Gubernatorial Ratings

November 2, 2008 · 12:08 AM EDT

Here are our latest gubernatorial ratings. Democrats currently hold 28 governorships compared to 22 for the Republicans. Our estimate is a Democratic gain of one governorship to a Republican of one governorship.

# – Moved benefiting Democrats
* – Moved benefiting Republicans

LIKELY TAKEOVER (1 R, 0 D)
  • Open (Blunt, R) #
LEAN TAKEOVER (0 R, o D)
TOSS-UP (0 R, 2 D)
  • Gregoire (D-WA)
  • NC Open (Easley, D)
NARROW ADVANTAGE INCUMBENT PARTY (0 R, 0 D)
CLEAR ADVANTAGE INCUMBENT PARTY (2 R, 0 D)

  • Daniels (R-IN) *
  • Douglas (R-VT)
CURRENTLY SAFE (2 R, 4 D)
  • Hoeven (R-ND)
  • Huntsman (R-UT)
  • Lynch (D-NH)
  • Manchin (D-WV)
  • Schweitzer (D-MT)
  • DE Open (Minner, D)