Governor (United States) - Gubernatorial Election Timeline Schedule

Gubernatorial Election Timeline Schedule

All states hold gubernatorial elections on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. The earliest possible date for the election is therefore November 2 (if that date falls on a Tuesday), and the latest possible date is November 8 (if November 1 falls on a Tuesday).

• Two states hold their gubernatorial elections every even numbered year. Recent years are 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012.

New Hampshire and Vermont

The other 48 states hold gubernatorial elections every four years.

• Thirty-four states hold their gubernatorial elections in even numbered years which are not divisible by four (i.e. concurrent with congressional, but not presidential elections). Recent years are 2002, 2006, and 2010.

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

• Nine states and a territory hold their gubernatorial elections in years divisible by four (i.e. concurrent with presidential elections). Recent years are 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.

Delaware, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Puerto Rico

• Three states hold their gubernatorial elections in the year before a year divisible by four. Recent years are 2003, 2007, and 2011.

Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi

• Two states hold their gubernatorial elections in the year following a year divisible by four. Recent years are 2001, 2005, and 2009.

New Jersey and Virginia