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DEMOCRATS MAKE SWEEPING GUBERNATORIAL GAINS DURING TRUMP'S TWO TERMS IN OFFICE During Trump's first term, Democrats flipped governorships in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Nevada, Illinois, New Mexico, Maine, New Jersey and Kentucky. Republicans made two gains of their own, taking control of West Virginia in 2017 after Governor Jim Justice switched parties and flipping Montana in 2020. The trend has continued into Trump's second term, with Democrats making major gains in the midterms, flipping Republican-held governorships in Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa and Nevada. In Texas, Gina Hinojosa became the first Democrat elected governor since Ann Richards in 1990. Georgia also elected its first Democratic governor in nearly three decades, with Keisha Lance Bottoms becoming the first Democrat to win since Roy Barnes in 1998. Democrats broke long losing streaks in Ohio and Iowa, where the party had not won a governor's race since 2006. Nevada, meanwhile, returned to Democratic control after Republicans flipped the state in 2022. The results leave Democrats controlling a majority of governorships nationwide for the first time since 2010, a considerable change from January 2017, when Republicans held 33 governor's offices as Trump entered the White House.