Republican Governors Association

All of the following states are members of the Republican Governors Association:

In addition to governors of U.S. states, the RGA also offers membership to Republican governors of U.S. territories.

36 gubernatorial races occurred during the 2018 election cycle. The elections were held on November 6, 2018, with Republicans losing a net of 7 governorships.{{cite web |url=https://www.rga.org/about/ |title=RGA |last=Haslam |first=Bill |date=16 May 2016 |access-date= 2018-02-19}}

In 2017, it sponsored a website The Free Telegraph to promote issues from the perspective of Republicans.{{Cite news|last=Chokshi|first=Niraj|date=2017-09-19|title=This New G.O.P. Publication Looks a Lot Like a News Website (Published 2017)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/us/republican-governors-association-free-telegraph.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030743/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/us/republican-governors-association-free-telegraph.html|archive-date=2020-11-12|issn=0362-4331}}

In the 2020 election cycle, 11 states and two territories held elections for governors. The elections were held on November 3, 2020, with Republicans gaining a net of one governorship, Montana, for state elections.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2020 gubernatorial election results|url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/governor|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101192336if_/https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/governor|archive-date=2021-01-01|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.cnn.com|language=en}} This marked the first time Montana elected a Republican governor in 16 years.{{Cite web|last=Muvlihill|first=Geoff|date=2020-11-03|title=Montana goes red; it's status quo in other governor races|url=https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2020/11/03/parties-fight-for-control-of-governors-posts-legislatures/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-13|website=WSLS|language=en}} Former Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, who was a member of the Republican Governors Association, lost reelection in Puerto Rico, meaning a net loss of one Republican governor for territorial elections.{{Cite web|last=Florido|first=Adrian|date=2020-08-16|title=Puerto Rico's Governor Loses Primary Bid For Full Term|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/16/903111430/puerto-ricos-governor-loses-primary-bid-for-full-term|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-13|website=NPR.org|language=en}}

36 gubernatorial races occurred during the 2022 election cycle. The elections were held on November 8, 2022, with Republicans losing a net of 2 governor ships and lost all territorial governorships.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

3 gubernatorial races occurred during the 2023 election cycle including Louisiana where Republican Jeff Landry was elected to succeed term-limited Democrat John Bel Edwards and took office in January 2024.

In the 18 months ending June 30, 2010, the RGA raised $58 million, while its counterpart DGA raised $40 million. "Unlike the national political parties and federal candidates, the governors' associations can take in unlimited amounts from corporations," according to Bloomberg, which notes that the RGA recently received $1 million from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, the parent corporation of Fox News, and $500,000 from WellPoint (now Anthem).{{cite news | first=Jonathan D. | last=Salant | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-08-16/republicans-set-for-gains-in-u-s-governors-races-as-funding-sets-record | title=Republicans See Gains in Governors' Races as Funding Hits Peak | work=Bloomberg News |date=August 16, 2010}}

In 2018, the Republican Governors Association announced that $63.2 million was raised in all of 2017, including $27.2 million raised in the final six months of the year, setting a new fundraising record that significantly eclipses the $52.5 million raised in 2013, the last comparable year.{{cite press release |author= |title=RGA Breaks Fundraising Records, Brings In $63 Million in 2017 |url=https://www.rga.org/rga-breaks-fundraising-records-brings-63-million-2017/ |location=Washington, DC |publisher=RGA |date=2018-01-31 |access-date=2018-02-19}}

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