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Governor Races,
2022 Overview and Links
updated
Nov. 5, 2022
Current Balance: 27 Republicans, 23 Democrats.
36 seats at stake: 16 held by Democrats, 20 by Republicans.
8 open... 7 term limited: 3 Democrats, 4 Republicans; plus 1 Retirement: 1 Republican.
Term-limited - D: Ige-HI, Brown-OR, Wolf-PA; R: Ducey-AZ, Hutchinson-AR, Logan-MD, Ricketts-NE. Retirement - R: Baker-MA.
See also: DGA | RGA || Cook Political Report | Sabato's Crystal Ball || politics1.com || NCSL Primary Dates
36 seats at stake: 16 held by Democrats, 20 by Republicans.
8 open... 7 term limited: 3 Democrats, 4 Republicans; plus 1 Retirement: 1 Republican.
Term-limited - D: Ige-HI, Brown-OR, Wolf-PA; R: Ducey-AZ, Hutchinson-AR, Logan-MD, Ricketts-NE. Retirement - R: Baker-MA.
See also: DGA | RGA || Cook Political Report | Sabato's Crystal Ball || politics1.com || NCSL Primary Dates
2022 [LITERATURE]
Thirty-six seats are at stake. One week before Election Day, the Cook Political Report listed five seats as toss-ups—KS, NV, OR and WI held by the Democrats and AZ held by a Republican. Earlier in the year Cook listed seven seats as toss-ups, but MI, PA and GA moved into the "likely" category. More than half of the 2022 races are non-competitive; the Cook Political Report lists 20 seats as solidly Democratic or Republican. There are eight open seats. Open seats can offer pick up opportunities, and Democrats are bullish on Maryland and Massachusetts, where popular Republican governors are not seeking re-election. Looking at comparable recent cycles, as many as five to eight seats could change party control (>). Former President Trump had a significant impact in some of the Republican primary races. He endorsed in 20 gubernatorial primaries (>). These included seven incumbents, two candidates who challenged Republican incumbents (GA-D.Perdue, ID-J.McGeachin) and eleven candidates running in open seats or against Democratic incumbents (AZ-K.Lake, AR-S.H.Sanders, IL-D.Bailey, KS-D.Schmidt, MD-D.Cox, MA-G.Diehl, MI-T.Dixon, NE-C.Herbster, NV-J.Lombardo, PA-D.Mastriano, WI-T.Michels). For the non-incumbent races, Lake, Sanders, Bailey, Schmidt, Cox, Diehl, Dixon, Lombardo, Mastriano and Michels won, while Perdue, McGeachin and Herbster lost. Top issues in many governors races include inflation and the economy, education, crime and handling of the COVID pandemic.
Note:
These lists do not include write-in candidates unless
the candidate specifically emails to request
inclusion.Thirty-six seats are at stake. One week before Election Day, the Cook Political Report listed five seats as toss-ups—KS, NV, OR and WI held by the Democrats and AZ held by a Republican. Earlier in the year Cook listed seven seats as toss-ups, but MI, PA and GA moved into the "likely" category. More than half of the 2022 races are non-competitive; the Cook Political Report lists 20 seats as solidly Democratic or Republican. There are eight open seats. Open seats can offer pick up opportunities, and Democrats are bullish on Maryland and Massachusetts, where popular Republican governors are not seeking re-election. Looking at comparable recent cycles, as many as five to eight seats could change party control (>). Former President Trump had a significant impact in some of the Republican primary races. He endorsed in 20 gubernatorial primaries (>). These included seven incumbents, two candidates who challenged Republican incumbents (GA-D.Perdue, ID-J.McGeachin) and eleven candidates running in open seats or against Democratic incumbents (AZ-K.Lake, AR-S.H.Sanders, IL-D.Bailey, KS-D.Schmidt, MD-D.Cox, MA-G.Diehl, MI-T.Dixon, NE-C.Herbster, NV-J.Lombardo, PA-D.Mastriano, WI-T.Michels). For the non-incumbent races, Lake, Sanders, Bailey, Schmidt, Cox, Diehl, Dixon, Lombardo, Mastriano and Michels won, while Perdue, McGeachin and Herbster lost. Top issues in many governors races include inflation and the economy, education, crime and handling of the COVID pandemic.
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3-OH 10-NE 17-ID 17-OR 17-PA 24-AL 24-AR 24-GA |
7-CA 7-IA 7-NM 7-SD 14-ME 14-NV 14-SC 21-AL runoff 28-CO 28-IL 28-NY 28-OK |
19-MD |
2-AZ 2-KS 2-MI 4-TN 9-CT 9-MN 9-VT 9-WI 13-HI 16-WY 23-FL 16-AK |
6-MA 13-NH 13-RI |
On
Mar. 15, 2022,
the Maryland
Court of
Appeals issued
an order
moving the
primary date
from June 28
to July 19.
No primaries
in April.
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