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The '''2021 United States gubernatorial elections''' will be held on November 2, 2021, in two states, [[New Jersey]] and [[Virginia]] and a recall election in [[California]], on September 14. These elections form part of the [[2021 United States elections]]. The last gubernatorial elections for New Jersey and Virginia were in [[2017 United States gubernatorial elections|2017]], the last regular gubernatorial election for California was in [[2018 United States gubernatorial elections|2018]]. All three seats are currently held by [[Democratic Party (US)|Democrats]]. Incumbent [[Governor of Virginia|Virginia Governor]] [[Ralph Northam]] is term-limited, while [[Governor of New Jersey|New Jersey Governor]] [[Phil Murphy]] is running for re-election. Additionally, an unsuccessful special election for whether to recall [[Governor of California|California Governor]] [[Gavin Newsom]] was held on September 14, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ltg.ca.gov/2021/07/01/lieutenant-governor-kounalakis-declares-special-election/|title=Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis Declares Special Election|publisher=Office of the [[Lieutenant Governor of California]]|last=Kounalakis|first=Eleni|author-link=Eleni Kounalakis|date=July 1, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Korte|first1=Lara|title=Gavin Newsom recall election date set: California voters to cast ballots in September|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article252113268.html|work=The Sacramento Bee|date=July 1, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref> More states may hold elections due to a gubernatorial vacancy (depending on a states' constitution) or recall of a governor.
The '''2021 United States gubernatorial elections''' will be held on November 2, 2021, in two states, [[New Jersey]] and [[Virginia]] and a recall election in [[California]], on September 14. These elections form part of the [[2021 United States elections]]. The last gubernatorial elections for New Jersey and Virginia were in [[2017 United States gubernatorial elections|2017]], the last regular gubernatorial election for California was in [[2018 United States gubernatorial elections|2018]]. All three seats are currently held by [[Democratic Party (US)|Democrats]]. Incumbent [[Governor of Virginia|Virginia Governor]] [[Ralph Northam]] is term-limited, while [[Governor of New Jersey|New Jersey Governor]] [[Phil Murphy]] is running for re-election. Additionally, an unsuccessful special election for whether to recall [[Governor of California|California Governor]] [[Gavin Newsom]] was held on September 14, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ltg.ca.gov/2021/07/01/lieutenant-governor-kounalakis-declares-special-election/|title=Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis Declares Special Election|publisher=Office of the [[Lieutenant Governor of California]]|last=Kounalakis|first=Eleni|author-link=Eleni Kounalakis|date=July 1, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Korte|first1=Lara|title=Gavin Newsom recall election date set: California voters to cast ballots in September|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article252113268.html|work=The Sacramento Bee|date=July 1, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref> More states may hold elections due to a gubernatorial vacancy (depending on a states' constitution) or recall of a governor.

The 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election was won by Glenn Youngkin in an enormous upset. For months, the liberal mainstream media had said the Virginia would never vote for a Republican and that Creepy Clintonite Terry McAuliffe would win in a rout, but they had no idea how much BACKLASH and OUTRAGE the Democrat party had stirred. All over the great Commonwealth, people were fed up with the far-left agenda of Joe Biden, the most unpopular and hated president in American history. While Joe and Terry were pushing Critical Race Theory, Virginians realized that Democrat socialist policies had wrecked the economy, skyrocketed inflation, and created shortages of anything and everything. Then, in an act of total desperation, Terry and his campaign disgracefully tried to slander Glenn Youngkin as a Neo-Nazi. The people of Virginia were not fooled by these lies, however, and Glenn won BIG, proving that a massive RED WAVE had begun for Republicans across the country!


==Election predictions==
==Election predictions==

Revision as of 06:40, 30 October 2021

For related races, see 2021 United States elections.
2021 United States gubernatorial elections
← 2020 November 2, 2021
September 14 (California recall)		 2022 →
3 governorships
(including a recall election in California)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 27 23
Seats up 0 3
2021 California gubernatorial recall election2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election2021 Virginia gubernatorial election
  Democratic incumbent
  Term-limited Democrat
  No election
Star indicates a recall election

The 2021 United States gubernatorial elections will be held on November 2, 2021, in two states, New Jersey and Virginia and a recall election in California, on September 14. These elections form part of the 2021 United States elections. The last gubernatorial elections for New Jersey and Virginia were in 2017, the last regular gubernatorial election for California was in 2018. All three seats are currently held by Democrats. Incumbent Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is term-limited, while New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is running for re-election. Additionally, an unsuccessful special election for whether to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom was held on September 14, 2021.[1][2] More states may hold elections due to a gubernatorial vacancy (depending on a states' constitution) or recall of a governor.

The 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election was won by Glenn Youngkin in an enormous upset. For months, the liberal mainstream media had said the Virginia would never vote for a Republican and that Creepy Clintonite Terry McAuliffe would win in a rout, but they had no idea how much BACKLASH and OUTRAGE the Democrat party had stirred. All over the great Commonwealth, people were fed up with the far-left agenda of Joe Biden, the most unpopular and hated president in American history. While Joe and Terry were pushing Critical Race Theory, Virginians realized that Democrat socialist policies had wrecked the economy, skyrocketed inflation, and created shortages of anything and everything. Then, in an act of total desperation, Terry and his campaign disgracefully tried to slander Glenn Youngkin as a Neo-Nazi. The people of Virginia were not fooled by these lies, however, and Glenn won BIG, proving that a massive RED WAVE had begun for Republicans across the country!

Election predictions

Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.

Most election predictors use:

  • "tossup": no advantage
  • "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
  • "lean": slight advantage
  • "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
  • "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory
State PVI Incumbent[3] Last
race 		Cook
October 5,
2021[4] 		IE
October 22,
2021[5] 		Sabato
September 15,
2021[6]
California D+14 Gavin Newsom (D)
(recall) 		61.9% D Likely D Likely D Likely D
New Jersey D+6 Phil Murphy (D) 56.0% D Solid D Solid D Likely D
Virginia D+2 Ralph Northam (D)
(term-limited) 		53.9% D Tossup Tilt D Lean D

Race summary

State Governor Party First elected Last race Status Candidates
California
(recall) 		Gavin Newsom Democratic 2018 61.9% D Recall failed
  • Red XN No 61.9%
  • Yes 38.1%
New Jersey Phil Murphy Democratic 2017 56.0% D Renominated
Virginia Ralph Northam Democratic 2017 53.9% D Term-limited

California (recall)

2021 California gubernatorial recall election
← 2018 September 14, 2021 2022 →
County results
No:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Yes:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election

Gavin Newsom
Democratic

Elected Governor

Gavin Newsom
Democratic

Main article: 2021 California gubernatorial recall election

Governor Gavin Newsom was elected in 2018 with 61.9% of the vote. In 2020 and 2021, a recall petition gained momentum due to the COVID-19 pandemic in California and Newsom's responses, eventually triggering a recall election.[15][16] The ballot featured two questions, whether to recall Newsom and who would have replaced him if he had been recalled. Newsom was ineligible to run as a candidate for the second question.

A large number of candidates announced their intention to replace Newsom. Among the most prominent Republicans in the race included 2018 Republican nominee John H. Cox, former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer, media personalities Caitlyn Jenner and Larry Elder, in addition to former U.S. representative Doug Ose.[17][18][19][20][21]

The recall failed, and thus Newsom will remain in office for the rest of his term.

2021 California gubernatorial recall election
Choice Votes %
Referendum failed No 7,944,092 61.88
Yes 4,894,473 38.12
Valid votes 12,838,565 99.58
Invalid or blank votes 54,013 0.42
Total votes 12,892,578 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 22,057,154 58.45
Source: California Secretary of State

New Jersey

2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election
← 2017 November 2, 2021 2025 →
 
Nominee Phil Murphy Jack Ciattarelli
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Sheila Oliver Diane Allen
Incumbent Governor

Phil Murphy
Democratic



Main article: 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election

Governor Phil Murphy was elected in 2017 with 56% of the vote.[22] He is running for re-election to a second term and was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Republican Jack Ciattarelli was the earliest to announce his candidacy for the governorship in February 2018.[7] He was followed by New Jersey Republican Party chairman Doug Steinhardt, who announced his campaign in December 2020 and withdrew his candidacy the next month.[23][24] Pastor Phil Rizzo and businessman Hirsh Singh ran for the nomination.[25][26] Ciatarelli won the Republican primary.[27]

The Libertarian Party announced activist Gregg Mele as their nominee in March.[28] The Green Party nominated their candidate Madelyn Hoffman at a convention in April.[29] Other minor candidates include Socialist Workers Party nominee Joanne Kuniansky and perennial candidate Ed Forchion of the Legalize Marijuana Party[30] who is running as a write-in after challenges to signatures from the Murphy campaign.

Virginia

2021 Virginia gubernatorial election
← 2017 November 2, 2021 2025 →
 
Nominee Terry McAuliffe Glenn Youngkin
Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent Governor

Ralph Northam
Democratic



Main article: 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election

Governor Ralph Northam was elected in 2017 with 53.9% of the vote.[31] He will be term-limited in 2021, as the Virginia Constitution does not allow governors to serve consecutive terms.

Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, former governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe, state senator Jennifer McClellan, state delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy, and state delegate Lee Carter announced their candidacies for the Democratic nomination for the governorship.[32][33][34] Virginia attorney general Mark Herring previously announced his intention to run for the governorship but withdrew from the race to seek reelection as attorney general.[35] McAuliffe won the Democratic primary by a wide margin despite the large field of candidates.[36]

State senator Amanda Chase announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for the governorship in February 2020.[37][38] After initially indicating a brief attempt at an independent run because of the state Republicans' decision to hold a convention instead of a primary,[39] Chase later returned to seek her party's nomination once more.[40] Kirk Cox, the former Republican speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, filed the paperwork to run for the governorship in September 2020.[41] Businessman Glenn Youngkin won the Republican nomination after six rounds of voting at the convention.[42]

Princess Blanding, a teacher and sister of the late Marcus-David Peters, is the newly-founded Liberation Party's gubernatorial candidate.[12]

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