United States gubernatorial elections, 1997

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1997

November 4, 1997

3 governorships 2 states; 1 territory

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Republican	Democratic
Last election	32 governorships	17 governorships
Seats before	32	17
Seats after	32	17
Seat change	±0	±0

Republican holds

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4, 1997 in two states and one territory. Republicans retained both seats.

Summary of results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
New Jersey	Christine Todd Whitman	Republican	Re-elected, 47.1%	Jim McGreevey (Democratic) 46.0% Murray Sabrin (Libertarian) 4.7% Richard Pezzullo (Conservative) 1.5% Madelyn Hoffman (Green) 0.4% Michael Perrone (Independent) 0.3% Robert Miller (Socialist Workers) 0.1%
Northern Mariana Islands^[1]	Froilan Tenorio	Democratic	Defeated, 27.27%	Pedro Tenorio (Republican) 46.47% Jesse Borja (Independent) 26.26%
Virginia	George Allen	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Jim Gilmore (Republican) 55.8% Don Beyer (Democratic) 42.6% Sue DeBauche (Reform) 1.5%

Note: Candidates' vote percentages rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent. Candidates earning 0.05% or more of the vote are included.

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