15个州的选民选出了女性州长，在周二的选举中创造了纪录，民主党在选票上下各项竞选中取得了压倒性胜利。随着部分州长竞选结果仍未揭晓，预计至少有8位民主党女性将赢得竞选，两位共和党女性——阿肯色州州长莎拉·哈克比·桑德斯和田纳西州当选州长马莎·布莱克本——预计也将获胜。民主党女性在该党的关键摇摆州取得了历史性突破，前公共卫生官员艾米·阿克顿在俄亥俄州、州众议员吉娜·伊诺霍萨在得克萨斯州获胜，这两场竞选最初并不被认为具有竞争力。
Voters in 15 states have elected female governors, setting a record in Tuesday’s election as Democrats made sweeping gains in races up and down the ballot. With some governor’s races still unresolved, at least eight Democratic women were projected to win their contests, and two Republican women — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Tennessee Gov.-elect Marsha Blackburn — were projected to do the same. Democratic women made historic gains in battleground states for their party, with former public health official Amy Acton in Ohio and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa in Texas emerging victorious in races that were not initially expected to be competitive.
伊诺霍萨在胜选演讲中对支持者说：“我是里奥格兰德河谷的女儿，那里的人们体现了我们伟大州份的职业道德和价值观，没人会想到有一天，来自RGV的一个小女孩会站在你们面前，成为得克萨斯这个最伟大州份的下一任州长。但上帝有安排，得克萨斯人民也有安排。”阿克顿在俄亥俄州、伊诺霍萨在得克萨斯州、布莱克本在田纳西州、艾米·克罗布彻在明尼苏达州、海伦娜·福克斯在罗德岛州和凯莎·兰斯·博特姆斯在佐治亚州赢得了目前由男性担任的州长职位。
In her victory speech, Hinojosa told her supporters: “I am a daughter of the Rio Grande Valley, where the people embody the work ethic and values of our great state, where no one would have imagined that one day, a little girl from the RGV would stand before you here as the next governor of the greatest state, Texas. But God had a plan, and the people of Texas had a plan, too.”Acton in Ohio, Hinojosa in Texas, Blackburn in Tennessee, Amy Klobuchar in Minnesota, Helena Foulkes in Rhode Island and Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia picked up governorships currently held by men.
佐治亚州选民以博特姆斯的早早获胜拉开了历史性夜晚的序幕，这位前亚特兰大市长、前总统乔·拜登的顾问将成为美国历史上首位黑人女性州长。博特姆斯周二晚在胜选演讲中引用了1971年的歌曲《If I Were Your Woman》。“佐治亚，过去几天我一直说：如果我是你的女人，”她对支持者说。“好吧，现在我是你的女人了，我要做的是：我永远、永远、永远不会停止爱你们。谢谢你们，佐治亚，选我做你们的州长。”
Georgia voters led the historic night with an early victory for Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor and adviser to former President Joe Biden, who will become the first Black female governor in U.S. history. In her victory speech Tuesday night, Bottoms quoted the 1971 song “If I Were Your Woman.”“Georgia, I have said over the past few days: If I were your woman,” she told supporters. “Well, now I am your woman, and here is what I will do: I will never, ever, ever stop loving you. Thank you, Georgia, for electing me as your governor.”
在缅因州，汉娜·平格里预计将赢得州长竞选，在珍妮特·米尔斯两届任期后，让女性继续担任最高全州职位。在马萨诸塞州和纽约州，莫拉·希利和凯西·霍楚连任成功。
In Maine, Hannah Pingree was projected to win the governor’s race, keeping a woman in the highest statewide office after Janet Mills’ two terms. In Massachusetts and New York, Maura Healey and Kathy Hochul were re-elected.
包括俄勒冈州和新罕布什尔州在内的几场竞选在美东时间午夜后仍未宣布结果。但这些竞选也都由两位女性主要政党提名人角逐。此前女性州长同时在任的纪录为14人，这一纪录曾在去年短暂达到，随后在次年再次达成并得以维持，这是在弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格和新泽西州州长米基·谢里尔（均为民主党人）在2025年选举获胜后宣誓就职后实现的。
Several races — including those in Oregon and New Hampshire — remained uncalled after midnight ET. But those races also had two female major-party nominees competing. The previous record for female governors serving at once was 14, a mark that was reached briefly last year and achieved again and sustained in the next year, after Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, both Democrats, were sworn in following 2025 election wins.