The first results in the midterm elections of Trump's second term changed the distribution of state governorships

In addition to the new order in Congress, the US people went to the polls to elect governors and local assemblies in 36 states.

Within the scope of the midterm elections, voters cast their votes to determine who will serve in the governorship seats, the highest position in the state government in the country.

In the USA, which has a total of 50 states, the state governorship table before the election consisted of 26 Republican and 24 Democratic governors.

In the midterm elections, ballot boxes were set up for a total of 36 state governorships, as elections had already been held in 14 states.

Democratic governors were on duty in 18 of the states where ballot boxes were held, and Republican governors were on duty in 18 of them.

The total number of Democratic governorships increased to 28

According to the announced results, Democrats won 22 of the 36 state governorships in the midterm elections.

Thus, Democrats increased the number of state governorships to 28, with 6 states in their hands.

Governorships in the states of Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Georgia, which were held by Republicans before the election, changed hands and fell into the hands of Democrats.

No ballot boxes were held in 6 governorships currently held by Democrats across the country.

For the first time in 16 years in the USA, Democrats will be in the governor's seat in 28 of the 50 states, more than half of them.

The total number of Republican governorships dropped to 20.

Republicans, on the other hand, won the elections in 12 of the 36 state governorships where ballot boxes were held.

Thus, the number of Republican governorships, which was 26 before the election, decreased to 20.

No ballot boxes were held in 8 governorships currently held by Republicans across the country.

Counting continues in 2 states

The results of the Kansas and Alaska governorship elections are expected to be announced soon.

According to the results reported in the press, Democratic governor candidates are leading the election in these states.

First black governor of Florida

There was a first in the governorship elections in Florida, which is among the "contested states" in the USA.

According to unofficial results, Republican Byron Donalds was elected as the state's first black governor, beating his Democratic rival David Jolly.

Texas's first Latina female governor

In the gubernatorial elections in Texas, the Republicans, who saw the state as their "stronghold", were defeated and a first in the history of the state was achieved.

Democrat Gina Hinojosa, who defeated her Republican opponent Greg Abbott at the ballot box, was elected as the first female governor of Latin American origin in the state's history.

Former Interior Minister became the country's first indigenous female governor

Deb Haaland, who served as Secretary of the Interior during the administration of former President Joe Biden, finished ahead in the governorship race in New Mexico.

Haaland thus became the first indigenous woman elected to the post of state governor in the history of the country.

Firsts in the governorship election

Keisha Lance Bottoms, one of the candidates of the Democratic Party, Georgia; David Crowley was elected as the first black governor of Wisconsin.

Democrat Xavier Becerra defeated Republican Steve Hilton to become the first Latino governor of the state of California since 1875, nearly 151 years later.

Republican Marsha Blackburn was elected as the first female governor of Tennessee, defeating Democrat Jerri Green.