![]() In state legislative elections, Democrats had a net gain of 308 state legislative seats and Republicans had a net loss of 296 seats. The remaining six states-Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Wyoming-all elected Republican governors for the third straight time. In 2018, five of the remaining 11 governorships flipped back to Democrats: Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, and Wisconsin. They held 11 of those offices-all but Pennsylvania-in 2014. In 2010, Republicans won control of 12 governorships from the Democratic Party. Democrats had a net gain of five state government triplexes and Republicans had a net loss of four. After the 2018 elections, there were 36 trifectas nationwide just below the 37 trifectas that existed in 20, the most in recent history. ![]() In state elections, Democrats won control of seven governors' offices from the GOP and the trifecta status of 10 states changed. Senate as Democrats won control of the U.S. Senate, and 36 of the country's 50 governorships up for election.Īt the federal level, the 2018 elections saw Republicans expand their majority in the U.S. Elections were held in all 50 states, with all 435 seats in the U.S. Incumbent Kay Ivey took office upon Robert Bentley's resignation in April 2017.This page outlines the results of the November 6, 2018, general elections at each level of government. States where the margin of victory was under 10%: States where the margin of victory was under 5%: States where the margin of victory was under 1%: Governors whose names are in parentheses are not contesting the election. Some predictions also include a " tilt" rating that indicates that one party has an advantage that is not quite as strong as the "lean" rating would indicate (except Fox News, where "likely" is the highest rating given). Most election predictors use " tossup" to indicate that neither party has an advantage, " lean" to indicate that one party has a slight advantage, " likely" or "favored" to indicate that one party has a significant but not insurmountable advantage and " safe" or "solid" to indicate that one party has a near-certain chance of victory. The predictions assign ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive seats. Democrats also won the total popular vote for the year's gubernatorial elections for the second year in a row.Īs of 2023, this is the last time that Republicans won governorships in Arizona, Maryland, and Massachusetts, and the last time Democrats did so in Nevada. ![]() Republicans won the governorship of Alaska previously held by an independent. ![]() Additionally, they won the Republican-controlled territory of Guam and the independent-controlled territory of the U.S. They picked up Republican-held open seats in the states of Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, and New Mexico, in addition to defeating Republican incumbents in Illinois and Wisconsin and not losing any seats of their own. ![]() also ran for re-election.ĭemocrats gained control of nine state and territorial governorships that had previously been held by Republicans and an independent. The incumbent Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C. Territorial incumbents running included one Republican and one independent. Incumbent state governors running to be reelected included 14 Republicans, five Democrats, and one independent. Virgin Islands) with an independent governor, and the District of Columbia with a Democratic mayor. One independent governor was eligible for re-election.Įlections were held in 26 of the 33 states with Republican governors, nine of the 16 states with Democratic governors, one state (Alaska) with an independent governor, two territories (Guam and Northern Mariana Islands) with Republican governors, one territory (U.S. Among Republican governors, twelve were term-limited while eleven could seek re-election. Two Democratic governors were term-limited while six incumbent Democratic governors were eligible for re-election. Many of the states holding gubernatorial elections have term limits which made some multi-term governors ineligible for re-election. Other coinciding elections were the 2018 United States Senate elections and the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections. These elections formed part of the 2018 United States elections. United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 6, 2018, in 36 states and three territories. ![]()
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