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1986 Governor election results

36 races · 36 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1986 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1986 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaH. Guy HuntR696,203 votes · +159,040 over Bill Baxley
AlaskaSteve CowperD84,943 votes · +8,428 over Arliss Sturgulewski
ArizonaEvan MechamR343,913 votes · +44,927 over Carolyn Warner
ArkansasBill ClintonD439,802 votes · +191,375 over Frank D. White
CaliforniaGeorge DeukmejianR4,505,601 votes · +1,723,887 over Tom Bradley
ColoradoRoy RomerD616,325 votes · +181,905 over Ted L. Strickland
ConnecticutBill O'NeillD575,638 votes · +167,149 over Julie Belaga
FloridaBob MartinezR1,847,525 votes · +308,905 over Steve Pajcic
GeorgiaJoe Frank HarrisD828,465 votes · +481,953 over Guy Davis
HawaiiJohn D. Waiheʻe IIID173,655 votes · +13,195 over D. G. Anderson
IdahoCecil AndrusD193,429 votes · +3,635 over David Leroy
IllinoisJim ThompsonR1,655,849 votes · +399,223 over Adlai Stevenson III
IowaTerry BranstadR472,712 votes · +35,725 over Lowell Junkins
KansasMike HaydenR436,267 votes · +31,929 over Thomas Docking
MaineJohn McKernanR170,312 votes · +41,568 over James Tierney
MarylandWilliam Donald SchaeferD907,291 votes · +713,106 over Thomas J. Mooney
MassachusettsMichael DukakisD1,157,786 votes · +632,422 over George Kariotis
MichiganJames J. BlanchardD1,632,138 votes · +878,491 over William Lucas
MinnesotaRudy PerpichD790,138 votes · +183,383 over Cal Ludeman
NebraskaKay A. OrrR298,325 votes · +33,169 over Helen Boosalis
NevadaRichard H. BryanD187,268 votes · +122,187 over Patty Cafferata
New HampshireJohn H. SununuR134,824 votes · +18,682 over Paul McEachern
New MexicoGarrey CarruthersR209,455 votes · +24,077 over Ray Powell
New YorkMario CuomoD2,775,045 votes · +1,411,077 over Andrew O'Rourke
OhioDick CelesteD1,858,372 votes · +651,108 over Jim Rhodes
OklahomaHenry BellmonR431,762 votes · +26,467 over David Walters
OregonNeil GoldschmidtD549,456 votes · +42,467 over Norma Paulus
PennsylvaniaBob CaseyD1,717,484 votes · +79,216 over Bill Scranton III
Rhode IslandEdward D. DiPreteR208,822 votes · +104,318 over Bruce Sundlun
South CarolinaCarroll CampbellR384,565 votes · +23,237 over Michael R. Daniel
South DakotaGeorge MickelsonR152,543 votes · +10,645 over Lars Herseth
TennesseeNed McWherterD656,602 votes · +103,153 over Winfield Dunn
TexasBill ClementsR1,813,779 votes · +229,264 over Mark White
VermontMadeleine KuninD92,485 votes · +17,246 over Peter Smith
WisconsinTommy G. ThompsonR805,090 votes · +99,512 over Anthony S. Earl
WyomingMike SullivanD88,879 votes · +13,038 over Pete Simpson