New Colorado gubernatorial election, 2016

The 2016 New Colorado gubernatorial election was held on Saturday, 7 May 2016 to elect the the Governor of New Colorado Prefecture. The prefectural election was held on the same date.

The incumbent second-term governor, Karen Wu of the Social Democrats, did not seek a third term. Social Democratic candidate Shaneka Bhattarai defeated Liberal candidate Jim Rainier by a 7.4 percent margin, continuing the Social Democrats' dominance of the governor's office in New Colorado, with its six-term streak extending back to 1996. Bhattarai became the first female governor of South Asian heritage.