United States gubernatorial elections, 2010

United States gubernatorial elections, 2010

← 2009 November 2, 2010 2011 →
39 governorships 37 states (including a special election in Utah) 2 territories
Majority party Minority party   Leader Haley Barbour Jack Markell Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Mississippi Delaware Last election 24 governorships 26 governorships Seats before 23 26 Seats after 29 20 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 33,851,797 33,331,319 Percentage 47.75% 47.02%
Democratic hold   Democratic pickups   Independent pickup   Republican pickups   Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2, 2010 in 37 states (with a special election in Utah) and two territories. As in most midterm elections, the party controlling the White House lost ground. Democrats did take five governorships from the Republicans and Republicans took 11 governorships from the Democrats. An independent won one governorship previously held by a Republican. A Republican won one governorship previously held by an independent. Republicans held a majority of governorships for the first time since before the 2006 elections. One state, Louisiana, had no election for governor, but did feature a special election for lieutenant governor.

Most gains were made in races where no incumbent was running (either due to term limits or voluntary retirement). Ted Strickland and Chet Culver of Ohio and Iowa, respectively, were the only two sitting governors who lost re-election. One sitting governor was defeated for primary renomination, Republican Jim Gibbons of Nevada.

These elections coincided with the elections for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives as well as other state and local elections.

Source: http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/governor

Sparks, RonRon Sparks (D), 42.1%

Toien, BillyBilly Toien (L), 2,682 1.05%

Hess, BarryBarry Hess (L), 38,722 2.24%