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United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2024, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020, except in New Hampshire and Vermont, where governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022. In addition to state gubernatorial elections, the territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico held elections for their governors. This was also the first time since 1988 that a republican nominee won the gubernatorial election in American Samoa and also the first time since 1996 that an incubment governor lost re-election.
The elections took place concurrently with the 2024 presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, and numerous state and local elections. This was the first election cycle since 2017 that no incumbent Democratic governors ran for re-election.[a] With the primary defeat of Puerto Rico governor Pedro Pierluisi, this was also the first cycle since 2020 in which an incumbent governor lost renomination, also in Puerto Rico. This was the first election cycle since 2015 in which there was no net change in state governorships held by either party, and the first since 2011 in which no seat changed parties. However, both the terrertorial governor seats flipped from democratic affiliated to republican affiliated candidates.
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