United States gubernatorial elections, 1993

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1993

November 2, 1993

Governorships of NJ, NMI, and VA

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	30 governorships	18 governorships
Seats before	31^[1]	17
Seats after	29	19
Seat change	2	2

Republican pickups

The United States gubernatorial elections of 1993 were held on November 2, 1993. Two states, New Jersey and Virginia, voted to select a governor, as well as other statewide offices and members of state legislatures. Both seats were originally held by Democrats, but switched parties following the elections.

Election results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
New Jersey	Jim Florio	Democratic	Defeated, 48.29%	Christine Todd Whitman (Republican) 49.33%
Virginia	Douglas Wilder	Democratic	Term-Limited, Republican victory	George Allen (Republican) 58.29% Mary Sue Terry (Democratic) 40.91%

References

↑ Jim Folsom, Jr. (D) succeeded Alabaman Governor H. Guy Hunt (R) following Criminal indictments and conviction for theft, conspiracy, and ethics violations

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