United States gubernatorial elections, 1992

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1992

November 3, 1992

14 governorships 12 states; 2 territories

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	28 governorships	20 governorships
Seats before	28	20
Seats after	30	18
Seat change	2	2

Republican holds

Republican pickups

Democratic holds

Democratic pickups

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3, 1992 in 12 states and two territories. Going into the elections, six of the seats were held by Democrats and six by Republicans. After the elections, eight seats were held by Democrats and four by Republicans. The elections coincided with the presidential election.

This was the last year in which Rhode Island held a gubernatorial election on the same year as the presidential election. The length of gubernatorial terms for Rhode Island's governor would be extended from two-years to four years with elections taking place in Midterm election years.

Election results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Delaware	Mike Castle	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Tom Carper (Democratic) 65.6% Gary Scott (Republican) 33.2% Floyd McDowell (A Delaware Party) 1.4% Richard Cohen (Libertarian) 1.2%
Indiana	Evan Bayh	Democratic	Re-elected, 62.0%	Linley Pearson (Republican) 36.9% Mary Barton (New Alliance) 1.1%
Missouri	John Ashcroft	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Mel Carnahan (Democratic) 58.7% William Webster (Republican) 41.3%
Montana	Stan Stephens	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Marc Racicot (Republican) 51.4% Dorothy Bradley (Democratic) 48.7%
New Hampshire	Judd Gregg	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Steve Merrill (Republican) 56.0% Arnie Arnesen (Democratic) 40.0% Miriam Luce (Libertarian) 4.0%
North Carolina	Jim Martin	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Jim Hunt (Democratic) 52.7% Jim Gardner (Republican) 43.2% Scott McLaughlin (Libertarian) 4.1%
North Dakota	George Sinner	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	Ed Schafer (Republican) 58.2% Nicholas Spaeth (Democratic) 40.9% Harley McLain (Independent) 0.9% Michael DuPaul (Independent) 0.7%
Rhode Island	Bruce Sundlun	Democratic	Re-elected, 63.7%	Elizabeth Leonard (Republican) 35.5% Joseph Devine (Reform) 3.5% Jack Potter (Natural Law) 0.4% John Staradumsky (Independent) 0.4%
Utah	Norm Bangerter	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Mike Leavitt (Republican) 42.2% Merrill Cook (Independent) 33.6% Stewart Hanson (Democratic) 23.3% Rita Gum (Populist) 0.5% Gary Van Horn (American) 0.2% Eleanor Garcia (Socialist Workers) 0.2% Linda Metzger-Agin (Independent) 0.1% Frank Richins (Independent American) 0.1%
Vermont	Howard Dean	Democratic	Re-elected, 74.7%	John McClaughry (Republican) 23.0% Richard Gottlieb (Liberty Union) 1.6% August Jaccaci (Natural Law) 1.0%
Washington	Booth Gardner	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Mike Lowry (Democratic) 52.2% Ken Eikenberry (Republican) 47.8%
West Virginia	Gaston Caperton	Democratic	Re-elected, 60.5%	Cleve Benedict (Republican) 39.5% Charlotte Pritt (Write-in) 8.0%

Note: Candidates' vote percentages rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent. Candidates who earned 0.05% or more of the vote are included.

(1990 ←) 1992 United States elections (→ 1994)

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