| State | Governor | Party | 2018 Election Seat Status | Next Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Kay Ivey | R | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| Alaska | Mike Dunleavy * | R ** | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Arizona | Doug Ducey | R | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| Arkansas | Asa Hutchinson | R | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| California | Gavin Newsom * | D | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Colorado | Jared Polis * | D | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Connecticut | Ned Lamont * | D | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Delaware | John Carney | D | N/A | 2020 |
| Florida | Ron DeSantis * | R | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Georgia | Brian Kemp * | R | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Hawaii | David Ige | D | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| Idaho | Brad Little * | R | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Illinois | J.B. Pritzker * | D ** | Defeated Incumbent | 2022 |
| Indiana | Eric Holcomb | R | N/A | 2020 |
| Iowa | Kim Reynolds | R | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| Kansas | Laura Kelly * | D ** | Won Open Seat - Incumbent defeated in primary | 2022 |
| Kentucky | Matt Bevin | R | N/A | 2019 |
| Louisiana | John Bel Edwards | D | N/A | 2019 |
| Maine | Janet Mills * | D ** | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Maryland | Larry Hogan | R | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| Massachusetts | Charlie Baker | R | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| Michigan | Gretchen Whitmer * | D ** | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Minnesota | Tim Walz * | D | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Mississippi | Phil Bryant | R | N/A | 2019 |
| Missouri | Michael Parson | R | N/A | 2020 |
| Montana | Steve Bullock | D | N/A | 2020 |
| Nebraska | Pete Ricketts | R | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| Nevada | Steve Sisolak * | D ** | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| New Hampshire | Chris Sununu | R | Incumbent Victory | 2020 |
| New Jersey | Phil Murphy | D | N/A | 2021 |
| New Mexico | Michelle Lujan Grisham * | D ** | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| New York | Andrew Cuomo | D | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| North Carolina | Roy Cooper | D | N/A | 2020 |
| North Dakota | Doug Burgum | R | N/A | 2020 |
| Ohio | Mike DeWine * | R | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Oklahoma | Kevin Sitt * | R | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Oregon | Kate Brown | D | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania | Tom Wolf | D | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| Puerto Rico | Ricardo Rosselló Nevares | PNP | N/A | 2020 |
| Rhode Island | Gina Raimondo | D | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| South Carolina | Henry McMaster | R | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| South Dakota | Kristi Noem * | R | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Tennessee | Bill Lee * | R | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
| Texas | Greg Abbott | R | Incumbent Victory | 2022 |
| Utah | Gary Herbert | R | N/A | 2020 |
| Vermont | Phil Scott | R | Incumbent Victory | 2020 |
| Virginia | Ralph Northam | D | N/A | 2021 |
| Washington | Jay Inslee | D | N/A | 2020 |
| West Virginia | Jim Justice | R | N/A | 2020 |
| Wisconsin | Tony Evers * | D ** | Defeated Incumbent | 2022 |
| Wyoming | Mark Gordon * | R | Won Open Seat | 2022 |
* First Term Governor in 2019
** Party change from previous Governor post 2018 election
PNP – Progressive New Party