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 Democrats will be running for re-election.
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" or "battleground": 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
Race summary
States
Territories
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.
New Castle County executive Matt Meyer became the first declared candidate on June 6, 2023.
Indiana
Governor Eric Holcomb was re-elected to a second term in 2020 with 56.5% of the vote. He 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, lieutenant governor Suzanne Crouch, former president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation Eric Doden and former attorney general Curtis Hill are running for the Republican nomination.
Former Republican Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick is running for the Democratic nomination, having 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 eligible to run for re-election, but has not yet stated whether he will do so.
On June 13, 2023, Republican state representative Tanner Smith launched a primary challenge to Gianforte.
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, 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 and former North Carolina Supreme Court justice Michael Morgan are running for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, while state treasurer Dale Folwell, lieutenant governor Mark Robinson, retired healthcare executive Jesse Thomas, former congressman Mark Walker and former state senator Andy Wells are running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.