1954 United States gubernatorial elections

1954 United States gubernatorial elections

← 1953 November 2, 1954; September 13, 1954 (ME) 1955 →
34 governorships[a]
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 19 29 Seats after 27 21 Seat change 8 8 Seats up 11 23 Seats won 19 15
Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2, 1954, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections. Elections also took place on September 13 in Maine. The special election in Florida was due to the death of incumbent governor Daniel T. McCarty on September 28, 1953.

In Tennessee, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term.^[1]

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