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Election 2022 Results

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2022 governor election results by state and county

Democrats made a net gain of two governorships in 2022, winning Maryland, Massachusetts and Arizona, while Republican Joe Lombardo unseated Steve Sisolak in Nevada.

36 governor races were held in 2022. Democrats won 18 and Republicans 18.

The closest were Arizona (D+0.7), Nevada (R+1.5) and Kansas (D+2.2). 4 governorships changed party: Arizona to the Democrats, Maryland to the Democrats, Massachusetts to the Democrats and Nevada to the Republicans.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

About the 2022 governor elections

The 2022 midterms came in Joe Biden's first term, with high inflation working against Democrats and the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade working against Republicans. Republicans won the House narrowly, and the expected Republican wave did not arrive. Thirty-six states elected governors. Democrats gained three states. Wes Moore won Maryland and became its first Black governor, Maura Healey took Massachusetts, and Katie Hobbs beat Kari Lake in Arizona. Republicans gained Nevada, where Joe Lombardo unseated Governor Steve Sisolak by 1.5 points. Democratic incumbents held up well in swing states. Laura Kelly won Kansas by about two points over Derek Schmidt, and Tony Evers kept Wisconsin by about three points. Gretchen Whitmer won Michigan and Josh Shapiro won Pennsylvania. Kathy Hochul held New York by about seven points against Lee Zeldin, closer than usual for the state. Republicans Brian Kemp in Georgia, Greg Abbott in Texas and Ron DeSantis in Florida won comfortably.

Every race

StateDemocratVotesRepublicanVotesOthersMargin
Alabama Yolanda Flowers412,961 (29.2%) Kay Ivey946,932 (67.0%) 53,828 R+37.8
Alaska Les Gara63,851 (24.2%) Mike Dunleavy132,632 (50.3%) Bill Walker (Independent) 54,668 (20.7%)
R+26.1
Arizona flip Katie Hobbs1,287,891 (50.3%) Kari Lake1,270,774 (49.6%) 820 D+0.7
Arkansas Chris Jones319,242 (35.2%) Sarah Huckabee Sanders571,105 (63.0%) 16,690 R+27.8
California Gavin Newsom6,469,743 (59.2%) Brian Dahle4,462,336 (40.8%) D+18.4
Colorado Jared Polis1,468,481 (57.8%) Heidi Ganahl983,040 (38.7%) 89,159 D+19.1
Connecticut Ned Lamont710,186 (56.0%) Bob Stefanowski546,209 (43.0%) 12,498 D+12.9
Florida Charlie Crist3,106,313 (39.8%) Ron DeSantis4,614,209 (59.2%) 75,371 R+19.3
Georgia Stacey Abrams1,813,673 (45.9%) Brian Kemp2,111,572 (53.4%) 28,163 R+7.5
Hawaii Josh Green261,025 (63.2%) Duke Aiona152,237 (36.8%) D+26.3
Idaho Stephen Heidt120,160 (20.3%) Brad Little358,598 (60.5%) Ammon Bundy (Independent) 101,835 (17.2%)
R+40.2
Illinois JB Pritzker2,253,748 (54.9%) Darren Bailey1,739,095 (42.4%) 111,793 D+12.5
Iowa Deidre DeJear482,950 (39.5%) Kim Reynolds709,198 (58.1%) 28,998 R+18.5
Kansas Laura Kelly499,845 (49.5%) Derek Schmidt477,586 (47.3%) 31,558 D+2.2
Maine Janet Mills375,332 (55.6%) Paul LePage287,087 (42.5%) 12,562 D+13.1
Maryland flip Wes Moore1,293,944 (64.5%) Dan Cox644,000 (32.1%) 67,279 D+32.4
Massachusetts flip Maura Healey1,584,403 (63.8%) Geoff Diehl859,343 (34.6%) 39,244 D+29.2
Michigan Gretchen Whitmer2,430,505 (54.5%) Tudor Dixon1,960,635 (43.9%) 70,832 D+10.5
Minnesota Tim Walz1,312,349 (52.3%) Scott Jensen1,119,941 (44.6%) 77,342 D+7.7
Nebraska Carol Blood242,006 (36.0%) Jim Pillen398,334 (59.2%) 32,253 R+23.2
Nevada flip Steve Sisolak481,991 (47.3%) Joe Lombardo497,377 (48.8%) 39,703 R+1.5
New Hampshire Tom Sherman256,766 (41.6%) Chris Sununu352,813 (57.1%) 7,843 R+15.6
New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham370,168 (52.0%) Mark Ronchetti324,701 (45.6%) 17,387 D+6.4
New York Kathy Hochul3,140,415 (53.1%) Lee Zeldin2,762,581 (46.7%) 9,290 D+6.4
Ohio Nan Whaley1,545,489 (37.5%) Mike DeWine2,580,424 (62.5%) R+25.1
Oklahoma Joy Hofmeister481,904 (41.8%) Kevin Stitt639,484 (55.4%) 31,896 R+13.7
Oregon Tina Kotek917,074 (47.0%) Christine Drazan850,347 (43.5%) Betsy Johnson (Independent) 168,431 (8.6%)
D+3.4
Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro3,031,032 (56.5%) Doug Mastriano2,238,337 (41.7%) 96,560 D+14.8
Rhode Island Dan McKee207,166 (58.1%) Ashley Kalus139,001 (39.0%) 10,446 D+19.1
South Carolina Joe Cunningham690,102 (40.7%) Henry McMaster985,120 (58.0%) 21,869 R+17.4
South Dakota Jamie Smith123,148 (35.2%) Kristi Noem217,035 (62.0%) 9,983 R+26.8
Tennessee Jason Martin572,818 (32.9%) Bill Lee1,129,390 (64.9%) 37,674 R+32.0
Texas Beto O'Rourke3,554,772 (44.0%) Greg Abbott4,437,097 (54.9%) 86,309 R+10.9
Vermont Brenda Siegel68,248 (24.1%) Phil Scott202,269 (71.3%) 13,115 R+47.3
Wisconsin Tony Evers1,358,774 (51.2%) Tim Michels1,268,535 (47.8%) 27,198 D+3.4
Wyoming Theresa Livingston30,686 (15.8%) Mark Gordon143,696 (74.1%) 19,618 R+58.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Margins are Democrat minus Republican, of all votes. Certified results, from the states' own archives, the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, Heideman (2026) and Algara & Amlani (2021). How these results were checked.

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