United States gubernatorial elections, 1986

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1986

November 4, 1986

38 governorships 36 states; 2 territories

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	34 governorships	16 governorships
Seats before	34	16
Seats after	26	24
Seat change	8	8

Republican holds

Republican pickups

Democratic holds

Democratic pickups

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4, 1986 in 36 states and two territories. The Democrats had a net loss of eight seats during this election.

Election results

A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Alabama	George Wallace	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	H. Guy Hunt (Republican) 56.4% Bill Baxley (Democratic) 43.6%
Alaska	Bill Sheffield	Democratic	Defeated in primary, Democratic victory	Steve Cowper (Democratic) 47.3% Arliss Sturgulewski (Republican) 42.6% Joe Vogler (Alaskan Ind.) 5.6% Walter Joseph Hickel (write-in) 2.8% Mary Jane O'Brannon (Libertarian) 0.6%
Arizona	Bruce Babbitt	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	Evan Mecham (Republican) 39.7% Carolyn Warner (Democratic) 34.5% Bill Schulz (Independent) 25.8%
Arkansas	Bill Clinton	Democratic	Re-elected, 63.9%	Frank D. White (Republican) 36.1%
California	George Deukmejian	Republican	Re-elected, 60.2%	Tom Bradley (Democratic) 37.2% Maria Elizabeth Muñoz (PF) 1.3% Joseph Fuhrig (Libertarian) 0.7% Gary V. Miller (American Ind.) 0.7%
Colorado	Richard Lamm	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Roy Romer (Democratic) 58.2% Ted Strickland (Republican) 41.0% Earl Dodge (Prohibition) 0.8%
Connecticut	William O'Neill	Democratic	Re-elected, 58.5%	Julie Belaga (Republican) 41.5%
Florida	Bob Graham	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Bob Martinez (Republican) 54.6% Steve Pajcic (Democratic) 45.4%
Georgia	Joe Frank Harris	Democratic	Re-elected, 70.5%	Guy Davis (Republican) 29.5%
Hawaii	George Ariyoshi	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	John D. Waihee III (Democratic) 52.0% D. G. Anderson (Republican) 48.0%
Idaho	John V. Evans	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Cecil D. Andrus (Democratic) 50.5% David H. Leroy (Republican) 49.5%
Illinois	James R. Thompson	Republican	Re-elected, 52.7%	Adlai Stevenson III (Solidarity) 40.0% (No gubernatorial candidate)^[1] (Democratic) 6.6% Gary L. Shilts (Libertarian) 0.5%
Iowa	Terry E. Branstad	Republican	Re-elected, 51.9%	Lowell Junkins (Democratic) 48.0%
Kansas	John W. Carlin	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Mike Hayden (Republican) 51.9% Thomas R. Docking (Democratic) 48.1%
Maine	Joseph E. Brennan	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	John R. McKernan, Jr. (Republican) 39.9% James E. Tierney (Democratic) 30.2% Sherry Huber (Independent) 15.1% John Menario (Independent) 14.9%
Maryland	Harry Hughes	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	William Donald Schaefer (Democratic) 82.4% Thomas J. Mooney (Republican) 17.6%
Massachusetts	Michael Dukakis	Democratic	Re-elected, 68.8%	George Kariotis (Republican) 31.2%
Michigan	James Blanchard	Democratic	Re-elected, 68.1%	William Lucas (Republican) 31.5%
Minnesota	Rudy Perpich	Democratic	Re-elected, 56.1%	Cal Ludeman (Republican) 43.1%
Nebraska	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	Kay A. Orr (Republican) 52.9% Helen Boosalis (Democratic) 47.1%
Nevada	Richard Bryan	Democratic	Re-elected, 71.9%	Patricia Dillon Cafferata (Republican) 25.0% None of These Candidates 2.1% Louis R. Tomburello (Libertarian) 1.0%
New Hampshire	John H. Sununu	Republican	Re-elected, 53.7%	Paul McEachern (Democratic) 46.3%
New Mexico	Toney Anaya	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Garrey Carruthers (Republican) 53.0% Ray Powell (Democratic) 47.0%
New York	Mario Cuomo	Democratic	Re-elected, 64.3%	Andrew O'Rourke (Republican) 31.8% Denis Dillon (Right to Life) 3.1% Lenora Fulani (New Alliance) 0.6%
Ohio	Dick Celeste	Democratic	Re-elected, 60.6%	Jim Rhodes (Republican) 39.4%
Oklahoma	George Nigh	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Henry Bellmon (Republican) 48.1% David Walters (Democratic) 45.2% Jerry Brown (Independent) 6.7%
Oregon	Victor G. Atiyeh	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Neil Goldschmidt (Democratic) 52.0% Norma Paulus (Republican) 48.0%
Pennsylvania	Dick Thornburgh	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Robert P. Casey (Democratic) 50.7% William Scranton, III (Republican) 48.4% Heidi Hoover (Consumer) 1.0%
Rhode Island	Edward D. DiPrete	Republican	Re-elected, 64.7%	Bruce Sundlun (Democratic) 32.4% Robert Healey (Cool Moose) 1.9% Tony Affigne (Citizens) 1.1%
South Carolina	Richard Riley	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. (Republican) 51.0% Michael R. Daniel (Democratic) 47.9% William H. Griffin (Libertarian) 0.6%
South Dakota	Bill Janklow	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	George S. Mickelson (Republican) 51.8% Lars Herseth (Democratic) 48.2%
Tennessee	Lamar Alexander	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Ned McWherter (Democratic) 54.3% Winfield Dunn (Republican) 45.7%
Texas	Mark White	Democratic	Defeated, 46.0%	Bill Clements (Republican) 52.7% Theresa S. Doyle (Libertarian) 1.2%
Vermont	Madeleine M. Kunin	Democratic	Re-elected, 47.0%^[2]	Peter P. Smith (Republican) 38.3% Bernie Sanders (Independent) 14.5%
Wisconsin	Tony Earl	Democratic	Defeated, 46.2%	Tommy Thompson (Republican) 52.7% Kathryn Christenson (Labor and Farm) 0.7%
Wyoming	Edward Herschler	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Mike Sullivan (Wyoming) (Democratic) 54.0% Pete Simpson (Republican) 46.0%

↑ Stevenson was originally the Democratic gubernatorial nominee but later withdrew when several Lyndon LaRouche supporters won spots on the Democratic ticket. See Solidarity Party for more details
↑ Kunin did not win a majority of the votes therefore the state assembly had to cast the final vote. See also

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