The 2010 United States Gubernatorial Elections   The 2010 elections will see 37 of the 50 United States Governors' seats open.  This means a majority of states will be holding elections to determine their next sitting Governor.  Listed below are the states holding a Gubernatorial election this year and the party in which they are currently affiliated. Further down, the candidate names are listed and identified as Democratic, Republican, Third Party, or Independent.                                                GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS (Current Status): Democratic Party: Arkansas New Hampshire New York New Mexico Maine Maryland Oregon Colorado Illinois Iowa Massachusetts Ohio Pennsylvania Wisconsin Michigan Oklahoma Tennessee Kansas Wyoming Republican Party: Nebraska Alaska Idaho South Carolina South Dakota Utah Alabama Arizona California Connecticut Florida Georgia Minnesota Nevada Rhode Island Texas Vermont Hawaii                                                                                     GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS Democratic Party Republican Party Third Party Independent Alabama Ron Sparks Bradley Byrne Loretta Lynn Nall Unknown Alaska Ethan Berkowitz Sean Parnell Billy Toien Don Wright Andrew Halcro Arizona Terry Goddard Jan Brewer Larry Gist Ronald Martin Cavanaugh Barry J. Hess, II Bruce E. Olsen Alvin Ray Yount Janelle Wood Arkansas Mike Beebe Jim Keet Unknown Unknown California  Jerry Brown Meg Whitman Laura Wells Dale Ogden Carlos Alvarez Chelene Nightingale Colorado  John Hickenlooper Scott McInnis Jaimes Brown Dan "Kilo" Sallis Jason R. Clark Paul Fiorino Michael Keith Forrester Richard Hand Connecticut  Ned Lamont Thomas C. Foley Unknown Tom Marsh Florida Adelaide "Alex" Sink William "Bill" McCollum Jr. John Wayne Smith Charlie Crist Lawton Mainor Chiles III Michael Arth Dan Imperato Farid Khavari Georgia Roy Barnes John W. Oxendine John H. Monds Ray Boyd Hawaii Neil Abercrombie James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr. Unknown Chris Britos Anthony L. Clapes Paul A. Manner Thomas W. Pollard Grayson L. Wideman Idaho Keith Allred Butch Otter Unknown Unknown Illinois Pat Quinn Bill Brady Unknown Rich Whitney Iowa Chet Culver Terry Branstad Unknown Unknown Kansas  Tom Holland Sam Brownback Unknown Ken Cannon Maine Elizabeth Mitchell Paul LePage Unknown Eliot Cutler Maryland  Martin O'Malley Unknown Unknown Unknown Massachusetts  Deval Patrick Charlie Baker Unknown Tim Cahill / Jill Stein Michigan Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Minnesota   Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Nebraska Mark Lakers Dave Heineman Unknown Unknown Nevada Rory Reid Brian Sandoval Unknown David Scott Curtis/  Floyd Fitzgibbons/Arthur Forest Lampitt New Hampshire Unknown John H. Lynch Unknown Unknown New Mexico Diane Denish Susana Martinez Unknown Unknown New York Andrew Cuomo Rick Lazio Unknown Unknown Ohio Ted Strickland John Kasich Unknown Dennis Spisak/ Ken Matesz Oklahoma  Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Oregon John Kitzhaber Chris Dudley Unknown Unknown Pennsylvania Dan Onorato Tom Corbett Unknown Unknown Rhode Island Unknown Unknown Unknown Lincoln Chafee South Carolina Vincent Sheheen Unknown Unknown Unknown South Dakota Scott Heidepriem Dennis Daugaard Unknown Unknown Tennessee Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Texas Bill White Rick Perry Unknown Unknown Utah Peter Corroon Gary Herbert Unknown Unknown Vermont Unknown Brian Dubie Unknown Unknown Wisconsin Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Wyoming Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown We thank the following resources:  All of the above-links.