2026 polls

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2026 polls, newest first
Field dates	Race	Pollster	Sample	Results
Oct 15 to Oct 19, 2026	Texas Governor	Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research	1,398 Likely voters	52%Greg AbbottIncumbent 47%Gina Hinojosa
Oct 15 to Oct 19, 2026	Iowa Governor	co/efficient Partisan sponsor: Republican	863 Likely voters	49%Rob Sand 45%Zach Lahn
Oct 17 to Oct 19, 2026	California Governor	Emerson College	1,000 Likely voters	60%Xavier Becerra 33%Steve Hilton
Oct 17 to Oct 19, 2026	Texas Governor	Emerson College	1,000 Likely voters	49%Greg AbbottIncumbent 45%Gina Hinojosa 1%Pat Dixon
Oct 2 to Oct 19, 2026	Michigan Governor	Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research/YouGov	836 Likely voters	53%Jocelyn Benson 41%John James
Oct 15 to Oct 19, 2026	New York Governor	Quinnipiac University	1,167 Likely voters	55%Kathy HochulIncumbent 41%Bruce Blakeman
Oct 2 to Oct 19, 2026	New Hampshire Governor	University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGov	600 Likely voters	48%Kelly AyotteIncumbent 42%Cinde Warmington 3%Stephen Villee
Oct 12 to Oct 19, 2026	Florida Governor	University of North Florida	1,378 Likely voters	49%Byron Donalds 47%David Jolly
Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026	Alaska Governor	Alaska Survey Research	1,568 Likely voters	55%Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins 45%Bernadette Wilson
Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026	Michigan Governor	Marist University	Not stated Likely voters	51%Jocelyn Benson 45%John James
Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026	Ohio Governor	Marist University	Not stated Likely voters	50%Amy Acton 43%Vivek Ramaswamy
Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026	Nebraska Governor	National Public Affairs	598 Likely voters	47%Jim PillenIncumbent 41%Lynne Walz 5%Brett Lindstrom 3%Rick Beard
Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026	Texas Governor	Pollfinity	278 Senate-ballot respondents, registered voters	46%Gina Hinojosa 45%Greg AbbottIncumbent 2%Pat Dixon
Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026	Texas Governor	Slingshot Strategies	969 Likely voters	51%Greg AbbottIncumbent 48%Gina Hinojosa 1%Pat Dixon
Oct 14 to Oct 18, 2026	Massachusetts Governor	Suffolk University	500 Likely voters	59%Maura HealeyIncumbent 36%Michael Minogue 2%Andrea James
Oct 16 to Oct 18, 2026	South Carolina Governor	Trafalgar Group Partisan sponsor: Republican	1,095 Likely voters	53%Alan Wilson 37%Jermaine Johnson 4%Michael Addison 2%Walid Hakim
Oct 7 to Oct 18, 2026	Massachusetts Governor	University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGov	850 Likely voters	57%Maura HealeyIncumbent 29%Michael Minogue 4%Andrea James
Oct 15 to Oct 17, 2026	Georgia Governor	Quantus Insights	755 Likely voters	48%Rick Jackson 47%Keisha Lance Bottoms
Oct 8 to Oct 16, 2026	Alaska Governor	Data for Progress	629 Likely voters	53%Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins 47%Bernadette Wilson
Oct 10 to Oct 16, 2026	Tennessee Governor	Spry Strategies	635 Likely voters	44%Marsha Blackburn 32%Jerri Green 12%David Hatley 1%Lauren Pinkston
Oct 15 to Oct 16, 2026	Alabama Governor	The Alabama Poll	600 Likely voters	51%Tommy Tuberville 39%Doug Jones 4%Ronald Burnette Jr
Oct 7 to Oct 15, 2026	Georgia Governor	University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs	1,000 Likely voters	46%Rick Jackson 45%Keisha Lance Bottoms
Oct 2 to Oct 15, 2026	Florida Governor	YouGov	825 Registered voters	50%Byron Donalds 42%David Jolly
Sep 30 to Oct 14, 2026	Texas Governor	ActiVote	400 Likely voters	51%Greg AbbottIncumbent 49%Gina Hinojosa
Oct 9 to Oct 14, 2026	California Governor	University of California Berkeley Jack Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research/Verasight/TrueDot	909 Likely voters	55%Xavier Becerra 35%Steve Hilton
Oct 12 to Oct 13, 2026	Georgia Governor	InsiderAdvantage	800 Likely voters	49%Rick Jackson 47%Keisha Lance Bottoms
Oct 10 to Oct 12, 2026	Connecticut Governor	Emerson College	800 Likely voters	51%Ned LamontIncumbent 38%Ryan Fazio
Oct 6 to Oct 12, 2026	Connecticut Governor	GreatBlue Research	Not stated Likely voters	59%Ned LamontIncumbent 33%Ryan Fazio
Oct 8 to Oct 12, 2026	Iowa Governor	National Public Affairs	678 Likely voters	50%Rob Sand 45%Zach Lahn
Oct 8 to Oct 12, 2026	Connecticut Governor	Quinnipiac University	1,225 Likely voters	58%Ned LamontIncumbent 38%Ryan Fazio
Oct 8 to Oct 12, 2026	Minnesota Governor	SurveyUSA	718 Likely voters	48%Amy Klobuchar 41%Lisa Demuth 3%Steven Young
Oct 5 to Oct 12, 2026	Massachusetts Governor	University of Massachusetts Department of Political Science/YouGov	800 Registered voters	57%Maura HealeyIncumbent 32%Michael Minogue 6%Andrea James
Oct 6 to Oct 12, 2026	Iowa Governor	YouGov	2,245 Likely voters	50%Rob Sand 44%Zach Lahn
Oct 8 to Oct 11, 2026	Iowa Governor	Marist University	Not stated Likely voters	52%Rob Sand 45%Zach Lahn
Oct 8 to Oct 10, 2026	Florida Governor	Change Research Partisan sponsor: Democratic	920 Likely voters	47%Byron Donalds 47%David Jolly
Oct 4 to Oct 10, 2026	Florida Governor	MDW Communications	2,351 Likely voters	46%Byron Donalds 44%David Jolly
Sep 29 to Oct 9, 2026	Ohio Governor	Bowling Green State University/YouGov	1,000 Likely voters	50%Amy Acton 44%Vivek Ramaswamy 4%Don Kissick
Oct 5 to Oct 8, 2026	Rhode Island Governor	Embold Research	815 Likely voters	39%Helena Foulkes 28%Ken Block 17%Aaron Guckian 1%Jasjit Gotra 0%CD Reynolds
Oct 5 to Oct 8, 2026	Texas Governor	ReconMR/Siena University	617 Likely voters	48%Greg AbbottIncumbent 47%Gina Hinojosa
Oct 5 to Oct 7, 2026	Minnesota Governor	Mason-Dixon	800 Likely voters	50%Amy Klobuchar 41%Lisa Demuth
Oct 5 to Oct 7, 2026	Florida Governor	St. Pete Polls	836 Likely voters	45%Byron Donalds 45%David Jolly
Sep 22 to Oct 7, 2026	Connecticut Governor	Wesleyan University Survey Lab/YouGov	Not stated Likely voters	57%Ned LamontIncumbent 34%Ryan Fazio
Oct 1 to Oct 6, 2026	New York Governor	Beacon Research	820 Registered voters	53%Kathy HochulIncumbent 31%Bruce Blakeman
Oct 5 to Oct 6, 2026	Ohio Governor	co/efficient Partisan sponsor: Republican	925 Likely voters	45%Vivek Ramaswamy 43%Amy Acton 3%Don Kissick
Oct 5 to Oct 6, 2026	Iowa Governor	Emerson College	650 Likely voters	49%Rob Sand 45%Zach Lahn
Sep 29 to Oct 5, 2026	Iowa Governor	CNN/SSRS	801 Likely voters	51%Rob Sand 42%Zach Lahn
Sep 29 to Oct 5, 2026	Ohio Governor	CNN/SSRS	760 Likely voters	50%Amy Acton 42%Vivek Ramaswamy
Oct 3 to Oct 5, 2026	New York Governor	Emerson College	900 Likely voters	52%Kathy HochulIncumbent 40%Bruce Blakeman
Oct 2 to Oct 5, 2026	Nebraska Governor	National Public Affairs	800 Likely voters	44%Jim PillenIncumbent 40%Lynne Walz 7%Brett Lindstrom 5%Rick Beard
Sep 30 to Oct 5, 2026	Maine Governor	The Washington Post/George Mason University School of Policy and Government	800 Likely voters	49%Hannah Pingree 36%Bobby Charles 11%Rick Bennett

Texas Governor
- 52%Greg AbbottIncumbent
- 47%Gina Hinojosa
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research · Oct 15 to Oct 19, 2026 · 1,398 likely voters
Iowa Governor
- 49%Rob Sand
- 45%Zach Lahn
co/efficient · Oct 15 to Oct 19, 2026 · 863 likely voters · Partisan sponsor: Republican
California Governor
- 60%Xavier Becerra
- 33%Steve Hilton
Emerson College · Oct 17 to Oct 19, 2026 · 1,000 likely voters
Texas Governor
- 49%Greg AbbottIncumbent
- 45%Gina Hinojosa
- 1%Pat Dixon
Emerson College · Oct 17 to Oct 19, 2026 · 1,000 likely voters
Michigan Governor
- 53%Jocelyn Benson
- 41%John James
Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research/YouGov · Oct 2 to Oct 19, 2026 · 836 likely voters
New York Governor
- 55%Kathy HochulIncumbent
- 41%Bruce Blakeman
Quinnipiac University · Oct 15 to Oct 19, 2026 · 1,167 likely voters
New Hampshire Governor
- 48%Kelly AyotteIncumbent
- 42%Cinde Warmington
- 3%Stephen Villee
University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGov · Oct 2 to Oct 19, 2026 · 600 likely voters
Florida Governor
- 49%Byron Donalds
- 47%David Jolly
University of North Florida · Oct 12 to Oct 19, 2026 · 1,378 likely voters
Alaska Governor
- 55%Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
- 45%Bernadette Wilson
Alaska Survey Research · Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026 · 1,568 likely voters
Michigan Governor
- 51%Jocelyn Benson
- 45%John James
Marist University · Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026 · sample not stated
Ohio Governor
- 50%Amy Acton
- 43%Vivek Ramaswamy
Marist University · Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026 · sample not stated
Nebraska Governor
- 47%Jim PillenIncumbent
- 41%Lynne Walz
- 5%Brett Lindstrom
- 3%Rick Beard
National Public Affairs · Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026 · 598 likely voters
Texas Governor
- 46%Gina Hinojosa
- 45%Greg AbbottIncumbent
- 2%Pat Dixon
Pollfinity · Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026 · 278 Senate-ballot respondents, registered voters
Texas Governor
- 51%Greg AbbottIncumbent
- 48%Gina Hinojosa
- 1%Pat Dixon
Slingshot Strategies · Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026 · 969 likely voters
Massachusetts Governor
- 59%Maura HealeyIncumbent
- 36%Michael Minogue
- 2%Andrea James
Suffolk University · Oct 14 to Oct 18, 2026 · 500 likely voters
South Carolina Governor
- 53%Alan Wilson
- 37%Jermaine Johnson
- 4%Michael Addison
- 2%Walid Hakim
Trafalgar Group · Oct 16 to Oct 18, 2026 · 1,095 likely voters · Partisan sponsor: Republican
Massachusetts Governor
- 57%Maura HealeyIncumbent
- 29%Michael Minogue
- 4%Andrea James
University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion/YouGov · Oct 7 to Oct 18, 2026 · 850 likely voters
Georgia Governor
- 48%Rick Jackson
- 47%Keisha Lance Bottoms
Quantus Insights · Oct 15 to Oct 17, 2026 · 755 likely voters
Alaska Governor
- 53%Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
- 47%Bernadette Wilson
Data for Progress · Oct 8 to Oct 16, 2026 · 629 likely voters
Tennessee Governor
- 44%Marsha Blackburn
- 32%Jerri Green
- 12%David Hatley
- 1%Lauren Pinkston
Spry Strategies · Oct 10 to Oct 16, 2026 · 635 likely voters
Alabama Governor
- 51%Tommy Tuberville
- 39%Doug Jones
- 4%Ronald Burnette Jr
The Alabama Poll · Oct 15 to Oct 16, 2026 · 600 likely voters
Georgia Governor
- 46%Rick Jackson
- 45%Keisha Lance Bottoms
University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs · Oct 7 to Oct 15, 2026 · 1,000 likely voters
Florida Governor
- 50%Byron Donalds
- 42%David Jolly
YouGov · Oct 2 to Oct 15, 2026 · 825 registered voters
Texas Governor
- 51%Greg AbbottIncumbent
- 49%Gina Hinojosa
ActiVote · Sep 30 to Oct 14, 2026 · 400 likely voters
California Governor
- 55%Xavier Becerra
- 35%Steve Hilton
University of California Berkeley Jack Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research/Verasight/TrueDot · Oct 9 to Oct 14, 2026 · 909 likely voters
Georgia Governor
- 49%Rick Jackson
- 47%Keisha Lance Bottoms
InsiderAdvantage · Oct 12 to Oct 13, 2026 · 800 likely voters
Connecticut Governor
- 51%Ned LamontIncumbent
- 38%Ryan Fazio
Emerson College · Oct 10 to Oct 12, 2026 · 800 likely voters
Connecticut Governor
- 59%Ned LamontIncumbent
- 33%Ryan Fazio
GreatBlue Research · Oct 6 to Oct 12, 2026 · sample not stated
Iowa Governor
- 50%Rob Sand
- 45%Zach Lahn
National Public Affairs · Oct 8 to Oct 12, 2026 · 678 likely voters
Connecticut Governor
- 58%Ned LamontIncumbent
- 38%Ryan Fazio
Quinnipiac University · Oct 8 to Oct 12, 2026 · 1,225 likely voters
Minnesota Governor
- 48%Amy Klobuchar
- 41%Lisa Demuth
- 3%Steven Young
SurveyUSA · Oct 8 to Oct 12, 2026 · 718 likely voters
Massachusetts Governor
- 57%Maura HealeyIncumbent
- 32%Michael Minogue
- 6%Andrea James
University of Massachusetts Department of Political Science/YouGov · Oct 5 to Oct 12, 2026 · 800 registered voters
Iowa Governor
- 50%Rob Sand
- 44%Zach Lahn
YouGov · Oct 6 to Oct 12, 2026 · 2,245 likely voters
Iowa Governor
- 52%Rob Sand
- 45%Zach Lahn
Marist University · Oct 8 to Oct 11, 2026 · sample not stated
Florida Governor
- 47%Byron Donalds
- 47%David Jolly
Change Research · Oct 8 to Oct 10, 2026 · 920 likely voters · Partisan sponsor: Democratic
Florida Governor
- 46%Byron Donalds
- 44%David Jolly
MDW Communications · Oct 4 to Oct 10, 2026 · 2,351 likely voters
Ohio Governor
- 50%Amy Acton
- 44%Vivek Ramaswamy
- 4%Don Kissick
Bowling Green State University/YouGov · Sep 29 to Oct 9, 2026 · 1,000 likely voters
Rhode Island Governor
- 39%Helena Foulkes
- 28%Ken Block
- 17%Aaron Guckian
- 1%Jasjit Gotra
- 0%CD Reynolds
Embold Research · Oct 5 to Oct 8, 2026 · 815 likely voters
Texas Governor
- 48%Greg AbbottIncumbent
- 47%Gina Hinojosa
ReconMR/Siena University · Oct 5 to Oct 8, 2026 · 617 likely voters
Minnesota Governor
- 50%Amy Klobuchar
- 41%Lisa Demuth
Mason-Dixon · Oct 5 to Oct 7, 2026 · 800 likely voters
Florida Governor
- 45%Byron Donalds
- 45%David Jolly
St. Pete Polls · Oct 5 to Oct 7, 2026 · 836 likely voters
Connecticut Governor
- 57%Ned LamontIncumbent
- 34%Ryan Fazio
Wesleyan University Survey Lab/YouGov · Sep 22 to Oct 7, 2026 · sample not stated
New York Governor
- 53%Kathy HochulIncumbent
- 31%Bruce Blakeman
Beacon Research · Oct 1 to Oct 6, 2026 · 820 registered voters
Ohio Governor
- 45%Vivek Ramaswamy
- 43%Amy Acton
- 3%Don Kissick
co/efficient · Oct 5 to Oct 6, 2026 · 925 likely voters · Partisan sponsor: Republican
Iowa Governor
- 49%Rob Sand
- 45%Zach Lahn
Emerson College · Oct 5 to Oct 6, 2026 · 650 likely voters
Iowa Governor
- 51%Rob Sand
- 42%Zach Lahn
CNN/SSRS · Sep 29 to Oct 5, 2026 · 801 likely voters
Ohio Governor
- 50%Amy Acton
- 42%Vivek Ramaswamy
CNN/SSRS · Sep 29 to Oct 5, 2026 · 760 likely voters
New York Governor
- 52%Kathy HochulIncumbent
- 40%Bruce Blakeman
Emerson College · Oct 3 to Oct 5, 2026 · 900 likely voters
Nebraska Governor
- 44%Jim PillenIncumbent
- 40%Lynne Walz
- 7%Brett Lindstrom
- 5%Rick Beard
National Public Affairs · Oct 2 to Oct 5, 2026 · 800 likely voters
Maine Governor
- 49%Hannah Pingree
- 36%Bobby Charles
- 11%Rick Bennett
The Washington Post/George Mason University School of Policy and Government · Sep 30 to Oct 5, 2026 · 800 likely voters

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Polling data from VoteHub (https://votehub.com/polls/api/), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Records reformatted by Election Wrld.

“Incumbent” marks a name that exactly matches the current holder of that seat in our officials files. Some polls were fielded in 2025. Last poll added to our copy: October 30, 2026. The polls API returns the same rows as JSON, or as CSV with ?format=csv.