Rankings Week June 1, 2026 Updated Every Monday • IBM Quantum Verified

Governor Performance Rankings

The most comprehensive governor evaluation ever published. Every claim sourced. Every score earned. IBM Quantum verified.

Governors

263

Metrics Each

13,150

Scored Items

1,653

Max Points

SCOTUS Cases Cited

Data Defies the Narrative
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Party Average Comparison

Republican Average (26 governors)

52.9%

53%

Democrat Average (24 governors)

40.5%

41%

Week of June 1, 2026 • 50 governors • 263 metrics each

Next update: June 8, 2026

Click any governor to view their full 263-metric evaluation with all scored items, evidence citations, and data sources. New governors show inherited performance context from their predecessor.

#	Governor	State	Party	Score	Sec A Governance	Sec B Outcomes	Sec C Oath	Total
#1	Spencer Cox	Utah	R	69.6%	277	687	186	1150
#2	Kelly Ayotte	New Hampshire	R	63.1%	228	619	196	1043
#3	Brian Kemp	Georgia	R	62.7%	236	619	181	1036
#4	Kelly Armstrong	North Dakota	R	61.7%	236	614	170	1020
#5	Mark Gordon	Wyoming	R	58.6%	260	562	147	969
#6	Brad Little	Idaho	R	58.1%	227	558	176	961
#7	Greg Gianforte	Montana	R	57.4%	216	582	150	948
#8	Bill Lee	Tennessee	R	56.8%	238	533	168	939
#9	Jim Pillen	Nebraska	R	56.8%	231	568	140	939
#10	Mike Kehoe	Missouri	R	55.8%	220	573	129	922
#11	Ron DeSantis	Florida	R	55.6%	217	515	187	919
#12	Larry Rhoden	South Dakota	R	54.8%	226	523	157	906
#13	Mike Braun	Indiana	R	54.3%	217	529	152	898
#14	Mike DeWine	Ohio	R	54.3%	230	543	124	897
#15	Phil Scott	Vermont	R	54.1%	251	599	44	894
#16	Kim Reynolds	Iowa	R	52%	228	481	150	859
#17	Henry McMaster	South Carolina	R	51.2%	225	502	120	847
#18	Greg Abbott	Texas	R	50.9%	183	516	143	842
#19	Josh Stein	North Carolina	D	50.9%	225	593	23	841
#20	Jeff Landry	Louisiana	R	50.1%	219	515	94	828
#21	Kay Ivey	Alabama	R	50.1%	216	515	97	828
#22	Tony Evers	Wisconsin	D	49.2%	231	570	12	813
#23	Abigail Spanberger	Virginia	D	48.9%	219	589	0	808
#24	Ned Lamont	Connecticut	D	48.8%	244	536	27	807
#25	Gretchen Whitmer	Michigan	D	48.3%	209	597	-8	798
#26	Josh Shapiro	Pennsylvania	D	48%	249	526	19	794
#27	Janet Mills	Maine	D	47.9%	219	558	14	791
#28	Andy Beshear	Kentucky	D	47.7%	237	522	30	789
#29	Laura Kelly	Kansas	D	47.1%	238	518	23	779
#30	Joe Lombardo	Nevada	R	46.5%	242	460	66	768
#31	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Arkansas	R	46.3%	218	437	110	765
#32	Matt Meyer	Delaware	D	43.7%	234	473	16	723
#33	Bob Ferguson	Washington	D	43.2%	208	552	-46	714
#34	Kevin Stitt	Oklahoma	R	42.6%	184	429	92	705
#35	Mikie Sherrill	New Jersey	D	42.6%	223	494	-13	704
#36	Patrick Morrisey	West Virginia	R	42.4%	206	432	63	701
#37	Maura Healey	Massachusetts	D	41.9%	206	506	-20	692
#38	Jared Polis	Colorado	D	41.6%	230	453	4	687
#39	Wes Moore	Maryland	D	41.2%	206	491	-16	681
#40	Katie Hobbs	Arizona	D	40.8%	209	447	19	675
#41	Tate Reeves	Mississippi	R	38.1%	150	434	45	629
#42	Josh Green	Hawaii	D	37.5%	222	415	-17	620
#43	Dan McKee	Rhode Island	D	36.1%	223	413	-39	597
#44	Tim Walz	Minnesota	D	33.8%	167	422	-30	559
#45	Mike Dunleavy	Alaska	R	32.3%	201	324	9	534
#46	Tina Kotek	Oregon	D	32.2%	223	379	-70	532
#47	JB Pritzker	Illinois	D	30%	216	362	-82	496
#48	Michelle Lujan Grisham	New Mexico	D	27.8%	219	318	-77	460
#49	Kathy Hochul	New York	D	27.3%	209	309	-66	452
#50	Gavin Newsom	California	D	16%	153	255	-144	264

Scoring Framework

Section A: Governance
9 categories, ~100 metrics
Max: 300 points

Section B: State Outcomes
13 categories, key indicators
Max: 975 points

Section C: Oath Fidelity
4 categories, 126 items
Range: -378 to +378

Total possible: 1,653 points. Every metric sourced from government data, court records, and verified reporting. Full methodology →