2003 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in four states. Kentucky and Mississippi held their general elections on November 4. Louisiana held the first round of its jungle primary on October 4 and the runoff on November 15. In addition, California held a recall election on October 7.

  • California recall election, 2003
  • Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2003
  • Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2003
  • Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2003
2003 United States gubernatorial elections
October 7, 2003 (CA), November 6, 2003 (KY and MS), October 4, 2003 and November 15, 2003 (LA)
4 governorships
(including a recall election for California)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bill Owens Gary Locke
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat Colorado Washington
Last election 29 governorships (26 states) 27 governorships (24 states)
Seats before 29 (26 states) 27 (24 states)
Seats after 31 (28 states) 25 (22 states)
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 1,743,172 (not including California) 1,628,304
Percentage 51.70% 48.30% (not including California)
  Republican gain
  Democratic gain

The Republican Party had a net gain of two seats in 2003, picking up an open seat in Kentucky, removing a Democratic governor in California, and defeating a Democratic governor in Mississippi, while losing an open seat to the Democrats in Louisiana. The election cycle was unusual because every seat up for election changed hands. This was the last time a party made net gains in this cycle of governor elections until 2019.

Election results

A bolded state name indicates an article specific to that state's election.

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
California Gray Davis Democratic Recalled, 55.4%-44.6% Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) 48.58%
Cruz Bustamante (D) 31.47%
Tom McClintock (R) 13.41%
Peter Camejo (G) 2.8%
Full List
Kentucky Paul Patton Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Ernie Fletcher (R) 55%
Ben Chandler (D) 45%
Louisiana Mike Foster Republican Term-limited, Democratic victory Bobby Jindal (R) 33% (48% in runoff)
Kathleen Blanco (D) 18% (52% in runoff)
Richard Ieyoub (D) 16%
Buddy Leach (D) 14%
Randy Ewing (D) 9%
Hunt Downer (R) 6%
Mississippi Ronnie Musgrove Democratic Defeated, 45.81% Haley Barbour (R) 52.59%
John Cripps (Const.) 0.71%
Shawn O'Hara (Ref.) 0.46%
Sherman Dillon (G) 0.44%
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