United States gubernatorial elections, 2013

United States gubernatorial elections, 2013

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2 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Leader Bobby Jindal Peter Shumlin Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Louisiana Vermont Last election 30 governorships 19 governorships Seats before 30 20 Seats after 29 21 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 2,292,286 1,879,767 Percentage 52.53% 43.08%
Light blue: Democratic pickup Red: Republican hold Gray: no election

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2013 in two states. These elections form part of the 2013 United States elections.

Governor Bob McDonnell was term limited in 2013, as Governors of Virginia cannot serve consecutive terms.

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was the Republican nominee for Governor, after winning the nomination at Virginia's 2013 Republican Party convention.

Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was the Democratic nominee for Governor, after being the only candidate to file for the race.

Robert Sarvis, an entrepreneur and lawyer, was the Libertarian Party nominee. On June 26, 2013, the Virginia State Board of Elections confirmed to Sarvis's campaign that he would be listed on the ballot statewide during the elections this November.

On November 5, 2013, Terry McAuliffe narrowly beat Ken Cuccinelli by a margin of 48% to 45.5% with Robert Sarvis accounting for the other 6.6% of the vote.

Governor Chris Christie ran for a second term. Christie's re-election campaign could be the prelude to a 2016 presidential campaign for him.

Christie's approval ratings have hovered at or above 50% consistently throughout 2012, and broke records as the highest approval rating of any New Jersey governor in a recent Fairleigh Dickinson poll.

State Senator and former State Senate Democratic Leader Barbara Buono was the Democratic nominee.