Governors Races, 2020                                                     U.S. Senate  |  U.S. House  |  Governors 

                                                     this page updated Dec. 18, 2020 

Balance before Nov. 3, 2020:  26 Republicans, 24 Democrats.
11 seats at stake:  4 held by Democrats, 7 by Republicans.
2 retirements: 
1 Democrat, 1 Republican.  (Bullock-MT, Herbert-UT)
9 Governors seeking re-election in 2020.
9
Governors re-elected in 2020.

1
seat changed party: Democrat to Republican
.  (MT)
2
new Governors
.  (Gianforte-MT, Cox-UT)
Balance after Nov. 3, 2020: 27 Republicans, 23 Democrats.

CAMPAIGN LITERATURE
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Organization: RGA, DGA   |   Links: DGA 
RGA

2020
The three races in 2019 (LA, KY, MS) set the stage for 2020.  Although just 11 seats are up, there were some interesting primaries and are a couple of competitive races in the Fall. 


Primary
DEMOCRATIC incumbents (4)


DE
Sept. 15
John Carney Jr. Julianne Murray
Kathy DeMatties (IP)
John Machurek (L)
MT
June 2
Steve Bullock ...running for Senate
Mike Cooney / Casey Schreiner (D)
Greg Gianforte / Kristen Juras
Lyman Bishop / John Nesper (L)
NC
Mar. 3
Roy Cooper
Dan Forest
Al Pisano (C)
Steven DiFiore (L)
WA
Aug. 4
Jay Inslee
Loren Culp



Primary
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLICAN incumbents (7)
IN
June 2
Woody Myers / Linda Lawson
Eric Holcomb / Suzanne Crouch
Donald Rainwater / William Henry (L)
MO
Aug. 4
Nicole Galloway
Mike Parson
Jerome H. Bauer (G)
Rick Combs (L)
NH
Sept. 8
Dan Feltes
Chris Sununu
Darryl W. Perry (L)
Bill Fortune (I)
ND
June 9
Shelley Lenz / Ben Vig
Doug Burgum / Brent Sanford
DuWayne Hendrickson / Josh Voytek (L)
UT
June 30
Chris Petersen / Karina Brown
Gary Herbert ...retiring
Spencer Cox / Deidre Henderson
Daniel Cottam / Barry Short (L)
Gregory Duerden / Wayne Hill (IAP)
VT
Aug. 11
David Zuckerman (D/P)
Phil Scott
Wayne Billado, Michael A. Devost, Charly Dickerson, Kevin Hoyt, Emily Peyton, Erynn Hazlett Whitney
WV
June 9
Ben Salango
Jim Justice
Erica Kolenich (L)
Danny Lutz (M)

Gubernatorial Primary Dates
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
3-NC


2-IN
2-MT
9-ND
9-WV
30-UT

4-MO
4-WA
11-VT
8-NH
15-DE


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