United States Gubernatorial Elections, 2017 (BLZ World)

United States Gubernatorial Election, 2017	United States Gubernatorial Election, 2017	United States Gubernatorial Election, 2017	United States Gubernatorial Election, 2017	United States Gubernatorial Election, 2017	
	< 2016 	< 2016 	November 7, 2017 	November 7, 2017 	2018 > 	
	 	Majority Party 	Majority Party 	Minority Party 	Minority Party 	
	 	 	 	 	 	
	Leader 	Susana Martinez 	Susana Martinez 	Dan Malloy 	Dan Malloy 	
	Party 	Republican 	Republican 	Democratic 	Democratic 	
	Seats Before 	33 	33 	16 	16 	
	Seats After 	32 	32 	17 	17 	
	Seat Change 	-1 	-1 	+1 	+1 	
	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	
== South Carolina Special Election ==
Since the resignation of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to become Ambassador to the UN, Henry McMaster, the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina has assumed gubernatorial duties. A special election was scheduled for 2017 to decide the Governor of South Carolina's identity. The 2017 special gubernatorial election was held along side with the normally scheduled 2017 gubernatorial elections. The candidates included Republican nominee Incumbent Governor Henry McMaster and Democratic nominee State Senator Karl B. Allen. McMaster lead by an average of 12 points in the polls and many political prediction methods put his chances of winning at over 90%. On election day, McMaster defeated Allen 56 to 43. The race was called for McMaster at 8:54 PM.
South Carolina Special Gubernatorial Election, 2017	South Carolina Special Gubernatorial Election, 2017	South Carolina Special Gubernatorial Election, 2017	South Carolina Special Gubernatorial Election, 2017
Candidate 	Running Mate 	Vote 	%
Henry McMaster (R) 	Shane Massey 	1,119,249 	56.2%
Karl B. Allen (D) 	Todd Rutherford 	858,356 	43.1%
Others 	N/A 	13,941 	0.7%
== State-By-State ==
Virginia:
The incumbent Governor, Terry McAuliffe was term-limited and could not seek a second term in office. Incumbent Leiutenant Governor Ralph Northam was unopposed for the Democratic nomination and chose Secretary of the Commonwealth Kelly Thomasson as his running mate.
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