United States gubernatorial elections, 1988

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The 1988 United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8, 1988 in twelve U.S. states. Going into the elections, eight seats were held by Republicans, and four being held by Democrats. After the elections, the Democrats had a net gain of one seat. The elections coincided with the 1988 presidential election.

[edit] Election results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Delaware	Michael N. Castle	Republican	Re-elected, 70.7%	Jacob Kreshtool (Democratic) 29.3%
Indiana	Robert D. Orr	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Evan Bayh (Democratic) 53.2% John M. Mutz (Republican) 46.8%
Missouri	John Ashcroft	Republican	Re-elected, 64.2%	Betty Hearnes (Democratic) 34.8% Mike Roberts (Libertarian) 1.0%
Montana	Ted Schwinden	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Stan Stephens (Republican) 51.9% Thomas Lee Judge (Democratic) 46.1%
New Hampshire	John H. Sununu	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Judd Gregg (Republican) 60.4% Paul McEachern (Democratic) 39.0%
North Carolina	James G. Martin	Republican	Re-elected, 56.1%	Robert B. Jordan, III (Democratic) 43.9%
North Dakota	George Sinner	Democratic	Re-elected, 59.9%	Leon L. Mallberg (Republican) 40.1%
Rhode Island	Edward D. DiPrete	Republican	Re-elected, 50.8%	Bruce Sundlun (Democratic) 49.2%
Utah	Norman H. Bangerter	Republican	Re-elected, 40.1%	Ted Wilson (Democratic) 38.4% Merrill Cook (Independent) 21.1% Kitty K. Burton (Libertarian) 0.3% Arly H. Pedersen (Ind. American) 0.2%
Vermont	Madeleine M. Kunin	Democratic	Re-elected, 55.3%	Michael Bernhardt (Republican) 43.3% Richard Gottlieb (Liberty Union) 1.2%
Washington	Booth Gardner	Democratic	Re-elected, 62.2%	Robert Williams (Republican) 37.8%
West Virginia	Arch A. Moore, Jr.	Republican	Defeated, 41.1%	Gaston Caperton (Democratic) 58.9%

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