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Updated Nov. 3, 2014
Current net outlook: R -3, D +2, I +1
Note: Bolded candidate names indicate likely frontrunner for a nomination if there is one.
| State | Incumbent | Possible Primary Challengers | Major Party Opposition | Third party | Party Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Sean Parnell (Running) |
– 2010 candidate Bill Walker (Ind) – J.R. Eyers (Const) – Carolyn Clift (Lib) |
Leans Independent | ||
| AL | Robert Bentley (Running) |
– Ex-Rep. Parker Griffith | Safe R | ||
| AR | Mike Beebe (Term-Limited) |
– Ex-Rep. Mike Ross | – Ex-Rep. Asa Hutchinson
| – Joshua Drake (Grn) |
– Frank Gilbert (Lib) Likely R |
|
| AZ | Jan Brewer (Term-Limited) |
– Treasurer Doug Ducey | – Ex-State Board of Regents Pres. Fred DuVal | – Author Barry Hess (Lib) – John Mealer (Am Elect) |
Likely R |
| CA | Jerry Brown (Running) |
– Former Treasury Dept. official Neel Kashkari | Safe D | ||
| CO | John Hickenlooper (Running) |
– Ex-Rep. Bob Beauprez | – Harry Hempy (Grn) – Matthew Hess (Lib) – Mike Dunafon (Ind) – Paul Fiorino (Ind) |
Leans D | |
| CT | Dan Malloy (Running) |
– 2010 nominee Tom Foley | – Ex-West Hartford councilman Joe Visconti (Ind) | Leans D | |
| FL | Rick Scott (Running) |
– Ex-Gov. Charlie Crist | – Radio host Adrian Wyllie (Lib) – Farid Khavari (Ind) – Glenn Burkett (Ind) |
Leans D | |
| GA | Nathan Deal (Running) |
– State Sen. Jason Carter | – Former tech CEO Andrew Hunt (Lib) | Leans R | |
| HI | Neil Abercrombie (Defeated for renomination) |
– State Sen. David Ige | – 2010 nominee Duke Aiona | – Ex-Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann (Ind) – Jeff Davis (Lib) |
Likely D |
| IA | Terry Branstad (Running) |
– State Sen. Jack Hatch | – Lee Hieb (Lib) – Jonathan Narcisee (IA Party) – Jim Hennager (Ind) |
Safe R | |
| ID | Butch Otter (Running) |
– Boise School Board chair A.J. Balukoff | – John Bujak (Lib) – Steve Pankey (Con) – Jill Humble (Ind) – Pro-Life (Ind) |
Likely R | |
| IL | Pat Quinn (Running) |
– Venture capitalist Bruce Rauner | – Chad Grimm (Lib) | Leans D | |
| KS | Sam Brownback (Running) |
– House Minority Leader Paul Davis | – Keen Umbehr (Lib) | Leans D | |
| MA | Deval Patrick (Retiring) |
– AG Martha Coakley | – 2010 nominee Charlie Baker | – Venture capital investor Jeff McCormick (Ind) – Former business executive Evan Falchuk (UIP) – Scott Lively (Ind) |
Leans R |
| MD | Martin O’Malley (Term-Limited) |
– LG Anthony Brown | – Ex-Ehrlich Cabinet secretary Larry Hogan | Leans D | |
| ME | Paul LePage (Running) |
– Rep. Mike Michaud | – 2010 candidate Eliot Cutler (Ind) | Leans D | |
| MI | Rick Snyder (Running) |
– Ex-Rep. Mark Schauer | – Mary Buzuma (Lib) – Paul Homeniuk (Grn) – Mark McFarlin (UST) |
Leans R | |
| MN | Mark Dayton (Running) |
– Hennepin Co. Commissioner Jeff Johnson | – Hannah Nicollet (Ind) – Chris Holbrook (Lib) – Chris Wright (G’roots) |
Likely D | |
| NE | Dave Heineman (Term-Limited) |
– 2006 Sen nominee Pete Ricketts | – Ex-Center for Rural Affairs Executive Director Chuck Hassebrook | – Marijuana legalization activist Mark Elworth (Lib) | Safe R |
| NH | Maggie Hassan (Running) |
– Businessman Walter Havenstein | Leans D | ||
| NM | Susana Martinez (Running) |
– AG Gary King | Safe R | ||
| NV | Brian Sandoval (Running) |
– David Vanderbeek (Ind Am) | – Former state economic development commissioner Robert Goodman | Safe R | |
| NY | Andrew Cuomo (Running) |
– Westchester County Exec. Rob Astorino | – 2010 gubernatorial nominee Howie Hawkins (Grn) – 2012 NY-3 candidate Michael McDermott (Lib) – Steven Cohn (Sapient) |
Safe D | |
| OH | John Kasich (Running) |
– Cuyahoga Co. Executive Ed FitzGerald | – Activist Anita Rios (Grn) | Safe R | |
| OK | Mary Fallin (Running) |
– State Rep. Joe Dorman | – Kimberly Willis (Ind) – Richard Prawdzienski (Ind) |
Safe R | |
| OR | John Kitzhaber (Running) |
– State Rep. Dennis Richardson | – Minister Aaron Auer (Con) – Marijuana legalization activist Jason Levin (Grn) – Tovia Fornah (Ind) – Businessman Paul Grad (Lib) – Chris Henry (Ind) |
Likely D | |
| PA | Tom Corbett (Running) |
– Ex-Revenue Sec. Tom Wolf | Safe D | ||
| RI | Lincoln Chafee (Retiring) |
– Treasurer Gina Raimondo | – Cranston Mayor Allan Fung | – Robert Healey (Mod) – Kate Fletcher (Ind) – Leon Kayarian (Ind) |
Leans D |
| SC | Nikki Haley (Running) |
– 2010 nominee Vincent Sheheen | – Ex-state Rep. Tom Ervin (Ind) – Businessman Steve French (Lib) – Pastor Morgan Bruce Reeves (Ind) |
Likely R | |
| SD | Dennis Daugaard (Running) |
– State Rep. Susan Wismer | – Michael Myers (Ind) | Safe R | |
| TN | Bill Haslam (Running) |
– Charles V. “Charlie” Brown | – Shaun Crowell (Const) – Isa Infante (Grn) – Steven Coburn (Ind) – John Jay Hooker (Ind) – Daniel Lewis (Ind) |
Safe R | |
| TX | Rick Perry (Retiring) |
– AG Greg Abbott | – State Sen. Wendy Davis | – Kathie Glass (Lib) – Brandon Parmer (Grn) |
Safe R |
| VT | Peter Shumlin (Running) |
– Businessman Scott Milne | – Dan Feliciano (Lib) – Pete Diamondstine (LUP) – Marijuana legalization activist Cris Ericson (MP) – Emily Peyton (Ind) – Bernard Peters (Ind) |
Safe D | |
| WI | Scott Walker (Running) |
– Madison School Board member Mary Burke | – Robert Burke (Lib) – Dennis Fehr (PP) |
Leans R | |
| WY | Matt Mead (Running) |
– Ex-state Democratic Party Chairman Pete Gosar | – Dee Cozzens (Lib) – Don Wills (Ind) |
Safe R |