United States gubernatorial elections, 1990
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Governorships of AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IA, KS, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NE, NV, NH, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WI, WY, GU, and VI |
|||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
324px Republican holds
Republican pickups
Democratic holds
Democratic pickups
Alaskan Independence Pickup
A Connecticut Party Pickup
|
|||||||||||||||||||
The 1990 United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 6, 1990 in 36 states. Most elected in these elections would serve for a four-year term, while those in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont would serve for a two-year term.
Heading into the elections, there were twenty seats held by Democrats and sixteen held by Republicans. By the end of the elections, nineteen seats would be held by a Democrat, fifteen would be held by a Republican, and two would be held by other parties.
Notably in these elections, there were two people elected from a third party: Former Alaskan governor and Secretary of the Interior under President Nixon Walter Joseph Hickel was elected governor as a part of the Alaskan Independence Party. Former U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut won on A Connecticut Party's ticket. In addition to Weicker, two other former U.S. senators were elected governors that year, Pete Wilson of California and Lawton Chiles of Florida.
In 1988, Arizona voters approved a runoff-style election following the impeachment of governor Evan Mecham. Because no candidate received a majority (50%) of the vote in the November election, a run-off election occurred on February 26, 1991. Note, this style of voting was later repealed in 1992.
The elections coincided with the mid-term elections for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Election results
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | H. Guy Hunt | Republican | Re-elected, 52.1% | Paul Hubbert (Democratic) 47.9% |
| Alaska | Steve Cowper | Democratic | Retired, Alaskan Ind. victory | Walter Joseph Hickel (Alaskan Ind.) 38.9% Tony Knowles (Democratic) 30.9% Arliss Sturgulewski (Republican) 26.2% Jim Sykes (Green) 3.4% Michael O'Callaghan (Independent) 0.5% |
| Arizona | Rose Perica Mofford | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory in runoff |
Fife Symington III (Republican) 49.65% (52%) Terry Goddard (Democratic) 49.24% (48%) Max Hawkins (Stop Abortion) (WI) 1.04% Ed Yetman (Libertarian) (WI) 0.03% |
| Arkansas | Bill Clinton | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.5% | Sheffield Nelson (Republican) 42.5% |
| California | George Deukmejian | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Pete Wilson (Republican) 48.7% Dianne Feinstein (Democratic) 46.3% Dennis Thompson (Libertarian) 1.9% Jerome McCready (American Ind.) 1.8% Maria Elizabeth Muñoz (Peace & Freedom) 1.3% |
| Colorado | Roy Romer | Democratic | Re-elected, 61.9% | John Andrews (Republican) 35.4% David Aitken (Libertarian) 1.9% William David Livingston (Prohibition) 0.8% |
| Connecticut | William O'Neill | Democratic | Retired, A Connecticut Party victory |
Lowell Weicker (A Connecticut Party) 40.4% John G. Rowland (Republican) 37.5% Bruce Morrison (Democratic) 20.7% Joseph A. Zdonczyk (Concerned Citizens) 1.4% |
| Florida | Bob Martinez | Republican | Defeated, 43.5% | Lawton Chiles (Democratic) 56.5% Rose 'Jackie' Floyd (Independent) (WI) 0.02% |
| Georgia | Joe Frank Harris | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Zell Miller (Democratic) 52.9% Johnny Isakson (Republican) 44.5% Carole Ann Rand (Libertarian) 2.3% |
| Hawaii | John D. Waihee III | Democratic | Re-elected, 59.8% | Fred Hemmings (Republican) 38.6% Triaka-Don Smith (Libertarian) 0.9% Peggy Ross (Natural Law) 0.7% |
| Idaho | Cecil D. Andrus | Democratic | Re-elected, 68.2% | Roger Fairchild (Republican) 31.8% |
| Illinois | James R. Thompson | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Jim Edgar (Republican) 50.8% Neil Hartigan (Democratic) 48.2% Jessie Fields (Solidarity) 1.1% |
| Iowa | Terry E. Branstad | Republican | Re-elected, 60.6% | Donald Avenson (Democratic) 38.5% F. Nan Bailey (Socialist Workers) 0.4% |
| Kansas | Mike Hayden | Republican | Defeated, 42.6% | Joan Finney (Democratic) 48.6% Christina Campbell-Cline (Independent) 8.8% |
| Maine | John R. McKernan, Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 46.6% | Joseph E. Brennan (Democratic) 44.0% Andrew Adam (Independent) 9.3% |
| Maryland | William Donald Schaefer | Democratic | Re-elected, 59.8% | William S. Shepard (Republican) 40.2% Carol Thies (Independent) (WI) 0.01% |
| Massachusetts | Michael Dukakis | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | William Weld (Republican) 50.2% John Silber (Democratic) 46.9% Leonard Umina (Independent) 2.7% |
| Michigan | James Blanchard | Democratic | Defeated, 49.1% | John Engler (Republican) 49.8% William Roundtree (Workers World) 1.1% |
| Minnesota | Rudy Perpich | DFL | Defeated, 46.8% | Arne Carlson (Ind. Republican) 50.1% Judith Ann Chosa (Independent) 1.2% Ross S. Culverhouse (Grassroots) 1.0% Jon Grunseth (Ind. Republican) 0.6% Wendy Lyons (Socialist Workers) 0.4% |
| Nebraska | Kay A. Orr | Republican | Defeated, 49.2% | Ben Nelson (Democratic) 49.9% Mort Sullivan (Write-in) 0.3% |
| Nevada | Bob Miller | Democratic | Re-elected, 64.8% | Jim Gallaway (Republican) 29.9% None of These Candidates 2.8% James Frye (Libertarian) 2.5% |
| New Hampshire | Judd Gregg | Republican | Re-elected, 60.5% | J. Joseph Grandmaison (Democratic) 34.7% Miriam F. Luce (Libertarian) 4.9% |
| New Mexico | Garrey Carruthers | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Bruce King (Democratic) 54.6% Frank M. Bond (Republican) 45.2% |
| New York | Mario Cuomo | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.17% | Pierre Andrew Rinfret (Republican) 21.35% Herbert London (Conservative) 20.40% Louis P. Wein (Right to Life) 3.40% Lenora Fulani (New Alliance) 0.77% W. Gary Johnson (Libertarian) 0.61% Craig Gannon (Socialist Workers) 0.31% |
| Ohio | Dick Celeste | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | George Voinovich (Republican) 55.7% Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. (Democratic) 44.3% |
| Oklahoma | Henry Bellmon | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | David Walters (Democratic) 57.4% Bill Price (Republican) 32.3% Thomas D. Ledgerwood II (Reform) 9.9% |
| Oregon | Neil Goldschmidt | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Barbara Roberts (Democratic) 45.7% David B. Frohnmayer (Republican) 40.0% Al Mobley (Independent) 13.0% Fred Oerther (Libertarian) 1.3% |
| Pennsylvania | Robert P. Casey | Democratic | Re-elected, 67.7% | Barbara Hafer (Republican) 32.3% |
| Rhode Island | Edward D. DiPrete | Republican | Defeated, 25.8% | Bruce Sundlun (Democratic) 74.2% |
| South Carolina | Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 69.5% | Theo Mitchell (Democratic) 27.9% John R. Peeples, Jr. (American) 2.3% |
| South Dakota | George S. Mickelson | Republican | Re-elected, 58.9% | Bob L. Samuelson (Democratic) 41.1% |
| Tennessee | Ned McWherter | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.8% | Dwight Henry (Republican) 36.6% W. Curtis Jacox (Independent) 1.4% David Brandon Shepard (Independent) 1.2% |
| Texas | Bill Clements | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Ann Richards (Democratic) 49.5% Clayton Williams (Republican) 46.9% Jeff Daiell (Libertarian) 3.3% |
| Vermont | Madeleine M. Kunin | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Richard A. Snelling (Republican) 51.8% Peter Welch (Democratic) 46.0% David Atkinson (Libertarian) 1.3% Richard F. Gottlieb (Liberty Union) 0.7% |
| Wisconsin | Tommy Thompson | Republican | Re-elected, 58.2% | Tom Loftus (Democratic) 41.8% |
| Wyoming | Mike Sullivan | Democratic | Re-elected, 65.4% | Mary Hansen Mead (Republican) 34.6% |
