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At a glance
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Governorships contested | 48 |
| FLP governorships | 28 (+28) |
| DEM governorships | 20 (+20) |
| Flips | 0 |
Overview
The Farmer-Labor Party captured 28 governorships and the Democratic Party 20 across the 48 contests, giving FLP a 28–20 edge in the new gubernatorial class. With no prior incumbents recorded in this cycle, the seat balance reflects the initial partisan allocation rather than a net change from a previous election.
The Map
The gain/loss chart reveals a sharp geographic divide. FLP swept the Northeast — Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont — and ran the table across the Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin) and the Mountain West (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming), adding Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia for a broad northern and western coalition. Democrats consolidated the South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia), held the Mid-Atlantic (Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island), and picked off Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri in the Midwest plus Oregon and Washington on the Pacific coast. Maine went Democratic by a 3.9-point margin. Zero governorships flipped parties, confirming the map as a baseline .
Closest Contests
The tightest races clustered around the 50–52 percent range. Minnesota was a razor-thin Democratic win for Donald Rosenberg Jr. at 50.2 percent, a 0.3-point margin — the closest gubernatorial contest in the cycle. Massachusetts followed with Luis Esposito (FLP) prevailing by 1.9 points. Maine (Jamal Marino, DEM, 3.9), Florida (Nathan Harrison IV, DEM, 4.0), Tennessee (Mark Werner, FLP, 4.3), and Maryland (Anita Hernandez, DEM, 4.4) rounded out the six races decided by less than five points, underscoring how narrowly the partisan split could have shifted in either direction.
Results by state
| State | Governor-elect | Share | Margin | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Ronald Bell (DEM) | 61% | +22 | — |
| AR | Ruth Morgan (DEM) | 62.8% | +25.6 | — |
| AZ | Lin Lopez (FLP) | 56.4% | +12.8 | — |
| CA | Dorothy Robinson (FLP) | 55.4% | +10.7 | — |
| CO | Samantha Wojciechowski (FLP) | 61% | +22 | — |
| CT | Elizabeth Weiss (FLP) | 52.6% | +5.3 | — |
| DE | Richard Crawford (FLP) | 56% | +11.9 | — |
| FL | Nathan Harrison IV (DEM) | 52% | +4 | — |
| GA | Janet Adams (DEM) | 63.9% | +27.9 | — |
| IA | Deborah Young (FLP) | 59.8% | +19.5 | — |
| ID | Tamika Brown (FLP) | 65.1% | +30.3 | — |
| IL | Maria White (FLP) | 52.5% | +4.9 | — |
| IN | Stephanie Hoffmann (FLP) | 59.4% | +18.8 | — |
| KS | Kimberly Gutierrez (FLP) | 70.5% | +41 | — |
| KY | Rafael Mueller (FLP) | 54.3% | +8.7 | — |
| LA | Gabriela Gutierrez (DEM) | 58.5% | +17 | — |
| MA | Luis Esposito (FLP) | 50.9% | +1.9 | — |
| MD | Anita Hernandez (DEM) | 52.2% | +4.4 | — |
| ME | Jamal Marino (DEM) | 51.9% | +3.9 | — |
| MI | Marie Antoinette (DEM) | 57.4% | +14.9 | — |
| MN | Donald Rosenberg Jr. (DEM) | 50.2% | +0.3 | — |
| MO | Maria Ross (DEM) | 52.7% | +5.4 | — |
| MS | Rachel Wiśniewski (DEM) | 60% | +19.9 | — |
| MT | Joseph Young (FLP) | 63.1% | +26.2 | — |
| NC | Benjamin Rosenberg (DEM) | 57.7% | +15.5 | — |
| ND | Emily Kowalski (FLP) | 71.6% | +43.3 | — |
| NE | Alexander Booker (FLP) | 66.6% | +33.1 | — |
| NH | Donald Howard (FLP) | 65.6% | +31.1 | — |
| NJ | Roberto (DEM) | 54% | +8 | — |
| NM | Raj Mitchell III (FLP) | 54.3% | +8.6 | — |
| NV | Benjamin Torres (FLP) | 64.6% | +29.3 | — |
| NY | Mayano Top Gun (DEM) | 62.8% | +25.6 | — |
| OH | George Diaz (FLP) | 60.4% | +20.7 | — |
| OK | James Ricci (FLP) | 53.3% | +6.6 | — |
| OR | Dianne Feinstein (DEM) | 55.6% | +11.3 | — |
| PA | Benjamin Reed (FLP) | 58.5% | +17.1 | — |
| RI | DeShawn Brown (DEM) | 53% | +6.1 | — |
| SC | Linda Bell (DEM) | 59.4% | +18.8 | — |
| SD | Miguel Evans (FLP) | 66.2% | +32.4 | — |
| TN | Mark Werner (FLP) | 52.1% | +4.3 | — |
| TX | ANN RICHARDS (DEM) | 61.3% | +22.5 | — |
| UT | Aaliyah McKinney (FLP) | 68.4% | +36.9 | — |
| VA | Donna Shah (FLP) | 52.6% | +5.2 | — |
| VT | Latoya Johnson (FLP) | 70.5% | +41.1 | — |
| WA | Jin Rodriguez (DEM) | 55.9% | +11.7 | — |
| WI | Anita Wright (FLP) | 55.5% | +11.1 | — |
| WV | Claviberg (DEM) | 56.3% | +12.7 | — |
| WY | Carol Baker (FLP) | 64.6% | +29.2 | — |