United States gubernatorial elections, 2004

United States gubernatorial elections, 2004

November 2, 2004
Governorships of DE, IN, MO, MT, NH, NC, ND, UT, VT, WA, WV, AS, and PR
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 28 governorships 22 governorships Seats before 28 22 Seats after 28 22 Seat change +0 +0
Results:   Republican holds   Republican pickups   Democratic holds   Democratic pickups

The United States gubernatorial elections of 2004 were held on November 2, 2004. Eleven states voted to select a governor (and in some cases, lieutenant governor). There was no net gain in seats for either party.

Election results

State names link to specific articles about its election

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Delaware	Ruth Ann Minner	Democratic	Re-elected, 50.9%	William Swain Lee (Republican) 45.8% Frank Infante (IPD) 3.4%
Indiana	Joe Kernan	Democratic	Defeated, 45.5%	Mitch Daniels (Republican) 53.2% Kenn Gividen (Libertarian) 1.2%
Missouri	Bob Holden	Democratic	Defeated in primary	Matt Blunt (Republican) 50.8% Claire McCaskill (Democratic) 47.9% John Swenson (Libertarian) 1% Robert Wells (Constitution) 0.4%
Montana	Judy Martz	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Brian Schweitzer (Democratic) 50.4% Bob Brown (Republican) 46% Bob Kelleher (Green) 1.9% Stanley Jones (Libertarian) 1.7%
New Hampshire	Craig Benson	Republican	Defeated, 48.9%	John Lynch (Democratic) 51%
North Carolina	Mike Easley	Democratic	Re-elected, 55.6%	Patrick Ballantine (Republican) 42.9% Barbara Howe (Libertarian) 1.5%
North Dakota	John Hoeven	Republican	Re-elected, 71.3%	Joe Satrom (Democratic) 27.4% Roland Riemers (Libertarian) 1.4%
Utah	Olene S. Walker	Republican	Defeated in primary	Jon Huntsman, Jr. (Republican) 57.7% Scott Matheson, Jr. (Democratic) 41.4% Ken Larsen (Personal Choice) 1%
Vermont	Jim Douglas	Republican	Re-elected, 58.7%	Peter Clavelle (Democratic) 37.9% Cris Ericson (Marijuana) 1.4% Patricia Hejny (Independent) 0.8% Hardy Machia (Libertarian) 0.8% Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union) 0.4%
Washington	Gary Locke	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Christine Gregoire (Democratic) 48.873% Dino Rossi (Republican) 48.868% Ruth Bennett (Libertarian) 2.26%
West Virginia	Bob Wise	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Joe Manchin (Democratic) 63.5% Monty Warner (Republican) 34% Jesse Johnson (Mountain) 2.5%

Territory	Incumbent	Party	Status	Competing candidates
American Samoa	Togiola Tulafono	Democratic	Elected to full term, 48.45% (55.7% in Runoff)	Afoa Moega Lutu (Samoa Reunification Party) 39.39% (44.3% in Runoff) Te'o J. Fuavai (Independent) 12.16%
Puerto Rico	Sila M. Calderon	PPD/Democratic	Retired, PPD/Democratic victory	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PPD/Democratic) 48.4% Pedro Rosselló (PNP/Democratic) 48.2% Rubén Berríos (Puerto Rican Independence Party) 2.7%