2009 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 related races 2009 United States elections 2009 United States gubernatorial elections United States legislative 3 governorships2 states; 1 territory November 3 and 7, 2009 no 2008 United States gubernatorial elections 2008 2010 United States gubernatorial elections 2010 2005 United States gubernatorial elections 2005 2013 United States gubernatorial elections 2013 Seats up Seats won Democratic Party (United States) 28Republican governor of Arizona Jan Brewer assumed office after Democratic governor Janet Napolitano resigned to become Secretary of Homeland Security. 26 2 1,906,681 43.25% 2 0 Republican Party (United States) 22 24 2 2,338,096 53.03% 0 2 320px Map of the results#CB001A Republican gain #42FF42 Covenant hold #D0D0D0 No election United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3, 2009, in the states of New Jersey and Virginia, as well as in the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on November 7, 2009. Both state governorships were previously held by Democrats elected in 2005, and both were won by Republicans in 2009; the local Covenant Party maintained control of the governorship of the Marianas. These elections formed part of the 2009 United States elections. As of , this is the last election after which the Democrats held a majority of governorships. Due to the passage of Senate Legislative Initiative 16–11, this was the last year in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in which a gubernatorial election occurred on a pre-midterm, off-year election year, as the next gubernatorial election would be in 2014.Haidee V. Eugenio CNMI holds first runoff election http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=95301&cat=1 Saipan Tribune 2009-11-23 2009-11-23 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120112021521/http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=95301&cat=1 2012-01-12 Gemma Casas Northern Marianas' election race heats up http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/200911/2744614.htm?desktop Radio Australia 2009-11-17 2009-11-23 2011-07-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125217/http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/200911/2744614.htm?desktop usurped The Democrats held 28 governorships, while the Republicans held 22. In this election, both U.S. governorships up for election were held by Democrats, while the governorship of the Northern Mariana Islands was held by the Covenant Party. This is also the last election in which the Democrats held a majority of governorships nationwide. In New Jersey, incumbent governor Jon Corzine ran for re-election on a second term, but was lost by Republican challenger, former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey Chris Christie. In Virginia, incumbent Tim Kaine, who was term-limited and was succeeded by Bob McDonnell. Election predictions Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive seats. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assign ratings to each state, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat. Most election predictors use: "tossup": no advantage "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean" "lean": slight advantage "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory +StatePVI IncumbentParentheses around an incumbent's name indicates that the incumbent is retiring, possibly due to term limits.LastraceIEOct 26, 2009Gubernatorial Ratings Inside Elections https://www.insideelections.com/ratings/governor/new-jersey-governor-moved-to-toss-up www.insideelections.com Result New Jersey D+4 Jon Corzine 53.47% D |Tossup Christie48.46% R (flip) Virginia R+2 Tim Kaine (term-limited) 51.72% D |Lean R Flip McDonnell 58.61% R (flip) Race summary States State Incumbent Party Firstelected Result Candidates New Jersey Jon Corzine Democratic 2005 Incumbent lost re-election.New member elected.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Chris Christie (Republican) 48.5% Democratic Party (US)Jon Corzine (Democratic) 44.9% Independent (US)Chris Daggett (Independent) 5.8% Virginia Tim Kaine Democratic 2005 Incumbent term-limited.New member elected.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Bob McDonnell (Republican) 58.6% Democratic Party (US)Creigh Deeds (Democratic) 41.3% Territory Territory Incumbent Party Firstelected Result Candidates Northern Mariana Islands Benigno Fitial Covenant 2005 Incumbent re-elected. Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands) Benigno Fitial (Covenant) 51.4% Republican Party (US)Heinz Hofschneider (Republican) 48.6% Closest races States where the margin of victory was under 5%: Northern Mariana Islands, 2.8% New Jersey, 4.3% Red denotes states won by Republicans. Green denotes states won by Covenants. New Jersey 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election New Jersey presidential no 2005 New Jersey gubernatorial election 2005 November 3, 2009 2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election 2014 x150px File:Chris Christie 2011 Shankbone.JPG Chris Christie Republican Party (US) Kim Guadagno 1,174,445 48.5% File:SenatorJonCorzine (cropped).jpg Jon Corzine Democratic Party (US) Loretta Weinberg 1,087,731 44.9% File:3x4.svg Chris Daggett Independent (US) Frank J. Esposito 139,579 5.8% File:2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County results Governor Jon Corzine Democratic Party (US) Chris Christie Republican Party (US) 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election Democratic Governor Jon Corzine was eligible to run for a second term and did so. He was considered vulnerable given a number of recent scandals and low approval ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20080612054325/http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--e-mails-corzines0531may31,0,7109047.story June 12, 2008 Former Glen Ridge Mayor Carl Bergmanson, failed 2008 congressional candidate Roger Bacon, and failed 2008 Senate candidate Jeff Boss also sought the Democratic nomination. Corzine won the Democratic primary on June 2. U.S. Attorney Chris Christie was the Republican gubernatorial nominee. Christie defeated former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan and veteran General Assemblyman Rick Merkt in the Republican primary on June 2. Chris Daggett, who was Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection under Governor Thomas Kean and regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Ronald W. Reagan, ran as an independent. Daggett raised enough money to file for public funds and appear in both debates. On November 3, 2009, Republican Christie unseated Democratic incumbent Governor Corzine. His margin of victory was 49% to 45%. Daggett's role as a "spoiler candidate" (some polls had him taking 10 percent of the vote) never materialized. New Jersey electionhttps://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2009/2009-official-general-election-gov-lt-gov-tallies-120109.pdf Archived copy 2024-08-31 2024-06-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20240623102423/https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2009/2009-official-general-election-gov-lt-gov-tallies-120109.pdf live Republican Party (US) Chris Christie 1,174,445 48.46 Democratic Party (US) Jon Corzine (incumbent) 1,087,731 44.88 Independent (US) Chris Daggett 139,579 5.76 Libertarian Party (US) Kenneth Kaplan 4,830 0.20 Independent (US) Gary T. Steele 3,585 0.15 Independent (US) Jason Cullen 2,869 0.12 Independent (US) David R. Meiswinkle 2,598 0.11 Independent (US) Kostas Petris 2,563 0.11 Socialist Party USA Greg Pason 2,085 0.09 Independent (US) Gary Stein 1,625 0.07 Independent (US) Joshua Leinsdorf 1,021 0.04 Independent (US) Alvin Lindsay 753 0.03 2,423,684 100.00 Republican Party (US) Democratic Party (US) Virginia 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia presidential no 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election 2005 November 3, 2009 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election 2013 x150px File:Bob McDonnell (4379673749) (cropped) (cropped).jpg Bob McDonnell Republican Party (US) 1,163,651 58.6% File:Creigh Deeds in Arlington, Virginia (cropped).jpg Creigh Deeds Democratic Party (US) 818,950 41.2% File:2009 Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County and independent city results Governor Tim Kaine Democratic Party (US) Bob McDonnell Republican Party (US) 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia's term limits law allows governors to run for more than one term; however, the terms cannot be consecutive. Thus, incumbent governor Tim Kaine could not stand for re-election. Candidates for the Democratic nomination included Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager; State Senator Creigh Deeds;http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/33942374.html Deeds Weighs In On Recount Process Charlottesvillenewsplex.tv 2010-04-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20090815010624/http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/33942374.html 2009-08-15 dead and State Delegate Brian Moran.April 2010 Deeds won the Democratic primary on June 9, 2009, with approximately 49% of the vote, beating out Terry McAliffe with 26% and Brian Moran with 23%.https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/B19D959E-A4DD-4C27-BC08-30C8F2FF2F92/Unofficial/2_s.shtml 2009 June Democratic Primary Unofficial Results June 15, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090618231822/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/B19D959E-A4DD-4C27-BC08-30C8F2FF2F92/Unofficial/2_s.shtml June 18, 2009 The Republican nominee was Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell. This was the sixth consecutive Virginian gubernatorial election where an elected Attorney General has run.http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=9313545&nav=menu368_2_4_20 Attorney General Bob McDonnell hopes VA will elect a Republican governor – WDBJ7 Roanoke News and Weather NRV Lynchburg Danville | Wdbj7.com 2008-11-07 2010-04-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20090815174317/http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=9313545&nav=menu368_2_4_20 2009-08-15 dead On November 3, 2009, Bob McDonnell defeated Creigh Deeds to become governor-elect of Virginia. His margin of victory was a landslide 59% to 41%. Virginia electionhttps://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/37C2EDEB-FACB-44C1-AF70-05FB616DCD62/Official/2_s.shtml November 2009 General Election Official Results April 22, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120118033943/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/37C2EDEB-FACB-44C1-AF70-05FB616DCD62/Official/2_s.shtml January 18, 2012 dead mdy-all Republican Party (US) Bob McDonnell 1,163,651 58.61 Democratic Party (US) Creigh Deeds 818,950 41.25 2,502 0.12 1,985,103 100.00 Republican Party (US) Democratic Party (US) Territory Northern Mariana Islands 2009 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election Northern Mariana Islands presidential no 2005 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election 2005 November 7, 2009 (general)November 23, 2009 (runoff) 2014 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election 2014 x150px Firstround Runoff File:Benigno Fitial 2009.jpg Benigno Fitial Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands) 4,89236.2% 6,61051.4% File:3x4.svg Heinz Hofschneider Republican Party (US) 4,90036.3% 6,24048.6% Juan Pan Guerrero Independent (US) 2,61319.3% Eliminated Ramon Deleon Guerrero Independent (US) 1,0758.0% Eliminated Governor Benigno Fitial Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands) Benigno Fitial Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands) Northern Mariana Islands 2009 gubernatorial election map.svg 200px Results by voting district: Benigno Fitial: #78e478ff 50–55% #5bc75bff 55–60% #309630ff 65–70% Heinz Hofschneider: #f8b3b6ff 50–55% 2009 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election Governor Benigno R. Fitial, a member of the local Covenant Party, was eligible to run for a second term and did so. Rep. Heinz Hofschneider won the Republican nomination in June, defeating former Republican Governor Juan N. Babauta, who was defeated in his 2005 re-election by Fitial. Ramon "Kumoi" Guerrero and Juan "Pan" Guerrero, two former members of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, both ran as independents. The CNMI election was held on Saturday, November 7, 2009.Gemma Q. Casas Registered voters up by 15% http://www.mvarietynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20909:registered-voters-up-by-15&catid=1:local-news&Itemid=2 Marianas Variety 2009-10-13 2009-10-12 2024-08-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20240831113330/https://www.bangkokshotels.com/en/mvarietynews.html live No candidate received a majority, so Governor Fital and Rep. Hofschneider advanced to a runoff election on November 23. Fital won with a 370-vote margin.Haidee V. Eugenio Fitial seals victory with 370 lead http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=95662 Saipan Tribune 2009-12-08 2009-12-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110814231428/http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=95662&cat=1 2011-08-14 Northern Mariana Islands election Republican Party (US) Heinz Hofschneider 4,900 36.27 Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands) Benigno Fitial (incumbent) 4,892 36.21 Independent (US) Juan Pan Guerrero 2,613 19.34 Independent (US) Ramon Deleon Guerrero 1,075 7.96 13,480 100.00 Northern Mariana Islands runoff election Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands) Benigno Fitial (incumbent) 6,610 51.44 Republican Party (US) Heinz Hofschneider 6,240 48.56 12,850 100.00 Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands) Notes References