On the Ballot takes an early look at 2025's gubernatorial elections. Murphy won re-election to a second term in 2021. Heading into the 2021 election, the last Democratic governor to win re-election in ...

The primary factor in determining the most and least divided state supreme courts in the country is whether the court is split or has a majority of one party on the court. Secondarily, we consider the ...

Michigan has a Democratic triplex and a divided trifecta. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Democratic Party controls the upper ...

Florida has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Virginia has a Republican triplex and a divided trifecta. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Democratic Party controls both chambers ...

Indiana has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Rhode Island has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature ...

The chart below looks at the number of governorships held by the Democratic and Republican parties between 1977 and 2024. The biggest difference between the number of seats held by Democrats compared ...