Governor Elections 2022 - Employment Census

Be sure to follow popular races around the country. The outcome of these elections will influence economic and employment policies at the federal level, as well as at the local and state level. Also be sure to familiarize yourself with the candidates in your own state’s election, and get out the vote.

Popular Races

New York Governor’s Election

California Governor’s Election

Major Gubernatorial Races: Extended Candidate Lists

New York

Larry Sharpe (Libertarian)
Rob Astorino (Republican)
Mike Carpinelli (Republican)
Derrick Gibson (Republican)
Andrew Giuliani (Republican)
Kathy Hochul (Democratic)
Tom Suozzi (Democratic)
Jumaane Williams (Democratic)
Lee Zeldin (Republican)

California

Larry Elder (Republican)
Kevin Faulconer (Republican)
Caitlyn Jenner (Republican)
Gavin Newsom (Democratic)
Kevin Paffrath (Democratic)

Florida

Kyle Gibson (Independent)
Frank Hughes Jr. (Independent)
Gizmo Wexler (Independent)
Charlie Crist (Democratic)
Ron DeSantis (Republican)
David Nelson Freeman (Democratic)
Nikki Fried (Democratic)
Ivan Graham (Democratic)
Jonathan Karns (Democratic)
Amaro Lionheart (Democratic)
Alex Lundmark (Democratic)
John Joseph Mercadante (Republican)
Timothy Mosley (Democratic)
Annette Taddeo (Democratic)
Robert Lee Willis (Democratic)

Governor’s Elections in All States, Territories & Districts

State	Governor	Candidates
Alabama	Kay Ivey	Lynda Blanchard (Republican) Christopher A. Countryman (Democratic) Stacy Lee George (Republican) Kay Ivey (Republican) Tim James (Republican) Dean Odle (Republican)
Alaska	Mike Dunleavy	Mike Dunleavy (Republican) Les Gara (Democratic) William Toien (Libertarian) Bill Walker (Independent)
Arizona	Doug Ducey	Rob Baxter Jr (Libertarian) Steve Gaynor (Republican) Barry Hess (Libertarian) Katie Hobbs (Democratic) Kari Lake (Republican) Aaron Lieberman (Democratic) Marco A. López Jr. (Democratic) Daniel McCarthy (Republican) William Moritzky (Libertarian Steve Remus (Libertarian) Karrin Taylor Robson (Republican) Matt Salmon (Republican) Kimberly Yee (Republican)
Arkansas	Asa Hutchinson	Anthony Bland (Democratic) William E. Gates (Independent) Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. (Libertarian) Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) Chris Jones (Democratic) James Russell (Democratic) Supha Xayprasith-Mays (Democratic)
California	Gavin Newsom	Larry Elder (Republican) Kevin Faulconer (Republican) Caitlyn Jenner (Republican) Gavin Newsom (Democratic) Kevin Paffrath (Democratic)
Colorado	Jared Polis	Laurie Clark (Republican) Jeffrey Fry (Republican) Heidi Ganahl (Republican) Jon Gray-Ginsberg (Republican) Benjamin Huseman (Republican) Greg Lopez (Republican) Danielle Neuschwanger (Republican) Jared Polis (Democratic) Dustin Rorex (Democratic) Jim Rundberg (Republican) Christopher Tackett (Republican) Destinee Workman (Republican)
Connecticut	Ned Lamont	Ned Lamont (Democratic) Susan Patricelli Regan (Republican)
Florida	Ron DeSantis	Charlie Crist (Democratic) Ron DeSantis (Republican) David Nelson Freeman (Democratic) Nikki Fried (Democratic) Kyle Gibson (Independent) Ivan Graham (Democratic) Frank Hughes Jr. (Independent) Jonathan Karns (Democratic) Amaro Lionheart (Democratic) Alex Lundmark (Democratic) John Joseph Mercadante (Republican) Timothy Mosley (Democratic) Annette Taddeo (Democratic) Gizmo Wexler (Independent) Robert Lee Willis (Democratic)
Georgia	Brian Kemp	Stacey Abrams (Democratic) Jonathan Garcia (Republican) Shane T. Hazel (Libertarian) Vernon Jones (Republican) Brian Kemp (Republican) David Perdue (Republican) Kandiss Taylor (Republican)
Hawaii	David Ige	Kirk Caldwell (Democratic) Vicky Cayetano (Democratic) Josh Green (Democratic) Marissa Kerns (Republican) Paul Morgan (Republican)
Idaho	Brad Little	Steve Bradshaw (Republican) Ammon Bundy (Republican) Jeff Cotton (Republican) Chantyrose Davison (Constitution) Robert Dempsay (Independent) John Dionne (Independent) Ed Humphreys (Republican) Lisa Marie (Republican) Janice McGeachin (Republican), Pro-Life (Constitution) Melissa Sue Robinson (Democratic) Cody Usabel (Republican)
Illinois	J. B. Pritzker	Darren Bailey (Republican) Beverly Miles (Democratic) J. B. Pritzker (Democratic) Gary Rabine (Republican) Paul Schimpf (Republican) Scott Schluter (Libertarian) Jesse Sullivan (Republican)
Iowa	Kim Reynolds	Paul Dahl (Democratic) Deidre DeJear (Democratic) Joshua Kuhn-McRoberts (Democratic) Kim Reynolds (Republican) Ras Smith (Democratic) Kim West (Democratic)
Kansas	Laura Kelly	Laura Kelly (Democratic) Chase LaPorte (Republican) Derek Schmidt (Republican) Seth Cordell (Libertarian)
Maine	Janet Mills	Michael Heath (Independent) Paul LePage (Republican) Janet Mills (Democratic)
Maryland	Larry Hogan	Rushern Baker (Democratic) Jon Baron (Democratic) Daniel L. Cox (Republican) Robin Ficker (Republican) Peter Franchot (Democratic) Doug Gansler (Democratic) Ashwani K. Jain (Democratic) John King Jr. (Democratic) Wes Moore (Democratic) Tom Perez (Democratic) Mike Rosenbaum (Democratic) Kelly Schulz (Republican) Kyle Sefcik (Independent) Joe Werner (Republican)
Massachusetts	Charlie Baker	Danielle Allen (Democratic) Sonia Chang-Diaz (Democratic) Geoff Diehl (Republican) Benjamin Downing (Democratic) Darius Mitchell (Republican) Diana Ploss (Independent) Orlando Silva (Democratic)
Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer	Mike Brown (Republican) Austin Chenge (Republican) James Craig (Republican) Tudor Dixon (Republican) Ryan D. Kelley (Republican) Ralph Rebandt (Republican) Kevin Rinke (Republican) Bob Scott (Republican) Garret Soldano (Republican) Evan Space (Republican) Gretchen Whitmer (Democratic)
Minnesota	Tim Walz	Michelle Benson (Republican) Thomas Evensted (Republican) Paul Gazelka (Republican) Scott Jensen (Republican) Mike Marti (Republican) James McCaskel (Independent) Mike Murphy (Republican) Neil Shah (Republican) Tim Walz (Democratic)
Nebraska	Pete Ricketts	Carol Blood (Democratic) Mike Connely (Republican) Chuck Herbster (Republican) Brett Lindstrom (Republican) Jim Pillen (Republican) Breland Ridenour (Republican) Scott Zimmerman (Libertarian)
Nevada	Steve Sisolak	Joey Gilbert (Republican) Dean Heller (Republican) John Jay Lee (Republican) Joe Lombardo (Republican) Fred J. Simon (Republican) Steve Sisolak (Democratic)
New Hampshire	Chris Sununu	Chris Sununu (Republican) Karen Testerman (Republican)
New Mexico	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Karen Bedonie (Republican) Jay Block (Republican) Rebecca Dow (Republican) Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic) Mark Ronchetti (Republican) Louie Sanchez (Republican) Tim Walsh (Republican) Gregory Zanetti (Republican)
New York	Kathy Hochul	Rob Astorino (Republican) Mike Carpinelli (Republican) Derrick Gibson (Republican) Andrew Giuliani (Republican) Kathy Hochul (Democratic) Tom Suozzi (Democratic) Jumaane Williams (Democratic) Lee Zeldin (Republican)
Ohio	Mike DeWine	Joe Blystone (Republican) John Cranley (Democratic) Mike DeWine (Republican) Jim Renacci (Republican) Nan Whaley (Democratic)
Oklahoma	Kevin Stitt	Natalie Bruno (Libertarian) Joy Hofmeister (Democratic) Connie Johnson (Democratic) Mark Sherwood (Republican) Kevin Stitt (Republican) Paul Tay (Independent) Ervin Yen (Independent)
Oregon	Kate Brown	Bridget Barton (Republican) Angelique Bouvier (Republican) Wilson Bright (Democratic) Mark Duncan (Republican) John L. Fosdick III (Republican) Jessica Gomez (Republican) Tim Harrold (Independent) Nick Hess (Republican) Jim Huggins (Republican) Tina Kotek (Democratic) Casey Kulla (Democratic) David Lavinsky (Democratic) Kerry McQuisten (Republican) Keisha Merchant (Democratic) Bud Pierce (Republican) Stan Pulliam (Republican) Tobias Read (Democratic) Amber Richardson (Republican) Paul Romero (Republican) Patrick Starnes (Democratic) Marc Theilman (Republican) Michael Trimble (Democratic)
Pennsylvania	Tom Wolf	Lou Barletta (Republican) Joe Gale (Republican) Charlie Gerow (Republican) Scott Martin (Republican) William McSwain (Republican) Jason Monn (Republican) Christina Olson (Green) Jason Richey (Republican) Josh Shapiro (Democratic) Joe Soloski (Libertarian) John Ventre (Republican) Eddie Wenrich (Independent) Nche Zama (Republican)
Rhode Island	Daniel McKee	Matt Brown (Democratic) Helena Foulkes (Democratic) Nellie Gorbea (Democratic) Tom Iannitti (Democratic) Seth Magaziner (Democratic) Daniel McKee (Democratic) Luis Daniel Muñoz (Democratic)
South Carolina	Henry McMaster	Al Bellavance (Republican) Joe Cunningham (Democratic) Mia McLeod (Democratic) Henry McMaster (Republican) Gary Votour (Democratic)
South Dakota	Kristi Noem	Steve Haugaard (Republican) Lora Hubbel (Independent) Kristi Noem (Republican)
Tennessee	Bill Lee	Carnita Atwater (Democratic) Curtis Carney (Republican) Bill Lee (Republican) Jason Martin (Democratic) Casey Nicholson (Democratic) JB Smiley Jr. (Democratic)
Texas	Greg Abbott	Greg Abbott (Republican) Inocencio Barrientez (Democratic) Delilah Barrios (Green) Dan Behrman (Libertarian) Paul G. Belew (Republican) Michael Cooper (Democratic) Joy Diaz (Democratic) Deirdre Gilbert (Independent) Danny Harrison (Republican) Kandy Kaye Horn (Republican) Don Huffines (Republican) Beto O’Rourke (Democratic) Rick Perry (Republican) Chad Prather (Republican) Rich Wakeland (Democratic) Allen West (Republican)
Vermont	Phil Scott	TBD
Wisconsin	Tony Evers	Joan Ellis Beglinger (Independent) Tony Evers (Democratic) Bess Hisel (Independent) Rebecca Kleefisch (Republican) Jonathan Wichmann (Republican)
Wyoming	Mark Gordon	Rex Rammell (Republican)

Territories and Federal District

State	Governor	Candidates
District of Columbia	Muriel Bowser	Muriel Bowser (Democratic) Corren Brown (Statehood Green) James Quincy Butler (Democratic) Michael Campbell (Democratic) Red Grant (Independent) Robert White (Democratic) Trayon White (Democratic)
Guam	Lou Leon Guerrero	Lou Leon Guerrero (Democratic)
Northern Mariana Islands	Ralph Torres	Ralph Torres (Republican)
U.S. Virgin Islands	Albert Bryan	TBD