2013 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 related races 2013 United States elections 2013 United States gubernatorial elections United States legislative 2 governorships November 5, 2013 no 2012 United States gubernatorial elections 2012 2014 United States gubernatorial elections 2014 2009 United States gubernatorial elections 2009 2017 United States gubernatorial elections 2017 Seats up Seats won Republican Party (United States) 30 29 1 2 1 2,292,2862013 Gubernatorial Election Results http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2013&off=5&elect=0&f=0 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Aug 3, 2014 1,879,767 52.53% 43.08% Democratic Party (United States) 20 21 1 0 1 320px Map of the results#0772B1 Democratic gain#F38883 Republican hold#D3D3D3 No election United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2013 in New Jersey and Virginia. These elections formed part of the 2013 United States elections. Before the elections, both seats were held by Republicans. Republican incumbent Chris Christie won reelection in New Jersey, while in Virginia, Democrat Terry McAuliffe won the open seat held by term-limited Republican Bob McDonnell. Both states were up for election that Barack Obama won in the 2012 presidential election. This was the first time since 1985 that Virginia and New Jersey elected governors of different parties. As of , this is the last time that a Republican won the governorship in New Jersey. 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 25,2013Gubernatorial Ratings Inside Elections https://www.insideelections.com/ratings/governor/2013-14-gubernatorial-ratings-october-25-2013 www.insideelections.com SabatoOct 24,2013Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » RATINGS CHANGE: A DEMOCRATIC TIDE IN VIRGINIA https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/ratings-change-a-democratic-tide-in-virginia/ centerforpolitics.org Result New Jersey D+6 Chris Christie 48.46% R |Solid R |Safe R Christie60.30% R Virginia EVEN Bob McDonnell (term-limited) 58.61% R |Lean D Flip |Likely D Flip McAuliffe47.75% D (flip) Race summary State Incumbent Party Firstelected Result Candidates New Jersey Chris Christie 2009 Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Chris Christie (Republican) 60.3% Democratic Party (US)Barbara Buono (Democratic) 38.2% Virginia Bob McDonnell 2009 Incumbent term-limited.New governor elected.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Terry McAuliffe (Democratic) 47.8% Republican Party (US)Ken Cuccinelli (Republican) 45.2% Libertarian Party (US)Robert Sarvis (Libertarian) 6.5% Closest races States where the margin of victory was under 5%: Virginia, 2.6% Blue denotes states won by Democrats. New Jersey 2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election New Jersey presidential no 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election 2009 2013 11 05 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election 2017 x150px File:Chris Christie April 2015 (cropped).jpg Chris Christie Republican Party (US) 1,278,932 60.3% File:Barbara Buono 2012 (cropped).jpg Barbara Buono Democratic Party (US) 809,978 38.2% File:2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County results Governor Chris Christie Republican Party (US) Chris Christie Republican Party (US) 2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election Governor Chris Christie ran for a second term.http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/26/chris-christie-files-for-re-election-bid/ Chris Christie files for re-election bid November 26, 2012 November 26, 2012 Steinhauser, Paul CNN November 28, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121128065838/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/26/chris-christie-files-for-re-election-bid/ dead Christie's re-election campaign could be the prelude to a 2016 presidential campaign for him.Rubin Jennifer Christie will cruise to reelection. Then what? https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/05/01/christie-will-cruise-to-reelection-then-what/ 23 May 2013 The Washington Post 1 May 2013 Christie's approval ratings have hovered at or above 50% consistently throughout 2012, and broke records as the highest approval rating of any New Jersey governor in a recent Fairleigh Dickinson poll.Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/gov_christies_approval_rate_hi.html Gov. Christie's approval rate highest ever among N.J. residents 8 May 2012 NJ.com 2012-11-05http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-11/christies-approval-rating-rises-to-record-in-voter-poll https://web.archive.org/web/20120413234025/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-11/christies-approval-rating-rises-to-record-in-voter-poll dead April 13, 2012 Christie's Approval Rating Rises to Record in Voter Poll Businessweek 2012-04-11 2012-11-05http://www.politickernj.com/56202/monmouth-poll-christie-approval-rating-51 Monmouth Poll: Christie approval rating at 51% Politicker NJ 2012-11-05 State Senator and former State Senate Democratic Leader Barbara Buono was the Democratic nominee.https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/christie-buono-win-nj-gubernatorial-primaries-19326053#.UbXM5tLqlhg U.S. News | National News – ABC News Abcnews.go.com 2013-10-16 May 2016 medicmedic The Libertarian nominee was Ken Kaplan, who also ran for U.S. Senator in 2012.Lesiak Krzysztof http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2013/05/libertarian-kenneth-kaplan-to-run-for-governor-of-new-jersey-in-2013/ Libertarian Kenneth Kaplan to Run for Governor of New Jersey in 2013 Independent Political Report 2013-05-04 2013-10-16 Chris Christie cruised to victory on November 5, 2013 when he won in a landslide victory against his adversary, Barbara Buono. Christie won 60.4% of the vote compared to 38.1% of the vote Buono earned. Exit polls also showed that Christie appealed to ethnic minorities, an increasing priority for Republicans.https://www.nytimes.com/projects/elections/2013/general/new-jersey/map.html The New York Times New Jersey Governor – 2013 Election Results New Jersey general electionhttp://nj.gov/state/elections/2013-results/2013-official-general-election-results-governor.pdf Archived copy 2017-07-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170429022036/http://nj.gov/state/elections/2013-results/2013-official-general-election-results-governor.pdf April 29, 2017 mdy-all Republican Party (US) Chris Christie (incumbent) 1,278,932 60.30 Democratic Party (US) Barbara Buono 809,978 38.19 Libertarian Party (US) Kenneth R. Kaplan 12,155 0.57 Green Party (US) Steve Welzer 8,295 0.39 Independent (US) Diane W. Sare 3,360 0.16 Peace and Freedom Party William Araujo 3,300 0.16 Independent (US) Hank Schroeder 2,784 0.13 Independent (US) Jeff Boss 2,062 0.10 2,120,866 100.00 Republican Party (US) Virginia 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia presidential no 2009 Virginia gubernatorial election 2009 2013 11 05 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election 2017 x150px File:Virginia Governor Democrats Terry McAuliffe 095 Cropped (cropped).jpg Terry McAuliffe Democratic Party (US) 1,069,789 47.8% File:Ken Cuccinelli by Gage Skidmore.jpg Ken Cuccinelli Republican Party (US) 1,013,354 45.2% File:Robert Sarvis (cropped).jpg Robert Sarvis Libertarian Party (US) 146,084 6.5% File:2013 Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County and independent city results Governor Bob McDonnell Republican Party (US) Terry McAuliffe Democratic Party (US) 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election 2013 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election Governor Bob McDonnell was term-limited in 2013, as Governors of Virginia cannot serve consecutive terms. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was the Republican nominee for Governor, after winning the nomination at Virginia's 2013 Republican Party convention.Associated The http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/05/ken-cuccinelli-set-for-gop-nomination-for-virginia-governor-88991.html Ken Cuccinelli nominated for governor by Virginia GOP Wjla.com 2013-05-18 2013-10-16 2013-12-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20131209115945/http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/05/ken-cuccinelli-set-for-gop-nomination-for-virginia-governor-88991.html dead Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was the Democratic nominee for Governor, after being the only candidate to file for the race. Walker Julian McAuliffe named Dem governor nominee, 4 others make ballot The Virginian-Pilot April 2, 2013 http://hamptonroads.com/2013/04/mcauliffe-named-dem-governor-nominee-4-others-make-ballot April 3, 2013 May 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130522200121/http://hamptonroads.com/2013/04/mcauliffe-named-dem-governor-nominee-4-others-make-ballot dead Robert Sarvis, an entrepreneur and lawyer, was the Libertarian Party nominee. On June 26, 2013, the Virginia State Board of Elections confirmed to Sarvis's campaign that he would be listed on the ballot statewide during the elections this November. Libertarian Candidate Robert Sarvis Makes the Ballot in Virginia Governor's Race Charlottesville Newsplex http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Libertarian-Candidate-Robert-Sarvis-Makes-the-Ballot-in-Virginia-Governors-Race-213228141.html 2013-06-26 2013-06-26 2013-06-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20130629035927/http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/Libertarian-Candidate-Robert-Sarvis-Makes-the-Ballot-in-Virginia-Governors-Race-213228141.html dead On November 5, 2013, Terry McAuliffe narrowly beat Ken Cuccinelli by a margin of 48% to 45.5% with Robert Sarvis accounting for the other 6.6% of the vote.https://www.nytimes.com/projects/elections/2013/general/virginia/map.html The New York Times Virginia Governor – 2013 Election Results Virginia general electionhttp://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/search/year_from:2013/year_to:2013/office_id:3/stage:General Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections Democratic Party (US) Terry McAuliffe 1,069,789 47.75 Republican Party (US) Ken Cuccinelli 1,013,354 45.23 Libertarian Party (US) Robert Sarvis 146,084 6.52 11,087 0.49 2,240,314 100.00 Democratic Party (US) Republican Party (US) References