State | State Primary | Republican Gubernatorial Nominee | Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee |
Illinois | 2-Feb | State Sen. Bill Brady | Gov. Pat Quinn |
Texas | 2-Mar | Gov. Rick Perry | Houston Mayor Bill White |
Indiana | 4-May | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
North Carolina | 4-May | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
Ohio | 4-May | fmr US Rep. John Kasich | Gov. Ted Strickland |
Nebraska | 11-May | Gov. Dave Heineman | Mark Lakers |
West Virginia | 11-May | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
Arkansas | 18-May | fmr State Sen. Jim Keet | Gov. Mike Beebe |
Kentucky | 18-May | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
Oregon | 18-May | Chris Dudley | fmr Gov. John Kitzhaber |
Pennsylvania | 18-May | AG Tom Corbett | Allegheny County Exec.
Dan Onorato |
Idaho | 25-May | Gov. Butch Otter | Keith Allred |
Alabama | 1-Jun | State Rep. Dr. Robert Bentley | Agri. Comm. Ron Sparks |
Mississippi | 1-Jun | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
New Mexico | 1-Jun | Susana Martinez | Lt. Gov. Diane Denish |
California | 8-Jun | Meg Whitman | AG (and former Gov) Jerry Brown |
Iowa | 8-Jun | fmr Gov. Terry Branstad | Gov. Chet Culver |
Maine | 8-Jun | Waterville Mayor Paul LePage | Sen. Prez. Libby Mitchell |
Montana | 8-Jun | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
Nevada | 8-Jun | fmr US District Judge
Brian Sandoval | Clark County Comm. Chair
Rory Reid |
New Jersey | 8-Jun | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
North Dakota | 8-Jun | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
South Dakota | 8-Jun | Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard | State Sen. Scott Heidepriem |
Virginia | 8-Jun | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
South Carolina | 8-Jun | State Rep. Nikki Haley | State Sen. Vincent Sheheen |
Utah | 22-Jun | Gov. Gary Herbert | Salt Lake County Mayor
Peter Corroon |
Georgia | 20-Jul | fmr US Rep. Nathan Deal | fmr Gov. Roy Barnes |
Oklahoma | 27-Jul | State Rep. Mary Fallin | Lt. Gov. Jari Askins |
Kansas | 3-Aug | US Sen. Sam Brownback | State Sen. Tom Holland |
Michigan | 3-Aug | Rick Snyder | Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero |
Missouri | 3-Aug | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
Tennessee | 5-Aug | Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam | Mike McWherter |
Colorado | 10-Aug | Dan Maes | Denver Mayor John W. Hickenlooper |
Connecticut | 10-Aug | Tom Foley | Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy |
*Minnesota | 10-Aug | State Rep. Mark Emmer | fmr Sen. Mark Dayton |
Washington | 17-Aug | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
Wyoming | 17-Aug | fmr U.S. Attorney Matthew Mead | fmr State Democratic Party Chair Leslie Petersen |
Alaska | 24-Aug | Gov. Sean Parnell | fmr State House Minority Leader Ethan Berkowitz |
Arizona | 24-Aug | Gov. Jan Brewer | AG Terry Goddard |
Florida | 24-Aug | Rick Scott | State CFO Alex Sink |
Vermont | 24-Aug | Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie | Senate President Peter Shumlin |
Louisiana | 28-Aug | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
Delaware | 14-Sep | No gubernatorial election in 2010 |
District of Columbia | 14-Sep | Mayoral and City Council Primary |
Maryland | 14-Sep |  | |
Massachusetts | 14-Sep | | |
New Hampshire | 14-Sep | | |
New York | 14-Sep | | |
Rhode Island | 14-Sep | | |
Wisconsin | 14-Sep | | |
Hawaii | 18-Sep | | |