Assessing the U.S. Governors Elections, 2012

This is also my 900th post.

Jay Nixon's re-election as Missouri Governor were among the incumbent governors in the United States re-elected in Tuesday night's elections. Six incumbents faced re-elections, all six re-elected. Here are the following Governors re-elected to office on Tuesday night:

• Gary Herbert, Republican, Utah
• Jack Dalrymple, Republican, North Dakota
• Jay Nixon, Democrat, Missouri
• Peter Shumlin, Democrat, Vermont
• Earl Ray Tomblin, Democrat, West Virginia
• Jack Markell, Democrat, Delaware

Democrats were elected in three states-Washington, New Hamsphire and Montana-where Democratic governors are retiring. North Carolina's Governor-Elect, Pat McCrory is taking over for Bev Pardue, a Republican who is retiring and not electing to run for a second term due to low approval ratings late into her term.

Mitch Daniels' retirement due to the Indiana Republican Governor's term limits, resulted in another Republican, Mike Pence, in his seat after his win on Tuesday.

American Samoa and Puerto Rico also had gubernatorial elections on Tuesday night as well.

Republicans currently have 29 Governorships, compared to the Democrats' 20 after Tuesday night. One is unknown. These numbers are among the 50 states, excluding territories.