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KY Constitution ..."The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor shall commence the
execution of the duties of their offices on the fifth Tuesday succeeding their election,
and shall continue in the execution thereof until a successor shall have qualified."

RACES [Show Primaries]
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Date Type Results
Nov 07, 2023 General Election
 Andy Beshear(I)
694,482
52.53%
 Daniel Cameron
627,457
47.46%
 Brian Fishback (W)
83
0.01%
Nov 05, 2019 General Election
 Andy Beshear
709,890
49.19%
 Matt Bevin(I)
704,754
48.84%
 John Hicks
28,433
1.97%
 Blackii Effing Whyte (W)
46
0.00%
Nov 03, 2015 General Election
 Matt Bevin
511,374
52.52%
 Jack Conway
426,620
43.81%
 Drew Curtis
35,597
3.66%
 Blackii Effing Whyte (W)
71
0.01%
 Gatewood B. Gatewood (W)
30
0.00%
Nov 08, 2011 General Election
 Steve Beshear(I)
464,245
55.72%
 David L. Williams
294,034
35.29%
 Gatewood Galbraith
74,860
8.99%
Nov 06, 2007 General Election
 Steve Beshear
619,552
58.71%
 Ernie Fletcher(I)
435,773
41.29%
Nov 04, 2003 General Election
 Ernie Fletcher
596,284
55.04%
 Ben Chandler
487,159
44.96%
Nov 02, 1999 General Election
 Paul Patton(I)
352,099
60.70%
 Josephine E. "Peppy" Martin
128,788
22.20%
 Gatewood Galbraith
88,930
15.33%
 Nailah Jumoke-Yarbrough
6,934
1.20%
 Hobert W. "Hoby" Anderson (W)
3,323
0.57%
Nov 07, 1995 General Election
 Paul Patton
500,605
50.88%
 Larry E. Forgy, Jr.
479,227
48.71%
 Gatewood Galbraith (W)
3,965
0.40%
Nov 05, 1991 General Election
 Brereton C. Jones
540,468
64.73%
 Larry J. Hopkins
294,452
35.27%
Nov 03, 1987 General Election
 Wallace Wilkinson
504,674
64.50%
 John D. Harper
273,141
34.91%
  Others (W)
4,639
0.59%
Nov 08, 1983 General Election
 Martha Layne Collins
561,674
54.50%
 Jim Bunning
454,650
44.11%
 Nicholas McCubbin
14,347
1.39%
Nov 06, 1979 General Election
 John Y. Brown Jr.
558,088
59.41%
 Louie B. Nunn
381,278
40.59%
Nov 04, 1975 General Election
 Julian M. Carroll(I)
470,159
62.84%
 Robert E. Gable
277,998
37.16%
Dec 28, 1974 Appointment
 Julian M. Carroll
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1971 General Election
 Wendell H. Ford
470,720
50.57%
 Thomas Emberton
412,653
44.33%
 A. B. "Happy" Chandler
39,493
4.24%
 William Smith
7,924
0.85%
Nov 07, 1967 General Election
 Louie B. Nunn
454,123
51.20%
 Henry Ward
425,674
47.99%
 Christian H. Glanz, Jr.
7,149
0.81%
Nov 05, 1963 General Election
 Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt
449,551
50.74%
 Louie B. Nunn
436,496
49.26%
Nov 03, 1959 General Election
 Bert T. Combs
516,549
60.56%
 John M. Robsion, Jr.
336,456
39.44%
Nov 07, 1955 General Election
 A. B. "Happy" Chandler
451,647
58.02%
 Edwin R. Denney
322,671
41.45%
 Robert H. Garrison
2,687
0.35%
 Jesse K. Lewis
1,483
0.19%
  Others
0
0.00%
Nov 06, 1951 General Election
 Lawrence Wetherby(I)
346,345
54.60%
 Eugene Siler
288,014
45.40%
Nov 27, 1950 Appointment
 Lawrence Wetherby
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1947 General Election
 Earle C. Clements
387,795
57.24%
 Eldon S. Dummit
287,756
42.47%
 W. A. Sandefur
1,928
0.28%
Nov 02, 1943 General Election
 Simeon S. Willis
279,144
50.49%
 J. Lyter Donaldson
270,525
48.93%
 Andrew N. Johnson
3,239
0.59%
Nov 07, 1939 General Election
 Keen Johnson(I)
460,834
56.51%
 King Swope
354,704
43.49%
Oct 09, 1939 Appointment
 Keen Johnson
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1935 General Election
 A. B. "Happy" Chandler
556,262
54.45%
 King Swope
461,104
45.14%
 W. E. Cissna
2,074
0.20%
 W. A. Sandefur
842
0.08%
 Herman Horning
678
0.07%
 John J. Thobe
551
0.05%
  Others
0
0.00%
Nov 03, 1931 General Election
 Ruby Laffoon
438,513
54.28%
 William B. Harrison
366,982
45.43%
 John J. Thobe
1,163
0.14%
 Herman Horning
1,148
0.14%
  Others
0
0.00%
Nov 08, 1927 General Election
 Flemon D. "Flem" Sampson
399,698
52.09%
 John Creps Wickliffe Beckham
367,576
47.91%
Nov 06, 1923 General Election
 William J. Fields
356,045
53.25%
 Charles I. Dawson
306,277
45.81%
 William S. Demuth
3,606
0.54%
 M. A. Brinkmar
2,647
0.40%
Nov 04, 1919 General Election
 Edwin P. Morrow
254,472
53.82%
 James D. Black(I)
214,134
45.29%
 G. D. Becker
4,221
0.89%
May 19, 1919 Appointment
 James D. Black
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1915 General Election
 Augustus O. Stanley
219,991
49.06%
 Edwin P. Morrow
219,520
48.96%
 Leander Lycurgus Pickett
4,201
0.94%
 Charles Dobbs
3,307
0.74%
 Fred J. Drexler
1,371
0.31%
Nov 07, 1911 General Election
 James B. McCreary
226,549
52.00%
 E. C. O'Rear
195,672
44.92%
 Walter B. Lanfersiek
8,718
2.00%
 J. D. Rodd
3,673
0.84%
 James H. Arnold
800
0.18%
 S. M. Payton
218
0.05%
Nov 05, 1907 General Election
 Augustus E. Willson
214,478
51.17%
 Samuel Wilbur Hager
196,428
46.86%
 Leander Lycurgus Pickett
6,352
1.52%
 Claude Andrews
1,499
0.36%
 James H. Arnold
381
0.09%
Nov 03, 1903 General Election
 John Creps Wickliffe Beckham(I)
229,014
52.12%
 Morris B. Belknap
202,862
46.17%
 T.P. Demaree
4,830
1.10%
 Adam Nagel
2,044
0.47%
 Alfred Schmitz
615
0.14%
Nov 06, 1900 Special Election
 John Creps Wickliffe Beckham(I)
233,052
49.87%
 John W. Yerkes
229,468
49.10%
 John D. White
2,269
0.49%
 A. H. Cardin
1,666
0.36%
 Walter T. Roberts
456
0.10%
 James Doyle
408
0.09%
Feb 03, 1900 Appointment
 John Creps Wickliffe Beckham
1
100.00%
Jan 31, 1900 General Election
 William Goebel
1
100.00%
 William Sylvester Taylor(I)
0
0.00%
Nov 07, 1899 General Election
 William Sylvester Taylor(I)
193,714
48.06%
 William Goebel
191,331
47.47%
 John Young Brown
12,140
3.01%
 John G. Blair
2,936
0.73%
 O. T. Wallace
2,346
0.58%
 Alfred Schmitz
615
0.15%
Mar 04, 1899 Appointment
 William Sylvester Taylor
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1895 General Election
 William O'Connell Bradley
172,436
48.29%
 Parker W. Hardin
163,524
45.80%
 Thomas S. Petit
16,911
4.74%
 T.P. Demaree
4,186
1.17%
Aug 03, 1891 General Election
 John Young Brown
144,168
49.85%
 Andrew T. Wood
116,087
40.14%
 S. Brewer Erwin
25,631
8.86%
 Josiah Harris
3,293
1.14%
Aug 01, 1887 General Election
 Simon Bolivar Buckner
144,619
50.73%
 William O'Connell Bradley
127,604
44.77%
 Fontaine T. Fox
8,394
2.94%
 A. H. Cardin
4,434
1.56%
Aug 03, 1883 General Election
 James Proctor Knott
133,615
59.97%
 Thomas Z. Morrow
89,181
40.03%
Aug 04, 1879 General Election
 Luke P. Blackburn
125,399
55.43%
 Walter Evans
81,881
36.19%
 Charles W. Cook
18,954
8.38%
  Others
1
0.00%
Aug 02, 1875 General Election
 James B. McCreary
126,976
58.31%
 John Marshall Harlan I
90,795
41.69%
  Others
2
0.00%
Aug 07, 1871 General Election
 Preston H. Leslie(I)
126,445
58.61%
 John Marshall Harlan I
89,298
41.39%
Feb 13, 1871 Appointment
 Preston H. Leslie
1
100.00%
Aug 03, 1868 Special Election
 John W. Stevenson(I)
115,520
81.28%
 R. Tarvin Baker
26,610
18.72%
Sep 06, 1867 Appointment
 John W. Stevenson
1
100.00%
Aug 05, 1867 General Election
 John L. Helm
90,216
65.70%
 Sidney M. Barnes
33,939
24.71%
 William B. Kinkead
13,167
9.59%
Aug 03, 1863 General Election
 Thomas E. Bramlette
68,422
79.63%
 Charles A. Wickliffe
17,503
20.37%
Aug 18, 1862 Appointment
 James F. Robinson
1
100.00%
Aug 01, 1859 General Election
 Beriah Magoffin
76,187
53.10%
 Joshua F. Bell
67,283
46.90%
Aug 06, 1855 General Election
 Charles Morehead
69,816
51.63%
 Beverley L. Clarke
65,413
48.37%
Aug 04, 1851 General Election
 Lazarus W. Powell
54,821
48.78%
 Archibald Dixon
54,023
48.07%
 Cassius M. Clay
3,531
3.14%
Jul 31, 1850 Acting
 John L. Helm
1
100.00%
Aug 07, 1848 General Election
 John J. Crittenden
66,466
53.38%
 Lazarus W. Powell
58,045
46.62%
Aug 05, 1844 General Election
 William Owsley
59,680
52.02%
 William Orlando Butler
55,056
47.98%
Aug 03, 1840 General Election
 Robert P. Letcher
55,370
58.27%
 Richard French
39,659
41.73%
Aug 27, 1839 Acting
 Charles A. Wickliffe
1
100.00%
Aug 01, 1836 General Election
 James Clark
38,587
55.86%
 Matthews Flournoy
30,491
44.14%
Feb 22, 1834 Acting
 James Morehead
1
100.00%
Aug 06, 1832 General Election
 John Breathitt
40,715
50.77%
 Richard A. Buckner
39,473
49.23%
Aug 04, 1828 General Election
 Thomas Metcalfe
38,940
50.46%
 William T. Barry
38,231
49.54%
Aug 02, 1824 General Election
 Joseph Desha
38,369
59.24%
 Christopher Tompkins
22,499
34.74%
 William Russell
3,900
6.02%
Aug 07, 1820 General Election
 John Adair
20,493
32.77%
 William Logan
19,947
31.89%
 Joseph Desha
12,518
20.02%
 Anthony Butler
9,585
15.33%
Aug 27, 1816 Acting
 Gabriel Slaughter
1
100.00%
Aug 05, 1816 General Election
 George Madison
47,442
100.00%
Aug 03, 1812 General Election
 Isaac Shelby
30,362
70.88%
 Gabriel Slaughter
12,474
29.12%
Aug 01, 1808 General Election
 Charles Scott
22,050
61.26%
 John Allen
8,430
23.42%
 Green Clay
5,516
15.32%
Aug 06, 1804 General Election
 Christopher Greenup
25,917
100.00%
May 06, 1800 General Election
 James Garrard(I)
8,390
39.40%
 Christopher Greenup
6,745
31.67%
 Benjamin Logan
3,995
18.76%
 Thomas Todd
2,166
10.17%
May 27, 1795 General Election
 James Garrard
16
30.77%
 Benjamin Logan
21
40.38%
 Thomas Todd
14
26.92%
 John Brown
1
1.92%
May 17, 1791 General Election
 Isaac Shelby
1
100.00%

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