United States gubernatorial elections, 2003

October 7, 2003 (CA), November 6, 2003 (KY and MS), October 4, 2003 and November 15, 2003 (LA)

4 governorships (including a recall election for California)

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Republican	Democratic
Last election	26 governorships	24 governorships
Seats before	26	24
Seats after	28	22
Seat change	2	2

Results:

Republican pickups

Democratic pickups

United States gubernatorial elections were held in the four states and one territory. Kentucky and Mississippi held their general elections on November 4. Louisiana held the first round of its jungle primary on October 4 and the runoff on November 15. In addition, California held a recall election on October 7.

The Republican Party had a net gain of 2 seats in 2003, picking up an open seat in Kentucky, removing a Democratic governor in California, and defeating a Democratic governor in Mississippi, while losing an open seat to the Democrats in Louisiana. The election was unusual because every seat up for election changed hands.

Election results

A bolded state name indicates an article specific to that state's election.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
California	Gray Davis	Democratic	Recalled, 55.4%-44.6%	Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) 48.58% Cruz Bustamante (D) 31.47% Tom McClintock (R) 13.41% Peter Camejo (G) 2.8% Full List
Kentucky	Paul Patton	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Ernie Fletcher (R) 55% Ben Chandler (D) 45%
Louisiana	Mike Foster	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Bobby Jindal (R) 33% (48% in runoff) Kathleen Blanco (D) 18% (52% in runoff) Richard Ieyoub (D) 16% Buddy Leach (D) 14% Randy Ewing (D) 9% Hunt Downer (R) 6%
Mississippi	Ronnie Musgrove	Democratic	Defeated, 45.81%	Haley Barbour (R) 52.59% John Cripps (Const.) 0.71% Shawn O'Hara (Ref.) 0.46% Sherman Dillon (G) 0.44%

United States gubernatorial elections

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External links

Mississippi Certified Election Results
California Election Results CA Secretary of State Site

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