4 governor's races to watch on election night

There are 11 gubernatorial races down for determination connected Election Day, with 4 being competitive, according to the Fox News Power Rankings.

This year, up to 150 million Americans are expected to formed ballots successful the U.S. statesmanlike election, portion levers volition besides beryllium pulled for gubernatorial races and different down-ballot races.

1. Neck and cervix successful New Hampshire

New Hampshire is the astir hard governor's contention to telephone and is considered a toss-up, arsenic erstwhile Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte takes connected Democrat Joyce Craig, who served 3 two-year presumption arsenic politician of Manchester, New Hampshire's largest city.

New Hampshire is hardest to telephone and is considered a toss-up, arsenic erstwhile Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte, left, takes connected Democrat Joyce Craig, right, who served 3 two-year presumption arsenic politician of Manchester, New Hampshire's largest city. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images | REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)

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They are bidding to regenerate GOP Gov. Chris Sununu, a fashionable politician with a ample nationalist profile, who decided not to question re-election aft winning 4 consecutive two-year presumption arsenic the Granite State governor. Ayotte received Sununu's endorsement this summer.

Despite having a Republican governor, New Hampshire has voted for the Democratic campaigner successful each statesmanlike predetermination since 2004.

Ayotte is besides a erstwhile authorities lawyer wide who narrowly mislaid her Senate re-election successful 2016 aft breaking with former President Donald Trump pursuing the merchandise of the infamous "Access Hollywood" video. As she ran for her party's information for governor, Ayotte endorsed Trump this year.

Morse, facing an uphill situation against the higher polling and amended funded Ayotte, repeatedly questioned her blimpish grounds arsenic a legislator and her enactment for Trump.

The brace person clashed connected section issues including taxes, the opioid situation and lodging homelessness, arsenic good arsenic abortion. New Hampshire instrumentality allows abortions up to the 24th week of a pregnancy.

Craig has accused Ayotte of voting against termination rights and past changing her presumption to tally for governor, according to WBUR. 

Ayotte voted to de-fund Planned Parenthood arsenic a legislator and says she volition enactment the state’s close to determine the contented pursuing the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.

"I volition combat with everything I person to support New Hampshire's close to determine this contented and support our law," Ayotte said.

Fox News Power Rankings politician races. (Fox News)

2. Keep an oculus connected Indiana

In Indiana, Republican gubernatorial campaigner Sen. Mike Braun should person been capable to cruise to triumph against immoderate Democratic opponent. However, Braun’s hardline presumption connected termination has fixed Democrat Jennifer McCormick an opening. The authorities enacted a adjacent full prohibition connected termination 2 years ago, which McCormick argues is excessively extreme. 

Braun maintains that Indiana should beryllium a "right-to-life state. He was endorsed by erstwhile President Trump earlier May’s GOP primary, who took the Hoosier authorities by ample margins successful 2016 and 2020.

Braun is aiming to widen the GOP’s 20-year clasp connected Indiana’s governor’s bureau by defeating McCormick, a erstwhile Republican who divided with the enactment aft serving arsenic the state’s schools superintendent.

Sen. Mike Braun speaks astatine the U.S. Capitol connected March 6, 2024 successful Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The GOP has controlled Indiana’s governor’s bureau since Mitch Daniels defeated the precocious Gov. Joe Kernan successful 2004. Additionally, Democrats person not won a statewide bureau successful Indiana since 2012.

There are besides antithetic partisan dynamics astatine play. The GOP’s campaigner for lieutenant politician could interaction enactment for the Republican summons among moderates, and determination is simply a Libertarian connected the ballot.

Indiana’s politician contention has moved from Solid R to Likely R.

3. North Carolina could spot its archetypal Black governor

In the cardinal plaything authorities of North Carolina, existent Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson faces an uphill conflict to decision Democratic authorities Attorney General Josh Stein successful the conflict to regenerate Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who is term-limited and not allowed to tally for re-election.

The cardinal talking constituent successful the contention involves allegations that Robinson made controversial comments connected a porn website much than a decennary ago.

Robinson has denied saying those words, and Republicans began to region themselves from the campaigner afterward, portion astatine slightest 4 apical staffers resigned successful the aftermath of the report. Former President Trump endorsed Robinson earlier the March superior but besides began distancing himself.

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Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, pictured here, faces an uphill conflict to decision Democratic authorities Attorney General Josh Stein successful the conflict to regenerate Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. (Getty Images)

Stein has attacked Robinson for his stance connected abortion. Since Reconstruction ended successful the 1890s, North Carolina has lone elected 3 Republican governors.

If elected, Robinson would beryllium North Carolina's archetypal Black governor.

The contention is Likely D.

4. Trump foe apt to instrumentality Washington 

Longtime Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is hoping to support the governor’s mansion successful Democratic hands, portion erstwhile Rep. Dave Reichert is trying to go the state’s archetypal GOP politician successful 40 years. The Evergreen State has voted Democrat successful each statesmanlike predetermination since 1988.

Reichert, who served arsenic King County Sheriff for 33 years, is champion known for his relation successful capturing the Green River Killer, a notorious serial killer. His tenure arsenic sheriff and his consequent work successful Congress person been cardinal to his run messaging, positioning him arsenic a pugnacious connected transgression nationalist information candidate. 

Longtime Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is hoping to support the governor’s mansion successful Democratic hands. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

For his part, Ferguson’s run has been marked by his crisp disapproval of Reichert connected blistery fastener issues such as abortion, arsenic Ferguson has attacked the erstwhile Republican congressman for his erstwhile enactment for a nationwide termination prohibition arsenic retired of interaction with Washington's values. 

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Ferguson, has been the state’s lawyer wide since 2013. He came to nationalist prominence by repeatedly suing the Trump administration, including bringing the suit that blocked Trump’s archetypal question prohibition connected citizens of respective bulk Muslim nations.

Ferguson’s endorsements see salient authorities leaders similar U.S. Senate Pro Tempore Patty Murray and Gov. Jay Inslee.

Reichert faced an uphill conflict successful a authorities considered a Democratic stronghold.

Remaining races

Of the remaining gubernatorial races, Delaware is considered Solid D, portion Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, Vermont and West Virginia are Solid R.

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser, Matthew Richter and Jamie Joseph, arsenic good arsenic The Associated Press, contributed to this report.