United States gubernatorial elections, 1989

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1989

November 7, 1989

Governorships of NJ, NMI, and VA

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	28 governorships	22 governorships
Seats before	28	22
Seats after	29	21
Seat change	1	1

Democratic holds

Democratic pickups

The United States gubernatorial elections of 1989 were held on November 7, 1989. Two states, New Jersey and Virginia, voted to select a governor, as well as other statewide offices and members of state legislatures. Democrats picked up the open seat in New Jersey formerly held by a Republican while keeping another open seat in Virginia held by a Democrat.

Election results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
New Jersey	Thomas Kean	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	James Florio (Democratic) 61.23% Jim Courter (Republican) 37.21% Dan Karlan (Libertarian) .53% Michael Ziruolo (Independent) .45% Tom Fuscaldo (Independent) .31% Catherine Renee Sedwick (Socialist Workers) .28%
Virginia	Gerald L. Baliles	Democratic	Term-Limited, Democratic victory	Douglas Wilder (Democratic) 50.19% Marshall Coleman (Republican) 49.81%

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