2022 Governor Races — Spring/Summer Edition

In the primaries, there are hundreds of candidates running for governor in races around the country from safe incumbents to little-known, underfunded longshots.  Along the way there are candidates who fail to qualify for the ballot or drop out, candidates who run for several years and those who enter at the last minute, and candidates whose fortunes rise and fall; in a number of states the contest may even go to a runoff to determine the nominee.  The small sample below will hopefully give a sense of some of the candidates, themes and issues in 2022 primary races for governor. 
 

Democrats Republicans Third Party/Independent
Alabama
Gov. Kay Ivey (R)





Alaska
Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R)






Arizona
open - Ducey (R)





Arkansas
open - Hutchinson (R)






California
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)






Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis (D)






Connecticut
Gov. Ned Lamont (D)






Florida
Gov. Rick Scott (R)






Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp (R)






Hawaii
open - Ige (D)






Idaho
Gov. Brad Little (R)
 see Idaho page




Illinois
Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D)





Iowa
Gov. Kim Reynolds (R)






Kansas
Gov. Laura Kelly (D)






Maine
Gov. Janet Mills (D)






Maryland
open - Hogan (R)
 see
 Maryland page




Massachusetts
open - Baker (R)






Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D)







Minnesota
Gov. Tim Walz (DFL)
see Minnesota page




Nebraska
Gov. Pete Ricketts (R)






Nevada
Gov. Steve Sisolak (D)






New Hampshire
Gov. John Sununu (R)






New Mexico
Gov. M. Lujan Grisham (D)






New York
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D)






Ohio
Gov. Mike DeWine (R)
see Ohio page




Oklahoma
Gov. Kevin Stitt (R)






Oregon
open - Brown (D)
   Oregon page




Pennsylvania
open - Wolf (D)
 see
 Pennsylvania page




Rhode Island
Gov. Dan McKee (D)






South Carolina
Gov. Henry McMaster (R)






South Dakota
Gov. Kristi Noem (R)






Tennessee
Gov. Bill Lee (R)






Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott (R)






Vermont
Gov. Phil Scott (R)






Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers (D)
 see Wisconsin page




Wyoming
Gov. Mark Gordon (R)








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