2024 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020, except in New Hampshire and Vermont where governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022. In addition to state gubernatorial elections, the territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico will also hold elections for their governors.

The elections will take place concurrently with the 2024 presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, and numerous state and local elections.

This will be the first election cycle since 2017 that no incumbent Democratic governors will be running for re-election. With the primary defeat of Puerto Rico governor Pedro Pierluisi, this is also the first cycle since 2014 in which an incumbent governor lost renomination.

Partisan composition
Going into the election, there are 27 Republican governors and 23 Democratic governors in the United States. This class of governors is made up of 8 Republicans and 3 Democrats. Republicans are defending two governorships in states that Joe Biden won in 2020 (New Hampshire and Vermont) while Democrats are defending one governorship in a state that Donald Trump won in 2020 (North Carolina).

Election predictions
Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked 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). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating a party's predicted advantage in winning that seat.

Most election predictors use:
 * " tossup ": no advantage
 * " tilt " (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
 * " lean ": slight advantage
 * " likely ": significant, but surmountable, advantage
 * " safe " or " solid ": near-certain chance of victory

Delaware
Governor John Carney was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 59.5% of the vote. He will be term-limited by the Delaware Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a third term. Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long and New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer have announced their candidacies.

Indiana
Governor Eric Holcomb who was re-elected in the 2020 with 57% of the vote, will be term-limited by the Indiana Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a third consecutive term. United States Senator Mike Braun has won the Republican Nomination, defeating Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch, former president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation Eric Doden and former Attorney General Curtis Hill.

On the other side, Former Republican Indiana superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick won the Democratic nomination, she has switched parties in 2021.

Missouri
Governor Mike Parson took office on June 1, 2018, upon the resignation of Eric Greitens and was elected to a full term in his own right in 2020 with 57.2% of the vote. Because Parson served more than two years of Greitens' term, he will be term-limited by the Missouri Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a second full term. Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft are running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. In the Democratic primary, Missouri House of Representatives minority leader Crystal Quade has declared her candidacy.

Montana
Governor Greg Gianforte was elected in 2020 with 54.4% of the vote. He is running for re-election, State Representative Tanner Smith also launched his bid but lost to Gianforte in the Republican nomination.

On the other side, Democrat Ryan Busse won the Democratic nomination and will face Gianforte in the general election.

New Hampshire
Governor Chris Sununu won re-election to a fourth term in 2022. However on July 19, 2023 he announced he would not seek re-election. Former acting governor Chuck Morse and former U.S. senator Kelly Ayotte have announced their campaigns for the Republican nomination. Former Hillsborough County Treasurer and 2022 Congressional nominee Robert Burns has expressed interest in running. In the Democratic primary, former Manchester mayor Joyce Craig and Executive Council of New Hampshire member Cinde Warmington have declared their candidacies.

North Carolina
Governor Roy Cooper was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 51.5% of the vote. He will be term-limited by the North Carolina Constitution in 2024 and cannot seek re-election for a third consecutive term. Attorney General Josh Stein defeated former North Carolina Supreme Court justice Michael Morgan for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, while Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson defeated State Treasurer Dale Folwell for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

North Dakota
Governor Doug Burgum was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 65.8% of the vote. In the November 2022 elections, voters amended the North Dakota Constitution to place a limit of two, four-year terms for succeeding governors sworn into office after the amendment's effective date of January 1, 2023. Burgum, sworn into office before the amendment's effective date, remained eligible to run for re-election for a third term. Burgum initially ran for the Republican nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election, but dropped out before the primaries. On January 22, 2024, he announced he would not seek re-election as Governor. United States Representative Kelly Armstrong won the Republican nomination and defeated Lieutenant Governor Tammy Miller.

On the other side, State senator Merrill Piepkorn won the Democratic nomination unopposed.

Utah
Governor Spencer Cox was elected in 2020 with 63% of the vote and is running for re-election to a second term.

On the other side, State Representative Brian King won the Democratic nomination unopposed.

Vermont
Governor Phil Scott won re-election to a fourth term in 2022. Because Vermont does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he is eligible to run for re-election for a fifth term in 2024, and has announced that he will do so.

Washington
Governor Jay Inslee was re-elected to a third term in 2020 with 56.6% of the vote. Because Washington does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he is eligible to run for re-election for a fourth term but he has decided not to seek re-election. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and state senator Mark Mullet have declared their candidacies, while in the Republican primary, former representative Dave Reichert and former Richland school board member Semi Bird have declared their candidacies.

West Virginia
Governor Jim Justice was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 63.5% of the vote. He will be term-limited by the West Virginia Constitution in 2024 and is ineligible to seek re-election for a third consecutive term.

State attorney general Patrick Morrisey won the Republican nomination defeating former state delegate Moore Capito, businessman Chris Miller, and secretary of state Mac Warner.

Huntington mayor Steve Williams won the Democratic nomination unopposed.

American Samoa
Lemanu Peleti Mauga was elected Governor in the 2020 general election with 60.3% of the vote. On April 10, 2024, Mauga and incumbent Lieutenant Governor Eleasalo Ale announced their campaign for reelection under the slogan "E Lavatia le Alofa” — "Love Beareth All." Prior to Magua's announcement, Paramount Chief Mauga Tasi Asuega was advocating for the Governor's reelection. Pula T. I. Nikolao Pula, former Director of the Office of Insular Affairs, announced his candidacy on March 4, 2024. Pula announced High Chief Pulu Ae Ae, Jr., a former faipule for Maʻopūtasi County as his running mate.

Puerto Rico
Governor Pedro Pierluisi was elected in 2020 with 32.9% of the vote. He announced his re-election campaign on March 20, 2022, during the New Progressive Party's general assembly. However, he was defeated by Jenniffer González-Colón, the resident commissioner, in the New Progressive Party primary election.

Territorial legislator Jesús Manuel Ortiz won the nomination of the Popular Democratic Party. Other candidates include former territorial senator Juan Dalmau of the Puerto Rican Independence Party and San Sebastián mayor Javier Jiménez of Project Dignity.