Eight black candidates in the home stretch of their gubernatorial campaigns in states across the country are vying for a win that would be historic, given there have been just five black governors, and only three elected, since the United States was established.
Three of the 2026 candidates are Republican, mounting campaigns in Florida, Minnesota, and Michigan. One of them, Byron Donalds in the Sunshine State, recently complained that the GOP campaigns have not received the attention their Democratic counterparts have received because of their party, stoking questions about what role race should play in the electoral process.
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