United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2002, in 36 states and two territories. The Republicans won eight seats previously held by the Democrats, as well as the seat previously held by Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, who was elected on the Reform Party ticket but had since renounced his party affiliation. The Democrats won 10 seats previously held by the Republicans, as well as the seat previously held by Maine governor Angus King, an independent. The elections were held concurrently with the other United States elections of 2002.
The 1882 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Hugh Smith Thompson was nominated by the Democrats and ran against J. Hendrix McLane, a Greenback-Labor candidate. Thompson easily won the general election and became the 81st governor of South Carolina.
The 1885 New York state election was held on November 3, 1885, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary state, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer and the state engineer, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8, 2022, in 36 states and three territories. As most governors serve four-year terms, the last regular gubernatorial elections for all but two of the seats took place in 2018. The gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections, as part of the 2022 midterm elections.
The 1880 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 13, 1880 for a two-year term that was scheduled to run from January 13, 1881 to January 3, 1883. The contest resulted in the victory of Greenback and Democratic nominee Harris M. Plaisted, who narrowly defeated incumbent Republican governor Daniel F. Davis, one of the few times Republicans lost control of the governorship between the founding of the party in the 1850s and the Great Depression. This was the first gubernatorial election in Maine in which a plurality of the popular vote was sufficient to elect the governor, in accordance with a constitutional amendment ratified the same day.
The 1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1875. Republican Party candidate Harrison Ludington was elected with 50% of the vote, narrowly defeating incumbent Democratic governor William Robert Taylor.
The April 1876 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 3, 1876. Incumbent governor and Democratic nominee Charles R. Ingersoll defeated Republican nominee H. Robinson with 51.85% of the vote.
The 1878 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1878. Incumbent Democratic Governor John P. Cochran was unable to seek re-election. Former State Senator John W. Hall ran as the Democratic nominee to succeed Cochran. The Republican Party, chastened by its long string of defeats, failed to run a statewide candidate. Instead, the Greenback Party stepped in, and Kensey Johns Stewart ran as the Greenback nominee. The absence of the Republican Party on the ballot caused turnout to crash, and Hall defeated Stewart by the largest margin in state history.
The 1890 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890.
The 1900 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.
The 1898 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898. Incumbent Populist Governor Silas A. Holcomb did not stand for re-election. Populist and Democratic fusion nominee William A. Poynter defeated Republican nominee Monroe Hayward with 50.19% of the vote.
The 1896 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896, and featured incumbent Governor Silas A. Holcomb, a Populist, defeating his major rival, Republican nominee John H. MacColl, to win a second two-year term in office.
The 1882 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882. Incumbent Republican governor Albinus Nance did not seek reelection. This election featured James W. Dawes, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee J. Sterling Morton and Greenback nominee Edward P. Ingersoll.
The 1880 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1880, in order to elect the Governor of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican Governor of Nebraska Albinus Nance defeated Democratic nominee Thomas Tipton, who had formerly served as a Republican US Senator from Nebraska.
The 1878 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1878. Incumbent Republican governor Silas Garber did not seek reelection. This election featured Republican nominee Albinus Nance, the Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives, defeating Democratic nominee Colonel William H. Webster, a lawyer from Merrick County, Nebraska, and Greenback Party nominee Levi G. Todd, a former member of the Nebraska Territorial House of Representatives from Cass County, Nebraska.
The 1874 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on October 13, 1874. It was the last gubernatorial election held under the Nebraska Constitution of 1866. Incumbent Governor of Nebraska Robert Wilkinson Furnas did not seek reelection to a second term. The election featured Republican nominee Silas Garber, a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives, defeating Democratic nominee Albert Tuxbury, mayor of Nebraska City, as well as Independent nominee Jonathan F. Gardner and Prohibition Party nominee Jarvis S. Church.
The 1876 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1876, and featured Republican nominee Othman A. Abbott defeating Democratic nominee Miles Zentmeyer and Greenback Party nominee Allen Root.
The 1880 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1880, and featured incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Edmund C. Carns, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee T. J. Hamilton as well as Greenback nominee Peter Lansing and former Democratic nominee Samuel H. Calhoun. Originally, the Democratic party had nominated Calhoun for lieutenant governor. However, on October 11, 1880, Calhoun withdrew his candidacy, and the Democratic state central committee appointed T. J. Hamilton to replace him.
The 1884 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884, and featured Republican nominee Hibbard H. Shedd defeating fusion Democratic and Greenback (Anti-Monopoly) nominee Lewis C. Pace. Incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Alfred W. Agee was renominated at the Nebraska Republican state convention, but he was defeated for the nomination by Shedd by a vote of 292 to 153 of the delegates.
The 1910 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1910, and featured incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Melville R. Hopewell, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee Ralph A. Clark as well as Socialist Party nominee George L. Slutter and Prohibition Party nominee Samuel Lichty.
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