2007 United States gubernatorial elections

Seats up for election. Republican incumbents are red, Democratic incumbents are blue, open Republican seats are pink, and open Democratic seats are light blue. States without a seat up for reelection are gray.

The U.S. gubernatorial elections of 2007, of which there are three, will be held on November 6, 2007. Governors comping up for re-election are Ernie Fletcher (R-KY), Kathleen Blanco (D-LA) and Hayley Barbour (R-MS). Of these three, Barbour is the most popular and can be expected to win re-election fairly easily. Both Fletcher and Blanco are unpopular; in Kentucky Fletcher's governorship has been embroiled in scandal while in Louisiana Blanco has taken the flack for the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the federal government's ill-preparedness to deal with casualties, 63% of Louisianans dissaprove of her.

Barbour currently has no obvious challenges. Both Fletcher and Blanco have some obvious challengers, in Kentucky, Congressman Ben Chandler, a Democrat who Fletcher defeated in 2003, could run again. Similiarly in Louisiana, Blanco's 2003 opponent Bobby Jindal, now a New Orleans Congressman, could run against her.

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