2016 U.S. Gubernatorial Elections (Sam's World)

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United States gubernatorial elections, 2016
12 governorships
November 8, 2016
		First party	Second party	Third party
Party		Republican	Democratic	Independent
Last election		31 governorships	18 governorships	1 governorship
Seats before		31	18	1
Seats after		33	16	1

State

     Republican gain     Republican hold     Democratic gain     Democratic hold     Independent gain     Independent hold

Winning candidate in bold

State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Candidates
Delaware	Jack Markell	Democratic	Incumbent term-limited, Democratic hold	John Carney (Democratic) Colin Bonini (Republican)
Indiana	Mike Pence	Republican	Incumbent retired, Republican hold	Eric Holcomb (Republican) John Gregg (Democratic)
Missouri	Jay Nixon	Democratic	Incumbent term-limited, Republican gain	Eric Greitens (Republican) Chris Koster (Democratic)
Montana	Steve Bullock	Democratic	Incumbent  re-elected	Greg Gianforte (Republican)
New Hampshire	Maggie Hassan	Democratic	Incumbent retired, Republican gain	Chris Sununu (Republican) Colin Van Ostern (Democratic)
North Carolina	Pat McCrory	Republican	Incumbent lost re-election, Democratic gain	Roy Cooper (Democratic)
North Dakota	Jack Dalrymple	Republican	Incumbent retired, Republican hold	Doug Burgum (Republican) Marvin Nelson (Democratic)
Oregon (special)	Kate Brown	Democratic	Incumbent re-elected	Bud Pierce (Republican)
Utah	Gary Herbert	Republican	Incumbent re-elected	Mike Weinholtz (Democratic)
Vermont	Peter Shumlin	Democratic	Incumbent retired, Republican gain	Phil Scott (Republican) Sue Minter (Democratic)
Washington	Jay Inslee	Democratic	Incumbent re-elected	Bill Bryant (Republican)
West Virginia	Earl Ray Tomblin	Democratic	Incumbent term-limited, Democratic hold	Jim Justice (Democratic) Bill Cole (Republican)