020 | 100.0% |
2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Tim Walz (incumbent)Peggy Flanagan (incumbent) | 1,312,349 | 52.27% | −1.57% |
| | Republican | Scott JensenMatt Birk | 1,119,941 | 44.61% | +2.18% |
| | Legal Marijuana Now | James McCaskelDavid Sandbeck | 29,346 | 1.17% | N/A |
| | Grassroots—LC | Steve PattersonMatt Huff | 22,599 | 0.90% | −1.75% |
| | Independence | Hugh McTavishMike Winter | 18,156 | 0.72% | N/A |
| | Socialist Workers | Gabrielle ProsserKevin Dwire | 7,241 | 0.29% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,029 | 0.04% | ±0.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,510,661 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,525,873 | 61.01% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,140,218 | | |
| | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold |

## Nebraska

Incumbent Republican governor Pete Ricketts was re-elected to a second term in 2018. He was term-limited by the Nebraska Constitution in 2022 and could not seek re-election for a third consecutive term.
In the general election, Republican Jim Pillen went on to win the gubernatorial election by a 23-point margin.
Nebraska's primary elections were held on May 10. Former University of Nebraska Board of Regents chair Jim Pillen won the Republican nomination, while state senator Carol Blood won the Democratic nomination.
The race took on increased importance in October 2022, when U.S. Senator Ben Sasse announced he would resign and Ricketts said he would allow the winner of the 2022 gubernatorial election to appoint Sasse's replacement. The winner, Jim Pillen, ultimately decided to appoint his predecessor (Ricketts) to fill Sasse's seat.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jim Pillen | 91,459 | 33.9% |
| | Republican | Charles Herbster | 80,642 | 29.9% |
| | Republican | Brett Lindstrom | 70,487 | 26.1% |
| | Republican | Theresa Thibodeau | 16,413 | 6.1% |
| | Republican | Breland Ridenour | 4,682 | 1.7% |
| | Republican | Michael Connely | 2,831 | 1.1% |
| | Republican | Donna Nicole Carpenter | 1,533 | 0.6% |
| | Republican | Lela McNinch | 1,192 | 0.4% |
| | Republican | Troy Wentz | 708 | 0.3% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 193 | 0.1% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 269,947 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Carol Blood | 88,802 | 87.0% |
| | Democratic | Roy Harris | 11,264 | 11.3% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,574 | 1.7% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 100,066 | 100.0% |
2022 Nebraska gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Jim PillenJoe Kelly | 398,334 | 59.74% | +0.74 |
| | Democratic | Carol BloodAl Davis | 242,006 | 36.29% | −4.71 |
| | Libertarian | Scott ZimmermanJason Blumenthal | 26,445 | 3.97% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 666,795 | 100.00% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 682,716 | 54.93% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,242,930 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Nevada

Incumbent governor Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, was elected in 2018 with 49.4% of the vote and ran for re-election to a second term. Sisolak lost re-election to a second term, being defeated by Republican nominee and Clark County Sheriff, Joe Lombardo.
Sisolak was the first Democrat to seek re-election to Nevada's governorship since Bob Miller in 1994, and was subsequently the only incumbent governor in the United States to lose re-election in the 2022 elections. Decision Desk HQ called the race for Lombardo on November 11. Amid a slate of failed gubernatorial pickup attempts, this was the only governorship Republicans flipped in the 2022 elections, as well as the only governorship in a state carried by one party in the prior presidential election to flip to the other party. This was also the first time since Pat Quinn's defeat in the 2014 Illinois gubernatorial election that an incumbent Democratic governor had lost re-election.
Former senator Dean Heller ran for the Republican nomination as did North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, and Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo. Lombardo won the Republican primary and faced Sisolak in November.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Steve Sisolak (incumbent) | 157,283 | 89.53% |
| | Democratic | Tom Collins | 12,051 | 6.86% |
| | None of These Candidates | None of These Candidates | 6,340 | 3.61% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 175,674 | 100.0% |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Joe Lombardo | 87,761 | 38.40% |
| | Republican | Joey Gilbert | 61,738 | 27.01% |
| | Republican | Dean Heller | 32,087 | 14.04% |
| | Republican | John Jay Lee | 17,846 | 7.81% |
| | Republican | Guy Nohra | 8,348 | 3.65% |
| | Republican | Fred J. Simon | 6,856 | 3.00% |
| | Republican | Thomas Heck | 4,315 | 1.89% |
| | None of These Candidates | None of These Candidates | 4,219 | 1.85% |
| | Republican | Eddie Hamilton | 1,293 | 0.57% |
| | Republican | Amber Whitley | 1,238 | 0.54% |
| | Republican | William Walls | 833 | 0.36% |
| | Republican | Gary Evertsen | 558 | 0.24% |
| | Republican | Seven Achilles Evans | 475 | 0.21% |
| | Republican | Edward O'Brien | 422 | 0.18% |
| | Republican | Barak Zilberberg | 352 | 0.15% |
| | Republican | Stanleigh Lusak | 229 | 0.10% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 228,570 | 100.0% |
2022 Nevada gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Joe Lombardo | 497,377 | 48.81% | +3.50% |
| | Democratic | Steve Sisolak (incumbent) | 481,991 | 47.30% | −2.09% |
| | Libertarian | Brandon Davis | 14,919 | 1.46% | +0.57% |
| | None of These Candidates | None of These Candidates | 14,866 | 1.46% | −0.48% |
| | Independent American | Ed Bridges | 9,918 | 0.97% | −0.07% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,019,071 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,023,617 | 54.58% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,875,578 | | |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

## New Hampshire

Incumbent Republican governor Chris Sununu was re-elected in 2020 with 65.1% of the vote and ran for a fourth term. Physician Tom Sherman challenged Sununu as a Democrat. Chris Sununu won re-election to a fourth term.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Chris Sununu (incumbent) | 113,443 | 78.66% |
| | Republican | Karen Testerman | 14,473 | 10.04% |
| | Republican | Thaddeus Riley | 11,107 | 7.70% |
| | Republican | Julian Acciard | 2,906 | 2.01% |
| | Republican | Jay Lewis | 1,318 | 0.91% |
| | Republican | Richard McMenamon II | 817 | 0.57% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 160 | 0.11% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 144,224 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tom Sherman | 82,607 | 97.57% |
| | Republican | Chris Sununu (incumbent) (write-in) | 1,963 | 2.32% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 95 | 0.11% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 84,665 | 100.0% |
2022 New Hampshire gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Chris Sununu (incumbent) | 352,813 | 56.98% | −8.14% |
| | Democratic | Tom Sherman | 256,766 | 41.47% | +8.11% |
| | Libertarian | Kelly Halldorson | 5,071 | 0.82% | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Karlyn Borysenko | 2,772 | 0.45% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,713 | 0.28% | +0.19% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 619,135 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 626,845 | 67.63% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 925,401 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## New Mexico

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham was elected in 2018 with 57.2% of the vote and ran for a second term. The Republican nominee is former meteorologist Mark Ronchetti. Incumbent Democratic governor Michelle Lujan Grisham won a second term. She was first elected in 2018 with 57.2% of the vote. This was the first gubernatorial election in New Mexico since 1986 in which the winner was from the same party as the incumbent president.
Gubernatorial Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Michelle Lujan Grisham (incumbent) | 125,238 | 100.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 125,238 | 100.0% |
Gubernatorial Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mark Ronchetti | 68,658 | 58.41% |
| | Republican | Rebecca Dow | 18,185 | 15.47% |
| | Republican | Gregory Zanetti | 16,394 | 13.95% |
| | Republican | Jay Block | 12,469 | 10.61% |
| | Republican | Ethel Maharg | 1,845 | 1.57% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 117,551 | 100.0% |
2022 New Mexico gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Michelle Lujan Grisham (incumbent)Howie Morales (incumbent) | 370,168 | 51.97% | −5.23% |
| | Republican | Mark RonchettiAnt Thornton | 324,701 | 45.59% | +2.79% |
| | Libertarian | Karen BedonieEfren Gallardo Jr. | 17,387 | 2.44% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 712,256 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 714,797 | 52.38% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,364,559 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## New York

Governor Andrew Cuomo was re-elected to a third term in 2018 with 59.6% of the vote. Because New York does not have gubernatorial term limits in its Constitution, he was eligible to run for re-election for a fourth term. On May 28, 2019, Cuomo announced that he would run for re-election for a fourth term in 2022.
Cuomo was expected to face a primary challenge for the Democratic nomination as a result of allegations of sexual harassment involving Cuomo and a simultaneous investigation into his administration's cover-up of nursing home deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo resigned as governor at the end of August 23, 2021, upon which Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul became governor. Hochul has said she is running for a full gubernatorial term. Current New York Attorney General Letitia James was previously running against Hochul in the primary, but later changed her mind to run for re-election. Current New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams announced he would run against Hochul in the primary, as did current U.S. representative Thomas Suozzi. Hochul won the primary on June 28.
Republicans running for the gubernatorial nomination included former Westchester County executive Rob Astorino, Andrew Giuliani (the son of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani), businessman and former Obama administration official Harry Wilson, and congressman and former state senator Lee Zeldin. Zeldin is the official designee of both the New York Republican Party and the New York Conservative Party. Zeldin won the primary on June 28.
Larry Shape is the Libertarian candidate for governor. The state board of elections disqualified him for not meeting ballot access requirements. He continued as a write in candidate. He was also the Libertarian nominee in the 2018 election.
Democratic gubernatorial primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kathy Hochul (incumbent) | 607,928 | 67.64% |
| | Democratic | Jumaane Williams | 173,872 | 19.35% |
| | Democratic | Thomas Suozzi | 116,972 | 13.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 898,772 | 100.0% |
Republican gubernatorial primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Lee Zeldin | 196,874 | 43.62% |
| | Republican | Andrew Giuliani | 103,267 | 22.88% |
| | Republican | Rob Astorino | 84,464 | 18.71% |
| | Republican | Harry Wilson | 66,736 | 14.79% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 451,341 | 100.0% |
2022 New York gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Kathy HochulAntonio Delgado | 2,879,092 | 48.77% | −7.39% |
| | Working Families | Kathy HochulAntonio Delgado | 261,323 | 4.43% | +2.55% |
| | Total | Kathy Hochul (incumbent)Antonio Delgado (incumbent) | 3,140,415 | 53.20% | −6.42% |
| | Republican | Lee ZeldinAlison Esposito | 2,449,394 | 41.49% | +9.89% |
| | Conservative | Lee ZeldinAlison Esposito | 313,187 | 5.31% | +1.15% |
| | Total | Lee ZeldinAlison Esposito | 2,762,581 | 46.80% | +10.59% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,902,996 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,788,802 | 47.74% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,124,242 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Ohio

Governor Mike DeWine was elected in 2018 with 50.4% of the vote and ran for re-election to a second term.
DeWine faced a primary challenge from former US Representative and 2018 Ohio Republican Senate Nominee Jim Renacci and farmer Joe Blystone. Former Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and former Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley ran for the Democratic nomination.DeWine and Whaley won their respective primaries on May 3.
Incumbent Republican governor Mike DeWine won re-election to a second term in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Nan Whaley, the former mayor of Dayton, 62.8% to 37.2%. DeWine's 25-point victory marked the continuation of a trend in which every incumbent Republican governor of Ohio since 1978 has won re-election by a double digit margin.
This was the first time since 1994 in which Trumbull and Mahoning counties have gone to the Republican candidate with over 60% of the vote.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mike DeWine (incumbent)Jon Husted (incumbent) | 519,594 | 48.11% |
| | Republican | Jim RenacciJoe Knopp | 302,494 | 28.01% |
| | Republican | Joe BlystoneJeremiah Workman | 235,584 | 21.81% |
| | Republican | Ron HoodCandice Keller | 22,411 | 2.07% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,080,083 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Nan WhaleyCheryl Stephens | 331,014 | 65.01% |
| | Democratic | John CranleyTeresa Fedor | 178,132 | 34.99% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 509,146 | 100.0% |
2022 Ohio gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Mike DeWine (incumbent)Jon Husted (incumbent) | 2,580,424 | 62.41% | +12.02% |
| | Democratic | Nan WhaleyCheryl Stephens | 1,545,489 | 37.38% | −9.30% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 8,964 | 0.22% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,134,877 | 100.0% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,201,368 | 52.32% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,029,950 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Oklahoma

Governor Kevin Stitt was elected in 2018 with 54.3% of the vote and ran for re-election to a second term. Former state senator and physician Ervin Yen filed paperwork to challenge Stitt in the Republican Primary. Stitt won the primary on June 28.
On October 7, 2021, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced she would be switching to the Democratic Party and subsequently announced her campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor. Hofmeister won the nomination on June 28, defeating former state senator Connie Johnson in the primary. Natalie Bruno has filed to run for the Libertarian Party's nomination. Paul Tay has filed with the state ethics commission to run as an independent.
Incumbent Republican governor Kevin Stitt was re-elected to a second term. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister was the Democratic nominee, former Republican state senator Ervin Yen ran as an independent, and Natalie Bruno was the Libertarian nominee.
Although Stitt won by a comfortable margin, his performance was the worst of any 2022 Republican candidate for statewide office in Oklahoma. Meanwhile, Hofmeister's performance was the second best of any 2022 Democratic statewide candidate in Oklahoma, only behind State Superintendent of Public Instruction nominee Jena Nelson.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Kevin Stitt (incumbent) | 248,525 | 69.06% |
| | Republican | Joel Kintsel | 51,587 | 14.33% |
| | Republican | Mark Sherwood | 47,713 | 13.26% |
| | Republican | Moira McCabe | 12,046 | 3.35% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 359,871 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Joy Hofmeister | 101,913 | 60.73% |
| | Democratic | Connie Johnson | 65,894 | 39.27% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 167,807 | 100.0% |
2022 Oklahoma gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Kevin Stitt (incumbent) | 639,484 | 55.45% | +1.12% |
| | Democratic | Joy Hofmeister | 481,904 | 41.79% | −0.44% |
| | Libertarian | Natalie Bruno | 16,243 | 1.41% | −2.03% |
| | Independent | Ervin Yen | 15,653 | 1.36% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,153,284 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,153,284 | 50.23% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,295,906 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Oregon

The incumbent governor, Democrat Kate Brown, took office on February 18, 2015, upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber. She was subsequently elected in the gubernatorial special election in 2016, and was re-elected to a full term in 2018. Due to term limits, she was ineligible for re-election in 2022.
The Oregonian anticipated the election to have "the first competitive Democratic primary in more than a decade and potentially the closest such race since 2002." Willamette Week anticipated a "wide open field of Democrats", citing the lack of an incumbent. Almost 20 Republican candidates ran for the office, including two previous nominees for governor in 1998 and 2016, as well as 15 Democrats and some non-affiliates/third-party members.
In the May 17 primary elections, former Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek was declared the winner of the Democratic primary half an hour after the ballot deadline. The next day, former House Minority Leader Christine Drazan was determined to have won the Republican primary. Notably, the general election featured three prominent female candidates, including former state senator Betsy Johnson, who was a moderate Democrat, running as an independent.
Oregon was considered a possible Republican pickup, as Brown had the lowest approval rating of any governor in the United States at the time and Johnson could have siphoned votes from Kotek. Nonetheless, Kotek won the election by a slim margin, becoming Oregon's 7th consecutive Democratic governor. She became one of the first lesbian governors in the United States, along with Maura Healey in Massachusetts.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tina Kotek | 275,301 | 57.63% |
| | Democratic | Tobias Read | 156,017 | 32.66% |
| | Democratic | Patrick Starnes | 10,524 | 2.20% |
| | Democratic | George Carrillo | 9,365 | 1.96% |
| | Democratic | Michael Trimble | 5,000 | 1.05% |
| | Democratic | John Sweeney | 4,193 | 0.88% |
| | Democratic | Julian Bell | 3,926 | 0.82% |
| | Democratic | Wilson Bright | 2,316 | 0.48% |
| | Democratic | Dave Stauffer | 2,302 | 0.48% |
| | Democratic | Ifeanyichukwu Diru | 1,780 | 0.37% |
| | Democratic | Keisha Marchant | 1,755 | 0.37% |
| | Democratic | Genevieve Wilson | 1,588 | 0.33% |
| | Democratic | Michael Cross | 1,342 | 0.28% |
| | Democratic | David Beem | 1,308 | 0.27% |
| | Democratic | Peter Hall | 982 | 0.21% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 477,699 | 100.0% |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Christine Drazan | 85,255 | 22.99% |
| | Republican | Bob Tiernan | 66,089 | 17.82% |
| | Republican | Stan Pulliam | 41,123 | 11.09% |
| | Republican | Bridget Barton | 40,886 | 11.02% |
| | Republican | Bud Pierce | 32,965 | 8.89% |
| | Republican | Marc Thielman | 30,076 | 8.12% |
| | Republican | Kerry McQuisten | 28,727 | 7.74% |
| | Republican | Bill Sizemore | 13,261 | 3.57% |
| | Republican | Jessica Gomez | 9,970 | 2.69% |
| | Republican | Tim McCloud | 4,400 | 1.19% |
| | Republican | Nick Hess | 4,287 | 1.15% |
| | Republican | Court Boice | 4,040 | 1.09% |
| | Republican | Brandon Merritt | 3,615 | 0.97% |
| | Republican | Reed Christensen | 3,042 | 0.82% |
| | Republican | Amber Richardson | 1,924 | 0.52% |
| | Republican | Raymond Baldwin | 459 | 0.12% |
| | Republican | David Burch | 406 | 0.11% |
| | Republican | John Presco | 174 | 0.05% |
| | Republican | Stefan Strek | 171 | 0.05% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 370,910 | 100.0% |
2022 Oregon gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Tina Kotek | 917,074 | 46.96% | −3.09% |
| | Republican | Christine Drazan | 850,347 | 43.54% | −0.11% |
| | Independent | Betsy Johnson | 168,431 | 8.63% | N/A |
| | Constitution | Donice Noelle Smith | 8,051 | 0.41% | −0.72% |
| | Libertarian | R. Leon Noble | 6,867 | 0.35% | −1.20% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 2,113 | 0.11% | −0.05% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,952,883 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,997,689 | 66.91% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,985,820 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Pennsylvania

Governor Tom Wolf was re-elected in 2018 with 57.8% of the vote. He is term-limited in 2022 by the Pennsylvania Constitution and was therefore ineligible to seek election to a third consecutive term.
Democratic state attorney general Josh Shapiro defeated Republican state senator Doug Mastriano in a landslide victory to succeed term-limited incumbent Democratic governor Tom Wolf. Primaries were held on May 17, 2022. Shapiro won the Democratic nomination after running unopposed and Mastriano won the Republican nomination with 44% of the vote. Mastriano's nomination drew attention due to his far-right political views.
Shapiro defeated Mastriano by almost 15 points, a margin consistent with most polls. Shapiro scored the largest margin for a non-incumbent candidate for governor since 1946, and his victory marked the first time since 1844 that the Democratic Party won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in Pennsylvania. Shapiro also made history by earning the most votes of any gubernatorial candidate in the state's history, garnering just over three million votes. Austin Davis was elected lieutenant governor, and became the second African-American elected to statewide office in the state's history, following Republican Timothy DeFoor in 2020.
Shapiro's large margin of victory has been widely credited with helping down-ballot Democrats in concurrent elections.
Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Josh Shapiro | 1,227,151 | 100.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,227,151 | 100.0% |
Republican primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Doug Mastriano | 591,240 | 43.81% |
| | Republican | Lou Barletta | 273,252 | 20.25% |
| | Republican | William McSwain | 212,886 | 15.78% |
| | Republican | Dave White | 129,058 | 9.56% |
| | Republican | Melissa Hart (withdrawn) | 54,752 | 4.06% |
| | Republican | Joe Gale | 27,920 | 2.07% |
| | Republican | Jake Corman (withdrawn) | 26,091 | 1.93% |
| | Republican | Charlie Gerow | 17,922 | 1.33% |
| | Republican | Nche Zama | 16,238 | 1.20% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,349,359 | 100.00% |
2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Josh ShapiroAustin Davis | 3,031,137 | 56.49% | −1.28% |
| | Republican | Doug MastrianoCarrie DelRosso | 2,238,477 | 41.71% | +1.01% |
| | Libertarian | Matt HackenburgTim McMaster | 51,611 | 0.96% | −0.02% |
| | Green | Christina DiGiulioMichael Bagdes-Canning | 24,436 | 0.46% | −0.09% |
| | Keystone | Joe SoloskiNicole Shultz | 20,518 | 0.38% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,366,179 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,864,831 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Rhode Island

Incumbent Democratic governor Dan McKee became Rhode Island's governor on March 2, 2021, when term-limited Gina Raimondo resigned following her confirmation as United States Secretary of Commerce. McKee easily won a full term on election day, defeating Republican Ashley Kalus by more than 19 percentage points.
McKee's margin of victory and vote share were the highest for any candidate for governor of Rhode Island since 1992.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Dan McKee (incumbent) | 37,288 | 32.8 |
| | Democratic | Helena Foulkes | 33,931 | 29.9 |
| | Democratic | Nellie Gorbea | 29,811 | 26.2 |
| | Democratic | Matt Brown | 9,021 | 7.9 |
| | Democratic | Luis Daniel Muñoz | 3,547 | 3.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 113,598 | 100.0 |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ashley Kalus | 17,188 | 83.7 |
| | Republican | Jonathan Riccitelli | 3,351 | 16.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,539 | 100.0 |
2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Dan McKee (incumbent) | 207,166 | 57.92% | +5.28 |
| | Republican | Ashley Kalus | 139,001 | 38.86% | +1.68 |
| | Independent | Zachary Hurwitz | 4,512 | 1.26% | N/A |
| | Independent | Paul Rianna Jr. | 3,123 | 0.87% | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Elijah Gizzarelli | 2,811 | 0.79% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,057 | 0.30% | −0.03 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 357,670 | 100.00% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## South Carolina

Incumbent Republican governor Henry McMaster ran for re-election for a second full term in office and secured the Republican nomination in the June 14 primary. Joe Cunningham, former United States Representative from South Carolina's 1st congressional district, was the Democratic nominee.
McMaster won the general election with 58% of the vote — a subsequently larger majority than in 2018. McMaster took office on January 24, 2017, upon the resignation of Nikki Haley, and was elected to a full term in 2018.
South Carolina Gubernatorial Republican Primary Election, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Henry McMaster (incumbent) | 306,555 | 83.0% |
| | Republican | Harrison Musselwhite | 61,545 | 16.7% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 367,689 | 100% |
South Carolina Gubernatiorial Democratic Primary Election, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Joe Cunningham | 102,315 | 56.5% |
| | Democratic | Mia McLeod | 56,084 | 31.0% |
| | Democratic | Carlton Boyd | 9,526 | 5.3% |
| | Democratic | William Williams | 6,746 | 3.7% |
| | Democratic | Calvin McMillan | 6,260 | 3.5% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 180,931 | 100% |
2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Henry McMaster (incumbent)Pamela Evette (incumbent) | 988,501 | 58.04% | +4.08% |
| | Democratic | Joe CunninghamTally Parham Casey | 692,691 | 40.67% | −5.25% |
| | Libertarian | Morgan Bruce ReevesJessica Ethridge | 20,826 | 1.22% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,174 | 0.07% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,703,192 | 100% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,718,626 | 50.86% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,379,089 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## South Dakota

Governor Kristi Noem was elected in 2018 with 51% of the vote, and ran for re-election to a second term. The Democratic nominee is state representative Jamie Smith. Noem won a second term, winning 62% of the vote.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Kristi Noem (incumbent) | 91,661 | 76.4 |
| | Republican | Steven Haugaard | 28,315 | 23.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 119,976 | 100.0 |
2022 South Dakota gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Kristi Noem (incumbent)Larry Rhoden (incumbent) | 217,035 | 61.98% | +11.01% |
| | Democratic | Jamie SmithJennifer Healy Keintz | 123,148 | 35.17% | −12.43% |
| | Libertarian | Tracey QuintAshley Strand | 9,983 | 2.85% | +1.42% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 350,166 | 100.00% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.40% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 597,073 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Tennessee

Incumbent Republican governor Bill Lee won re-election to a second term with almost 65% of the vote, Improving on his performance from 2018. The Democratic challenger was Jason Martin.
Lee flipped reliably Democratic Haywood County, home to Brownsville. It is one of only two remaining counties in Tennessee, along with Shelby County, with a majority African-American population. Haywood County has not voted Republican on a presidential level since 1972.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bill Lee (incumbent) | 494,362 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 494,362 | 100.00 |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jason Martin | 101,552 | 39.39 |
| | Democratic | J.B. Smiley Jr. | 100,062 | 38.81 |
| | Democratic | Carnita Atwater | 56,227 | 21.81 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 257,841 | 100.00 |
2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Bill Lee (incumbent) | 1,129,390 | 64.91% | +5.55 |
| | Democratic | Jason Martin | 572,818 | 32.92% | −5.63 |
| | Independent | John Gentry | 15,395 | 0.89% | N/A |
| | Independent | Constance Every | 10,277 | 0.59% | N/A |
| | Independent | Deborah Rouse | 3,772 | 0.22% | N/A |
| | Independent | Rick Tyler | 2,380 | 0.14% | N/A |
| | Independent | Charles Van Morgan | 1,862 | 0.11% | N/A |
| | Independent | Basil Marceaux | 1,568 | 0.09% | N/A |
| | Independent | Alfred O'Neil | 1,216 | 0.07% | N/A |
| | Independent | Michael Scantland | 815 | 0.05% | N/A |
| | Write-In | Lemichael D. Wilson | 386 | 0.02% | N/A |
| | Write-In | Charles Carney | 2 | 0.00% | N/A |
| | Write-In | Stephen C. Maxwell | 1 | 0.00% | N/A |
| | Write-In | Kameron Parker Scott | 0 | 0.00% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,739,882 | 100.00% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,756,397 | 38.61% | −15.85% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,549,183 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Texas

Incumbent Republican governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee and former Congressman, Beto O'Rourke. All statewide elected offices are currently held by Republicans. In his previous gubernatorial race in 2018, Abbott won with 55.8% of the vote.
The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on March 1, 2022. O'Rourke and Abbott won outright majorities in their respective primaries, and therefore did not participate in the May 24 runoffs.
Texas has not voted for a Democratic candidate for governor since Ann Richards in 1990. Additionally, Abbott had a strong approval rating on election day, with 55% of voters approving to 45% disapproving. Beto O'Rourke, who gained national attention in 2018 for his unusually close and competitive campaign against Senator Ted Cruz, was widely viewed as a rising star in the Texas Democratic Party and potential challenger for Abbott, but a failed run for President of the United States in 2020 prompted criticisms of opportunism, via Republican attempts to brand him as anti-law enforcement and his former comments on guns.
Abbott won re-election by 10.9%, which is a margin slightly smaller than his 13.3% in 2018 in spite of a much redder national climate in 2022, making this the closest gubernatorial election in Texas since 2006, and the closest election of Abbott's entire political career since his first race for the Texas Supreme Court in 1998. Beto O'Rourke, meanwhile, performed 8.3% worse than his 2018 Senate run, but did still win the highest share for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate since Ann Richards received 45.88% in her unsuccessful reelection bid against George W. Bush in 1994. Abbott's raw vote total was less than his 4.65 million in 2018, while O'Rourke set a record of most raw votes for a Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate at around 3.55 million, but was also less than his 4.04 million vote total in the 2018 Senate race.
Abbott carried 235 out of 254 counties in his re-election victory, flipping the heavily Hispanic counties of Culberson and Zapata and becoming the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the latter in the state's history (though Zapata had voted Republican in the 2020 presidential election), while O'Rourke became the first Democratic gubernatorial candidate to win the county of Fort Bend since 1974. O'Rourke outperformed Joe Biden two years prior among Latino voters though his performance with them was still worse than past nominees.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Greg Abbott (incumbent) | 1,299,059 | 66.48% |
| | Republican | Allen West | 239,557 | 12.26% |
| | Republican | Don Huffines | 234,138 | 11.98% |
| | Republican | Chad Prather | 74,173 | 3.80% |
| | Republican | Ricky Lynn Perry | 61,424 | 3.14% |
| | Republican | Kandy Kaye Horn | 23,605 | 1.21% |
| | Republican | Paul Belew | 11,387 | 0.58% |
| | Republican | Danny Harrison | 10,829 | 0.55% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,954,172 | 100% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 983,182 | 91.41% |
| | Democratic | Joy Diaz | 33,622 | 3.13% |
| | Democratic | Michael Cooper | 32,673 | 3.04% |
| | Democratic | Rich Wakeland | 13,237 | 1.23% |
| | Democratic | Inocencio Barrientez | 12,887 | 1.20% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,075,601 | 100% |
2022 Texas gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Greg Abbott (incumbent) | 4,437,099 | 54.76% | −1.05% |
| | Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 3,553,656 | 43.86% | +1.35% |
| | Libertarian | Mark Tippetts | 81,932 | 1.01% | −0.68% |
| | Green | Delilah Barrios | 28,584 | 0.35% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,102,908 | 100.00% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,102,908 | 45.85% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,672,143 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Vermont

Incumbent Republican governor Phil Scott was re-elected in 2020 with 68.5% of the vote and ran for re-election to a fourth term.
In the general election, Scott easily defeated Democrat Brenda Siegel for his fourth consecutive term.
This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Scott's victory, in which he carried every municipality in the state, is the largest by margin in a Vermont gubernatorial race since Howard Dean's landslide in 1996. Scott's 47-point victory margin was the largest for a Republican candidate since 1950, even while Democratic congressman Peter Welch won the concurrent U.S. Senate election by a 40-point margin.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Phil Scott (incumbent) | 20,319 | 68.56% |
| | Republican | Stephen C. Bellows | 5,402 | 18.22% |
| | Republican | Peter Duval | 3,627 | 12.24% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 290 | 0.98% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 29,638 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Brenda Siegel | 56,287 | 85.92% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 9,227 | 14.08% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 65,514 | 100.0% |
2022 Vermont gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Phil Scott (incumbent) | 202,147 | 70.91% | +0.75 |
| | Democratic/Progressive | Brenda Siegel | 68,248 | 23.94% |
| | Independent | Kevin Hoyt | 6,022 | 2.06% | +0.80 |
| | Independent | Peter Duval | 4,723 | 1.62% | N/A |
| | Independent | Bernard Peters | 2,315 | 0.79% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,346 | 0.46% | +0.02 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 284,801 | 100% | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 255 | | |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 6,899 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 291,955 | 57.62% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 506,666 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Wisconsin

Incumbent Democratic governor Tony Evers won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican nominee, Tim Michels.
As Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes ran for the U.S. Senate in the concurrent election, a new Democratic running mate, state assemblywoman Sara Rodriguez, was nominated in the partisan primary. Barnes was the second lieutenant governor not to run with the incumbent governor since the state constitution was amended in 1967. The partisan primary was held on August 9, 2022, with businessman Tim Michels defeating former lieutenant governor Rebecca Kleefisch in the Republican primary. State senator Roger Roth received the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor.
This was the first gubernatorial election in Wisconsin since 2006 in which a Democrat won with an outright majority of the vote, the first since 1990 in which the winner was from the same party as the incumbent president, and the first since 1962 in which Wisconsin voted for a Democratic governor at the same time the party held the presidency. This was also the first gubernatorial election in the state since 1998 in which the winning candidate was of a different party than the winner of the concurrent U.S. Senate election.
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tony Evers (incumbent) | 491,656 | 100.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 491,656 | 100.0% |
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Tim Michels | 326,969 | 47.18% |
| | Republican | Rebecca Kleefisch | 291,384 | 42.05% |
| | Republican | Timothy Ramthun | 41,639 | 6.01% |
| | Republican | Kevin Nicholson (withdrawn) | 24,884 | 3.59% |
| | Republican | Adam Fischer | 8,139 | 1.17% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 693,015 | 100.0% |
Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Tony Evers (incumbent)Sara Rodriguez | 1,358,774 | 51.15% | +1.61% |
| | Republican | Tim MichelsRoger Roth | 1,268,535 | 47.75% | −0.69% |
| | Independent | Joan Ellis Beglinger (withdrawn)N/A | 27,198 | 1.02% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,983 | 0.08% | +0.04% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,656,490 | 100.0% | -0.63% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,668,891 | 70.96% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,760,845 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Wyoming

Governor Mark Gordon was elected in 2018 with 67.1% of the vote and ran for re-election to a second term. Perennial candidate Rex Rammell and truck driver Aaron Nab were primary challenging Gordon.
Gordon and Livingston won their primaries on August 16, 2022. Livingston's 16.3% of the vote was the worst performance that year in a gubernatorial or senate race, doing worse than Leslie Petersen's 22.9% in 2010 and Brenda Siegel's 26.2% in Vermont 2022, and the worst performance by a Democrat in gubernatorial race in Wyoming history.
Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mark Gordon (incumbent) | 101,092 | 61.7 |
| | Republican | Brent Bien | 48,549 | 29.7 |
| | Republican | Rex Rammell | 9,373 | 5.7 |
| | Republican | James Scott Quick | 4,725 | 2.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 163,739 | 100.0 |
Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Theresa Livingston | 4,989 | 71.2 |
| | Democratic | Rex Wilde | 2,016 | 28.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,005 | 100.0 |
2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Mark Gordon (incumbent) | 143,696 | 74.07% | +6.95% |
| | Democratic | Theresa Livingston | 30,686 | 15.82% | −11.72% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 11,461 | 5.91% | +5.37% |
| | Libertarian | Jared Baldes | 8,157 | 4.20% | +2.72% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 194,000 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 198,198 | 66.59% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 297,639 | | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Territories and federal district
### District of Columbia

Mayor Muriel Bowser was re-elected in 2018 with 76.4% of the vote and ran for a third term. She was renominated, defeating city councilors Robert White and Trayon White in the primary. She defeated Republican nominee Stacia Hall and independent Rodney "Red" Grant. D.C. Statehood Green nominee Corren Brown did not appear in the general election ballot.
2022 Washington, D.C., mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Muriel Bowser (incumbent) | 147,433 | 74.62 | −1.78 |
| | Independent | Rodney Grant | 29,531 | 14.95 | N/A |
| | Republican | Stacia Hall | 11,510 | 5.83 | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Dennis Sobin | 2,521 | 1.28 | −2.12 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 6,580 | 3.33 | -0.67 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 183785 | 100 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 205,774 | 40.76 | −5.53 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 504,815 | | |

### Guam

Governor Lou Leon Guerrero was elected in 2018 with 50.8% of the vote and ran for re-election to a second term. She was being challenged in the Democratic primary by U.S. House delegate Michael San Nicolas.
The only Republican candidate is former governor Felix Camacho.
Guerrero and Camacho won their respective primaries on August 27.
On November 8, Guerrero won re-election, winning by an 11-point margin (a 13-point shift right since 2018).
2022 Guam gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Lou Leon Guerrero (incumbent)Josh Tenorio (incumbent) | 18,623 | 55.49% | +4.7% |
| | Republican | Felix CamachoTony Ada | 14,786 | 44.06% | +17.67% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 152 | 0.45% | −22.37% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 33,561 | 100.0% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,074 | 56.36% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 60,462 | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Northern Mariana Islands

Governor Ralph Torres became governor on December 29, 2015, upon the death of incumbent governor Eloy Inos. He was elected to his first full term in 2018 with 62.2% of the vote. Torres was challenged by his lieutenant governor, Arnold Palacios, a career Republican who ran as an independent, and by Democratic representative Tina Sablan. Torres earned 38.8% of the votes in the general election, ahead of Palacios and Sablan, but since no candidate won a clear majority a runoff between Torres and Palacios was held on November 25. Palacios, who gained the backing of Sablan, won the runoff handily, earning 54.05% of the vote.
2022 Northern Mariana Islands Gubernatorial Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ralph Torres (incumbent) Vinnie Sablan | 5,726 | 38.83% |
| | Independent | Arnold Palacios David Apatang | 4,890 | 33.15% |
| | Democratic | Tina Sablan Leila Staffler | 4,132 | 28.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,750 | 100.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
2022 Northern Mariana Islands Gubernatorial Runoff Election. :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Arnold Palacios David Apatang | 7,077 | 54.95% |
| | Republican | Ralph Torres (incumbent) Vinnie Sablan | 6,017 | 45.95% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,094 | 100.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Independent gain from Republican | Independent gain from Republican | Independent gain from Republican | Independent gain from Republican |

### U.S. Virgin Islands

Governor Albert Bryan was elected in 2018 with 54.5% of the vote and ran for re-election to a second term. St. Croix Democratic senator Kurt Vialet is running as an independent.
2022 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Albert Bryan Jr. (incumbent) | 12,157 | 56.14 |
| | Independent | Kurt Vialet | 8,244 | 38.07 |
| | Independent Citizens Movement | Stephen Frett | 740 | 3.42 |
| | Independent | Ronald Pickard | 243 | 1.12 |
| | N/A | Write-In | 272 | 1.26 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,656 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,557 | 56.52 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 39,910 | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |