Incumbent governor of Kaluga Oblast Vladislav Shapsha is running for a second term in office.

Mayor of Obninsk Vladislav Shapsha was appointed acting governor of Kaluga Oblast in February 2020, replacing four-term incumbent Anatoly Artamonov, one of the longest-serving governors in Russia, who resigned at his own request.

[1] A day later Shapsha appointed Artamonov to the Federation Council after the resignation of senator Yury Volkov.

[2] Shapsha ran for a full term and overwhelmingly won the election with 71.19% of the vote.

Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 5% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.