 | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
39 governorships 36 states; 3 territories | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||
 Democratic incumbent Term-limited Democrat Republican incumbent Term-limited Republican Independent incumbent No election | ||||||||||
United States gubernatorial elections are scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026, in 36 states and three territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2022, except in New Hampshire and Vermont, where governors serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2024. Many of the states with elections in this cycle have incumbents who are officially term-limited.