United States gubernatorial elections, 1985

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1985

November 5, 1985

Governorships of NJ, NMI, and VA

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	34 governorships	16 governorships
Seats before	34	16
Seats after	34	16
Seat change	±0	±0

Republican hold

Democratic hold

The United States gubernatorial elections of 1985 were held on November 5, 1985 in two states, New Jersey and Virginia. Both seats remained in their respective parties' controls.

Election results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
New Jersey	Thomas Kean	Republican	Re-elected, 69.6%	Peter Shapiro (Democratic) 29.3%
Virginia	Chuck Robb	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Gerald L. Baliles (Democratic) 55.2% Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr. (Republican) 44.8%

Recent United States gubernatorial elections

List of current Governors

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