Governors Eleven of the fifty
United States governors were up for re-election, as were the governorships of two
U.S. territories. The final results were a net change of zero between the political parties. The Democrats picked up the governorships in Montana and New Hampshire, but the Republicans picked up the ones in Indiana and Missouri.
Other statewide elections In many states where if the following positions were elective offices, voters cast votes for candidates for state executive branch offices of
Lieutenant Governor (though some were voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee),
Secretary of state,
state Treasurer,
state Auditor,
state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners
of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labor, etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on
state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courts).
State legislative elections Initiatives and referendums •
State constitutional amendments prohibiting
same-sex marriage are passed in eleven states:
Arkansas,
Georgia,
Kentucky,
Michigan,
Mississippi,
Montana,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon, and
Utah. The measures in Oregon, Mississippi, and Montana bans same-sex marriage only, while Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Utah bans both same-sex marriage and
civil unions and Michigan bans granting any benefits whatsoever to same-sex couples. ==Local elections==