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2025 United States gubernatorial elections

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2025 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4, 2025, in two states: New Jersey and Virginia. These elections will be held as part of the 2025 United States elections. The last gubernatorial elections for New Jersey and Virginia were in 2021. Both incumbents are ineligible to run for election again due to term limits. More states may hold elections due to a gubernatorial vacancy (depending on a state's constitution) or recall of a governor. In 2024, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris won both states by slightly less than six percent. Both New Jersey and Virginia went for Democratic gubernatorial candidates by wide margins.

Infobox

Party
Republican
Seats before
27
Seats after
26
Seat change
1
Seats up
1
Seats won
0

Tables

· Election predictions
New Jersey
New Jersey
State
New Jersey
PVI
D+4
Incumbent
Phil Murphy(term-limited)
Lastrace
51.2% D
CookSep. 11,2025
Lean D
IEAug. 28,2025
Lean D
SabatoSep. 4,2025
Lean D
WHSep. 13, 2025
Likely D
SNSep. 30, 2025
Likely D
Result
Sherrill56.2% D
Virginia
Virginia
State
Virginia
PVI
D+3
Incumbent
Glenn Youngkin(term-limited)
Lastrace
50.6% R
CookSep. 11,2025
Likely D (flip)
IEAug. 28,2025
Lean D (flip)
SabatoSep. 4,2025
Likely D (flip)
WHSep. 13, 2025
Safe D (flip)
SNSep. 30, 2025
Solid D (flip)
Result
Spanberger57.5% D (flip)
State
PVI
Incumbent
Lastrace
CookSep. 11,2025
IEAug. 28,2025
SabatoSep. 4,2025
WHSep. 13, 2025
SNSep. 30, 2025
Result
New Jersey
D+4
Phil Murphy(term-limited)
51.2% D
Lean D
Lean D
Lean D
Likely D
Likely D
Sherrill56.2% D
Virginia
D+3
Glenn Youngkin(term-limited)
50.6% R
Likely D (flip)
Lean D (flip)
Likely D (flip)
Safe D (flip)
Solid D (flip)
Spanberger57.5% D (flip)
· Race summary
New Jersey
New Jersey
State
New Jersey
Governor
Phil Murphy
Party
Democratic
Firstelected
2017
Status
Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold.
Candidates
mw- .mw- ▌Y Mikie Sherrill (Democratic) 56.2% ▌Jack Ciattarelli (Republican) 43.2% ▌Vic Kaplan (Libertarian) 0.4% ▌Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers) 0.2%
Virginia
Virginia
State
Virginia
Governor
Glenn Youngkin
Party
Republican
Firstelected
2021
Status
Incumbent term-limited.Democratic gain.
Candidates
▌Y Abigail Spanberger (Democratic) 57.5% ▌Winsome Earle-Sears (Republican) 42.3%
State
Governor
Party
Firstelected
Status
Candidates
New Jersey
Phil Murphy
Democratic
2017
Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold.
mw- ▌Y Mikie Sherrill (Democratic) 56.2% ▌Jack Ciattarelli (Republican) 43.2% ▌Vic Kaplan (Libertarian) 0.4% ▌Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers) 0.2%
Virginia
Glenn Youngkin
Republican
2021
Incumbent term-limited.Democratic gain.
▌Y Abigail Spanberger (Democratic) 57.5% ▌Winsome Earle-Sears (Republican) 42.3%

References

  1. 6abc Philadelphia
    https://6abc.com/11193888/
  2. U.S. Term Limits
    https://www.termlimits.com/governor_termlimits/
  3. Cook Political Report
    https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2025-partisan-voting-index/state-map-and-list
  4. The Cook Political Report
    https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/governor-race-ratings
  5. insideelections.com
    https://insideelections.com/ratings/governor
  6. Sabato's Crystal Ball
    https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/the-governors-part-one-democrats-start-as-favorites-in-2025-new-jersey-and-virginia/
  7. Race to the WH
    https://www.racetothewh.com/governor/26
  8. State Navigate
    https://projects.statenavigate.com/25-26/states/va/forecast-sw.html#gov
  9. projects.statenavigate.com
    https://projects.statenavigate.com/25-26/states/nj/forecast-sw.html#gov
  10. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-new-jersey-governor.html
  11. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-virginia-governor.html
  12. New Jersey Globe
    https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/fulop-announces-bid-for-governor-in-2025/
  13. Politico
    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/11/steve-sweeney-new-jersey-governors-race-00131060
  14. New Jersey Globe
    https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/baraka-says-hell-run-for-governor-in-2025/
  15. North Jersey
    https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/15/josh-gottheimer-nj-governor-2025-race-election/76291264007/
  16. Politico
    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/18/sherrill-2025-campaign-takes-off-00190108
  17. WIRC
    https://www.wric.com/news/politics/local-election-hq/earle-sears-republican-nomination-virginia-governor/
  18. The Hill
    https://thehill.com/homenews/5231525-spanberger-confirmed-as-democratic-nominee-for-virginia-governors-race/amp/
  19. "Abigail Spanberger Flips Virginia, Becomes State's First Female Governor"
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/abigail-spanberger-virginia-governor-election.html
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