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2010 State Executive Elections

Gubernatorial elections in 2010

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Current Governors

Statewide elections, 2010 •Dates of primaries

Thirty-seven states held gubernatorial elections onNovember 2, 2010.

In 15 of the seats up for election, the incumbent could not run again because ofterm limits, leaving 22 seats guaranteed to be open to non-incumbents. Of the 15 term-limited incumbent governors, eight were Democrats and seven were Republicans. One of the term-limited governors,Dave Freudenthal (D) ofWyoming, successfully challenged his state's term limits law, but he ultimately declined to run for a third term.

Gubernatorial offices that changed party control

This table lists gubernatorial offices where party control changed as a result of the 2010 elections.

Gubernatorial offices that changed party hands, 2010 elections
State	Pre-election control	Post-election control
California	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Jerry Brown
Connecticut	Mary Jodi Rell	Dan Malloy
Florida	Charlie Crist[1]	Rick Scott
Hawaii	Linda Lingle	Neil Abercrombie
Iowa	Chet Culver	Terry E. Branstad
Kansas	Mark V. Parkinson	Sam Brownback
Maine	John E. Baldacci	Paul LePage
Michigan	Jennifer Granholm	Rick Snyder
Minnesota	Tim Pawlenty	Mark Dayton
New Mexico	Bill Richardson	Susana Martinez
Ohio	Ted Strickland	John Kasich
Oklahoma	Brad Henry	Mary Fallin
Pennsylvania	Ed Rendell	Tom Corbett
Rhode Island	Donald Carcieri	Lincoln Chafee
Tennessee	Phil Bredesen	Bill Haslam
Vermont	Jim Douglas	Peter Shumlin
Wisconsin	James Doyle	Scott Walker
Wyoming	Dave Freudenthal	Matt Mead

Alabama

See also:Alabama gubernatorial election, 2010

Robert J. Bentley (R) defeatedRon Sparks (D) in the election for governor of Alabama.

Governor of Alabama, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Robert J. Bentley	57.6%	860,472
	Democratic	Ron Sparks	41.9%	625,710
	Write-in	Write-in	0.5%	8,091
Total Votes				1,494,273

Alaska

See also:Alaska gubernatorial election, 2010

Sean Parnell (R) defeatedEthan A. Berkowitz (D) in the election for governor of Alaska.

Governor of Alaska, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Parnell/Treadwell	59.1%	151,318
	Democratic	Berkowitz/Benson	37.7%	96,519
	Alaskan Independence	Wright/Donald R.	1.9%	4,775
	Libertarian	Toien/Brown	1%	2,682
	Write-in	N/A	0.4%	898
Total Votes				256,192

Arizona

See also:Arizona gubernatorial election, 2010

Jan Brewer (R) defeatedTerry Goddard (D) in the election for governor of Arizona.

2010 Race for Governor - General Election[2]
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Republican Party	aJan Brewer	54.33%
	Democratic Party	Terry Goddard	42.47%
	Libertarian Party	Barry J. Hess	2.24%
	Green Party	Larry Gist	0.93%
	Write-In	Janelle Woods	0.02%
	Write-In	Cary Dolego	>0.01%
	Write-In	Anton Dowls	>0.01%
Total Votes			1,728,081

Arkansas

See also:Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2010

Mike Beebe (D) defeatedJim Keet (R) in the election for governor of Arkansas.

2010 Arkansas gubernatorial general election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	aMike Beebe	64.42%
	Republican Party	Jim Keet	33.63%
	Green Party	Jim Lendall	1.86%
	Other	write-in	0.09%
Total Votes			781,333

California

See also:California gubernatorial election, 2010

Jerry Brown (D) defeatedMeg Whitman (R) in the election for governor of California.

2010 Race for Governor - General Election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	aJerry Brown	53.8%
	Republican Party	Meg Whitman	40.9%
	American Independent Party	Chelene Nightengale	1.7%
	Libertarian Party	Dale Ogden	1.5%
	Green Party	Laura Wells	1.2%
	Peace and Freedom Party	Carlos Alvarez	0.9%
	write-in	Hugh Bagley	0%
	write-in	Rakesh Kumar Christian	0%
Total Votes			10,095,185

Colorado

See also:Colorado gubernatorial election, 2010

John Hickenlooper (D) defeatedDan Maes (R) in the election for governor of Colorado.

2010 Colorado gubernatorial general election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	aJohn Hickenlooper	51.01%
	Republican Party	Dan Maes	11.13%
	Constitution Party	Tom Tancredo	36.43%
	Libertarian Party	Jaimes Brown	0.74%
	Independent	Jason R. Clark	0.48%
	Independent	Paul Noel Fiorino	0.19%
	write-in	Willie Travis Chambers	>0.01%
	write-in	Michael R. Moore	>0.01%
	write-in	Peter J. Carr	>0.01%
	write-in	Holly Cremeens	>0.01%
Total Votes			1,787,730

Connecticut

See also:Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2010

Dan Malloy (D) defeatedTom Foley (R) in the election for governor of Connecticut.

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dan Malloy & Nancy Wyman	49.5%	567,278
	Republican	Tom Foley & Mark Boughton	49%	560,874
	Independent	Thomas E. Marsh & Cicero B. Booker, Jr.	1.5%	17,629
Total Votes				1,145,781

Florida

See also:Florida gubernatorial election, 2010

Rick Scott (R) defeatedAlex Sink (D) in the election for governor of Florida.

Florida Gubernatorial/Lt. Gubernatorial General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rick Scott/Jennifer Carroll	48.9%	2,619,335
	Democratic	Alex Sink/Rod Smith	47.7%	2,557,785
	Independent	Peter L. Allen/John E. Zanni	2.3%	123,831
	No Party Affiliation	C.C. Reed/Larry Waldo, Sr.	0.4%	18,842
	No Party Affiliation	Michael E. Arth/Al Krulick	0.3%	18,644
	No Party Affiliation	Daniel Imperato/Karl Behm	0.3%	13,690
	No Party Affiliation	Farid Khavari/Darcy G. Richardson	0.1%	7,487
	Write-in	Josue Larouse/Valencia St. Louis	0%	121
Total Votes				5,359,735
Election results viaFlorida Department of State

Georgia

See also:Georgia gubernatorial election, 2010

Nathan Deal (R) defeatedRoy E. Barnes (D) in the election for governor of Georgia.

Governor of Georgia, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Roy E. Barnes	43%	1,107,011
	Republican	Nathan Deal	53%	1,365,832
	Libertarian	John H. Monds	4%	103,194
	NA	Write-in	0%	124
Total Votes				2,576,161

Hawaii

See also:Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2010

Neil Abercrombie (D) defeatedDuke Aiona (R) in the election for governor of Hawaii.

2010 Hawaii gubernatorial general election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	aNeil Abercrombie	57.79%
	Republican Party	Duke Aiona	40.82%
	Independent	Daniel H. Cunningham	0.33%
	Independent	Thomas W. "Tom" Pollard	0.33%
	-	spoilt ballots	0.73%
Total Votes			385,385

Idaho

See also:Idaho gubernatorial election, 2010

Butch Otter (R) defeatedKeith Allred (D) in the election for governor of Idaho.

Idaho Governor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	C.L. "Butch" OtterIncumbent	59.1%	267,483
	Democratic	Keith Allred	32.9%	148,680
	Independent	Jana M. Kemp	5.9%	26,655
	Libertarian	Ted Dunlap	1.3%	5,867
	Independent	Pro-Life (Marvin Thomas Richardson)	0.9%	3,850
Total Votes				452,535
Election results viaIdaho Secretary of State

Illinois

See also:Illinois gubernatorial election, 2010

Pat Quinn (D) defeatedBill Brady (R) in the election for governor of Illinois.

Governor and Lt. Governor of Illinois, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Pat Quinn &Sheila SimonIncumbent	46.8%	1,745,219
	Republican	Bill Brady & Jason Plummer	45.9%	1,713,385
	Independent	Scott Lee Cohen & Baxter Swilley	3.6%	135,705
	Green	Rich Whitney & Don Crawford	2.7%	100,756
	Libertarian	Lex Green & Ed Ruthledge	0.9%	34,681
	None	Write-in	0%	243
Total Votes				3,729,989

Iowa

See also:Iowa gubernatorial election, 2010

Terry E. Branstad (R) defeated incumbentChet Culver (D) in the election for governor of Iowa.

2010 Iowa gubernatorial general election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	Chet Culver	42.85%
	Republican Party	aTerry E. Branstad	52.15%
	Socialist	Dave Rosenfeld	0.24%
	Libertarian Party	Eric Cooper	1.27%
	Independent	Jonathan Narcisse	1.88%
	Independent	Gregory James Hughes	0.34%
	Other	write-ins	0.25%
	Other	spoilt ballots	1.01%
Total Votes			1,131,434

Kansas

See also:Kansas gubernatorial election, 2010

Sam Brownback (R) defeatedTom Holland (D) in the election for governor of Kansas.

Kansas Governor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sam Brownback	63.3%	530,760
	Democratic	Tom Holland	32.2%	270,166
	Libertarian	Andrew P. Gray	2.7%	22,460
	Reform Party	Ken Cannon	1.8%	15,397
	Write-in	Heath Charles Morris	0%	7
Total Votes				838,790
Election results viaKansas Secretary of State

Maine

See also:Maine gubernatorial election, 2010

Paul R. LePage (R) defeatedLibby Mitchell (D) in the election for governor of Maine.

Governor of Maine, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul LePage	37.6%	218,065
	Democratic	Elizabeth Mitchell	18.8%	109,387
	Independent	Eliot R. Cutler	35.9%	208,270
	Independent	Shawn H. Moody	5%	28,756
	Independent	Kevin L. Scott	1%	5,664
	Others	Various	0.5%	2,624
	Blanks	-	1.3%	7,772
Total Votes				580,538
Election results viaMaine Secretary of State

Maryland

See also:Maryland gubernatorial election, 2010

Martin O'Malley (D) defeatedRobert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (R) in the election for governor of Maryland.

Maryland Gubernatorial/Lieutenant Gubernatorial General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin O'Malley/Anthony G. BrownIncumbent	56.2%	1,044,961
	Republican	Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr./Mary Kane	41.8%	776,319
	Libertarian	Susan J. Gaztanaga/Doug McNeil	0.8%	14,137
	Green	Maria Allwine/Ken Eidel	0.6%	11,825
	Constitution	Eric Delano Knowles/Michael T. Hargadon	0.5%	8,612
	Democratic	Ralph Jaffe (Write-In)	0%	319
	Unaffiliated	Corrogan R. Vaughan/Jim Crawford	0%	179
	Other Write-Ins	Various	0.1%	1,528
Total Votes				1,857,880
Election results viaMaryland State Board of Elections

Massachusetts

See also:Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2010

Deval Patrick (D) defeatedCharles D. Baker (R) in the election for governor of Massachusetts.

2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial general election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	aDeval Patrick	47.94%
	Republican Party	Charles D. Baker	41.59%
	Independent	Tim Cahill	7.95%
	Green Party	Jill Stein	1.42%
	Other	All others	0.11%
	Other	Blank votes	0.99%
Total Votes			2,319,963

Michigan

See also:Michigan gubernatorial election, 2010

Rick Snyder (R) defeatedVirg Bernero (D) in the election for governor of Michigan.

Michigan Governor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rick Snyder	58.1%	1,874,834
	Democratic	Virg Bernero	39.9%	1,287,320
	Libertarian	Ken Proctor	0.7%	22,390
	Taxpayers	Stacey Mathia	0.6%	20,818
	Green	Harvey Mikkelson	0.6%	20,699
	Other	Write-ins	0%	27
Total Votes				3,226,088

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Minnesota

See also:Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2010

Mark Dayton (D) defeatedTom Emmer (R) in the election for governor of Minnesota.

Governor/Lt. Governor of Minnesota, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark Dayton/Yvonne Prettner Solon	43.6%	919,232
	Republican	Tom Emmer/Annette Meeks	43.2%	910,462
	Independence	Tom Horner/James A. Mulder	11.9%	251,487
	Grassroots Party	Chris Wright/Edwin H. Engelmann	0.4%	7,516
	Green	Farheen Hakeem/Dan Dittmann	0.3%	6,188
	Ecology Democracy Party	Ken Pentel/Erin Wallace	0.3%	6,180
	The Resource Party	Linda S. Eno/Howard B. Hanson	0.2%	4,092
	Write-In	Various	0.1%	1,864
Total Votes				2,107,021
Election results viaMinnesota Secretary of State

Nebraska

See also:Nebraska gubernatorial election, 2010

Dave Heineman (R) defeatedMike Meister (D) in the election for governor of Nebraska.

Governor of Nebraska, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mike Meister	26.1%	127,343
	Republican	Dave HeinemanIncumbent	73.9%	360,645
Total Votes				487,988

Nevada

See also:Nevada gubernatorial election, 2010

Brian Sandoval (R) defeatedRory Reid (D) in the election for governor of Nevada.

Governor of Nevada, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rory Reid	41.6%	298,171
	Republican	Brian Sandoval	53.4%	382,350
	Green	David Scott Curtis	0.6%	4,437
	Libertarian	Arthur Forrest Lampitt	0.7%	4,672
	Independent	Eugene DiSimone	0.9%	6,403
	Independent	Aaron Y. Honig	0.4%	3,216
	Independent	Floyd Fitzgibbons	0.7%	5,049
	NA	None	1.7%	12,231
Total Votes				716,529

New Hampshire

See also:New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2010

John Lynch (D) defeatedJohn Stephen (R) in the election for governor of New Hampshire.

2010 New Hampshire gubernatorial general election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	aJohn Lynch	52.70%
	Republican Party	John Stephen	44.97%
	Libertarian Party	John J. Babiarz	2.21%
	Other	write-in	0.12%
Total Votes			456,588

New Mexico

See also:New Mexico gubernatorial election, 2010

Susana Martinez (R) defeatedDiane Denish (D) in the election for governor of New Mexico.

2010 New Mexico gubernatorial general election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	Diane Denish	46.51%
	Republican Party	aSusana Martinez	53.33%
	Other	write-ins	0.17%
Total Votes			601,752

New York

See also:New York gubernatorial election, 2010

Andrew Cuomo (D) defeatedCarl P. Paladino (R) in the election for governor of New York.

New York Governor/Lt. Governor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Andrew Cuomo/Robert Duffy	61%	2,910,876
	Republican	Carl Paladino/Gregory Edwards	32.5%	1,547,857
	Green	Howie Hawkins/Gloria Mattera	1.3%	59,906
	Rent is 2 Damn High	Jimmy McMillan/No candidate	0.9%	41,129
	Libertarian	Warren Redlich/Alden Link	1%	48,359
	Anti-Prohibition	Kristin Davis/Tanya Gendelman	0.4%	20,421
	Freedom	Charles Barron/Eva Doyle	0.5%	24,571
	Blank	-	2.3%	107,823
	Void	-	0.1%	3,963
	Scattering	-	0.1%	4,836
Total Votes				4,769,741
Election results viaNew York State Board of Elections

Ohio

See also:Ohio gubernatorial election, 2010

John Kasich (R) defeated incumbentTed Strickland (D) in the election for governor of Ohio.

On November 2, 2010,John Kasich/Mary Taylor won election to the office of Governor/Lt. Governor of Ohio. They defeatedTed Strickland/Yvette McGee Brown,Ken Matesz/Margaret Ann Leech andDennis Spisak/Anita Rios in the general election.

Governor/Lt. Governor of Ohio, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Kasich/Mary Taylor	49%	1,889,186
	Democratic	Ted Strickland/Yvette McGee BrownIncumbent	47%	1,812,059
	Libertarian	Ken Matesz/Margaret Ann Leech	2.4%	92,116
	Green	Dennis Spisak/Anita Rios	1.5%	58,475
	Write-In	David Sargent	0%	633
Total Votes				3,852,469
Election results viaOhio Secretary of State.

Oklahoma

See also:Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 2010

Mary Fallin (R) defeatedJari Askins (D) in the election for governor of Oklahoma.

2010 Oklahoma gubernatorial general election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	Jari Askins	39.55%
	Republican Party	aMary Fallin	60.45%
Total Votes			1,034,767

Oregon

See also:Oregon gubernatorial election, 2010

John Kitzhaber (D) defeatedChris Dudley (R) in the election for governor of Oregon.

Governor of Oregon, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Kitzhaber	49.3%	716,525
	Republican	Chris Dudley	47.8%	694,287
	Constitution	Greg Kord	1.4%	20,475
	Libertarian	Wes Wagner	1.3%	19,048
	Miscellaneous	-	0.2%	3,213
Total Votes				1,453,548
Election results viaOregon Secretary of State

Pennsylvania

See also:Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2010

Tom Corbett (R) defeatedDan Onorato (D) in the election for governor of Pennsylvania.

Governor/Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Corbett/Jim Cawley	54.5%	2,172,763
	Democratic	Dan Onorato/H. Scott Conklin	45.5%	1,814,788
Total Votes				3,987,551
Election results viaPennsylvania Department of State

Rhode Island

See also:Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2010

Lincoln Chafee (I) defeatedFrank T. Caprio (D) andJohn F. Robitaille (R) in the election for governor of Rhode Island.

Governor of Rhode Island, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Frank T. Caprio	23%	78,896
	Republican	John F. Robitaille	33.6%	114,911
	Independent	Lincoln Chafee	36.1%	123,571
	Moderate	Ken Block	6.5%	22,146
	Independent	Ronald Algieri	0.2%	793
	Independent	Todd Giroux	0.3%	882
	Independent	Joseph M. Lusi	0.3%	1,091
Total Votes				342,290

South Carolina

See also:South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2010

Nikki Haley (R) defeatedVince Sheheen (D) in the election for governor of South Carolina.

South Carolina Governor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Nikki Haley	51.4%	690,525
	Democratic	Vincent A. Sheheen	46.9%	630,534
	Green	Morgan Bruce Reeves	0.9%	12,483
	UNC	Morgan Bruce Reeves	0.6%	7,631
	Write-In	Various	0.2%	3,025
Total Votes				1,344,198
Election results viaSouth Carolina Election Commission

South Dakota

See also:South Dakota gubernatorial election, 2010

Dennis Daugaard (R) defeatedScott Heidepriem (D) in the election for governor of South Dakota.

Governor/Lt. Governor of South Dakota, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dennis Daugaard/Matthew Michels	61.5%	195,024
	Democratic	Scott Heidepriem/Ben Arndt	38.5%	122,010
Total Votes				317,034
Election resultsSouth Dakota Secretary of State

Tennessee

See also:Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2010

Bill Haslam (R) defeatedMike McWherter (D) in the election for governor of Tennessee.

Governor of Tennessee, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Haslam	65%	1,041,545
	Democratic	Mike McWherter	33.1%	529,851
	Independent	Carl Twofeathers Whitaker	0.4%	6,536
	Independent	Brandon Dodds	0.3%	4,728
	Independent	Bayron Binkley	0.3%	4,663
	Independent	June Griffin	0.2%	2,587
	Independent	Linda K. Perry	0.1%	2,057
	Green	Howard Switzer	0.1%	1,887
	Independent	Samuel D. Duck	0.1%	1,755
	Independent	Thomas Smith, II	0.1%	1,207
	Independent	Toni K. Hall	0.1%	993
	Independent	David Gatchell	0.1%	859
	Independent	Boyce T. McCall	0.1%	828
	Independent	James Reesor	0.1%	809
	Independent	Mike Knois	0%	600
	Independent	Donald R. McFolin	0%	583
	Write-In	Various	0%	61
Total Votes				1,601,549
Election results viaU.S. Election Atlas

Texas

See also:Texas gubernatorial election, 2010

Rick Perry (R) defeatedBill White (D) in the election for governor of Texas.

Governor of Texas, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rick PerryIncumbent	55%	2,737,481
	Democratic	Bill White	42.3%	2,106,395
	Libertarian	Kathie Glass	2.2%	109,211
	Green	Deb Shafto	0.4%	19,516
	Write-In	Andy Barron	0.1%	7,267
Total Votes				4,979,870
Election results viaTexas Secretary of State

Utah

See also:Utah gubernatorial election, 2010

Gary Herbert (R) defeatedPeter Corroon (D) in the election for governor of Utah.

Governor of Utah, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Gary Herbert/Greg BellIncumbent	64.2%	381,531
	Democratic	Peter Corroon/Sheryl Allen	31.8%	188,911
	Independent	Farley M. Anderson/Steve Maxfield	2%	11,842
	Libertarian	W. Andrew McCullough/Aric Cramer, Sr.	2%	11,723
Total Votes				594,007
Election results viaElectionresults.utah.gov(dead link)'

Vermont

See also:Vermont gubernatorial election, 2010

Peter Shumlin (D) defeatedBrian Dubie (R) in the election for governor of Vermont.

Governor of Vermont, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Shumlin	49.5%	119,543
	Republican	Brian E. Dubie	47.7%	115,212
	Independent	Dennis Steele	0.8%	1,917
	United States Marijuana	Cris Ericson	0.8%	1,819
	Independent	Dan Feliciano	0.6%	1,341
	Independent	Em Peyton	0.3%	684
	Liberty Union	Ben Mitchell	0.2%	429
	Write-In	Various	0.3%	660
Total Votes				241,605
Election results viaVermont Secretary of State

Wisconsin

See also:Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2010

Scott Walker (R) defeatedTom Barrett (D) in the election for governor of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Governor/Lt. Governor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Scott Walker/Rebecca Kleefisch	52.2%	1,128,941
	Democratic	Tom Barrett/Tom Nelson	46.5%	1,004,303
	Independent	Jim Langer/No candidate	0.5%	10,608
	Libertarian	No candidate/Terry Virgil	0.3%	6,790
	Common Sense	James James/No candidate	0.4%	8,273
	Independent	Leslie Ervin Smetak/David Myron Smetak	0%	19
	Independent	Patricia Messici/No candidate	0%	22
	Independent	Hari Trivedi/No candidate	0%	18
	-	Scattering	0.1%	1,858
Total Votes				2,160,832
Election results viaWisconsin Government Accountability Board

Wyoming

See also:Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2010

Matt Mead (R) defeatedLeslie Petersen (D) in the election for governor of Wyoming.

Governor of Wyoming, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Matt Mead	65.7%	123,780
	Democratic	Leslie Petersen	22.9%	43,240
	Libertarian	Mike Wheeler	2.8%	5,362
	Write-Ins	Various	8.5%	16,081
Total Votes				188,463
Election results viaWyoming Secretary of State

External links

• Charlie Cook's gubernatorial analysis for 2010
• Congressional Quarterly Politics Gubernatorial Race Tracker for 2010

Footnotes