1979 Kentucky gubernatorial election

The 1979 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1979. Democratic nominee John Y. Brown Jr. defeated Republican nominee Louie Nunn with 59.41% of the vote.

1979 Kentucky gubernatorial election
November 6, 1979
 
Nominee John Y. Brown Jr. Louie Nunn
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 558,008 381,278
Percentage 59.41% 40.59%
County results
Brown:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Nunn:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
Governor before election

Julian Carroll
Democratic

 Elected Governor

John Y. Brown Jr.
Democratic

Elections in Kentucky
Government

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on May 29, 1979.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results
Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Y. Brown Jr. 165,188 29.14
Democratic Harvey I. Sloane 139,713 24.65
Democratic Terry McBrayer 131,530 23.21
Democratic Carroll Hubbard 68,577 12.10
Democratic Thelma Stovall 47,633 8.40
Democratic Lyle L. Willis 5,349 0.94
Democratic George Atkins 3,810 0.67
Democratic Doris Shuja Binion 2,580 0.46
Democratic John J. Weikel 2,436 0.43
Total votes 566,816 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results
Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Louie Nunn 106,006 79.09
Republican Ray B. White 19,414 14.49
Republican Elmer Begley Jr. 5,106 3.81
Republican Thurman Jerome Hamlin 3,499 2.61
Total votes 134,025 100.00

General election

Candidates
  • John Y. Brown Jr., Democratic
  • Louie Nunn, Republican

Results
1979 Kentucky gubernatorial election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic John Y. Brown Jr. 558,008 59.41%
Republican Louie Nunn 381,278 40.59%
Majority 176,810
Turnout 939,366
Democratic hold Swing

References
  1. "Primary Election". Elect.ky.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  2. "General Election". Elect.ky.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.