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Election 1935 Results

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1935 Kentucky governor election

Happy Chandler (Democrat) beat King Swope (Republican) in Kentucky in 1935, 54.5% to 45.1%, a margin of 9.3 points and 95,158 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1931, when Ruby Laffoon won.

Democrats led in 76 of the 120 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 44. The largest, Jefferson, cast 137,454 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.6 points. The closest was Fleming, where 13 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Happy Chandler won Democratic 556,262 54.5%
King Swope Republican 461,104 45.1%
All other candidates 4,145 0.4%
Total1,021,511

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 76,926 56.0% 59,628 43.4% 900 137,454 D+12.6
Kenton 21,177 71.6% 8,182 27.7% 228 29,587 D+43.9
Fayette 12,692 45.2% 15,319 54.5% 86 28,097 R+9.3
Campbell 16,079 61.4% 9,954 38.0% 149 26,182 D+23.4
Pike 11,961 55.7% 9,481 44.2% 15 21,457 D+11.6
Harlan 11,800 55.2% 9,578 44.8% 21,378 D+10.4
Daviess 10,598 62.0% 6,410 37.5% 89 17,097 D+24.5
Boyd 7,840 51.1% 7,445 48.5% 66 15,351 D+2.6
Hopkins 8,319 55.7% 6,560 43.9% 55 14,934 D+11.8
Christian 7,929 54.1% 6,717 45.8% 15 14,661 D+8.3
Warren 8,811 60.9% 5,609 38.8% 45 14,465 D+22.1
Floyd 9,393 66.7% 4,686 33.3% 12 14,091 D+33.4
Madison 6,406 48.4% 6,742 51.0% 78 13,226 R+2.5
Pulaski 4,696 35.6% 8,431 64.0% 47 13,174 R+28.4
McCracken 9,157 69.8% 3,866 29.5% 89 13,112 D+40.4
Muhlenberg 6,204 48.9% 6,442 50.8% 46 12,692 R+1.9
Graves 9,936 79.8% 2,468 19.8% 41 12,445 D+60.0
Perry 6,474 53.7% 5,577 46.2% 14 12,065 D+7.4
Letcher 6,242 52.8% 5,548 46.9% 38 11,828 D+5.9
Whitley 3,081 26.7% 8,433 73.2% 14 11,528 R+46.4
Henderson 8,703 77.9% 2,345 21.0% 124 11,172 D+56.9
Bell 4,871 45.3% 5,807 54.0% 70 10,748 R+8.7
Barren 5,417 50.9% 5,187 48.8% 35 10,639 D+2.2
Logan 4,352 42.5% 5,840 57.1% 36 10,228 R+14.5
Ohio 4,494 44.6% 5,537 54.9% 55 10,086 R+10.3
Franklin 7,082 72.3% 2,700 27.6% 11 9,793 D+44.7
Knox 3,036 32.3% 6,353 67.5% 23 9,412 R+35.2
Mason 4,905 55.6% 3,862 43.8% 49 8,816 D+11.8
Webster 5,329 61.3% 3,335 38.3% 34 8,698 D+22.9
Greenup 4,360 50.8% 4,195 48.9% 28 8,583 D+1.9
Laurel 2,878 33.7% 5,642 66.1% 16 8,536 R+32.4
Hardin 5,051 59.6% 3,385 39.9% 43 8,479 D+19.6
Carter 3,507 42.6% 4,703 57.1% 27 8,237 R+14.5
Lincoln 4,034 50.2% 3,978 49.5% 30 8,042 D+0.7
Nelson 4,595 58.1% 3,291 41.6% 17 7,903 D+16.5
Bourbon 4,609 59.5% 3,124 40.3% 19 7,752 D+19.2
Johnson 2,820 36.5% 4,873 63.1% 30 7,723 R+26.6
Shelby 5,124 66.7% 2,526 32.9% 37 7,687 D+33.8
Clark 5,014 65.5% 2,612 34.1% 34 7,660 D+31.4
Breckinridge 3,281 43.9% 4,153 55.6% 42 7,476 R+11.7
Calloway 6,034 80.9% 1,412 18.9% 10 7,456 D+62.0
Boyle 4,339 60.1% 2,849 39.5% 32 7,220 D+20.6
Adair 2,989 41.6% 4,175 58.1% 16 7,180 R+16.5
Hart 3,528 50.0% 3,514 49.8% 18 7,060 D+0.2
Clay 1,657 23.7% 5,317 76.2% 6 6,980 R+52.4
Grayson 2,837 40.9% 4,083 58.8% 21 6,941 R+18.0
Harrison 4,608 67.9% 2,153 31.7% 28 6,789 D+36.2
Fleming 3,370 49.8% 3,383 50.0% 11 6,764 R+0.2
Magoffin 3,626 54.0% 3,086 46.0% 6,712 D+8.0
Mercer 3,858 57.6% 2,790 41.7% 47 6,695 D+16.0
Scott 4,291 64.6% 2,332 35.1% 22 6,645 D+29.5
Union 5,046 76.4% 1,541 23.3% 19 6,606 D+53.1
Wayne 3,055 47.3% 3,386 52.4% 21 6,462 R+5.1
Casey 2,407 37.3% 4,024 62.3% 24 6,455 R+25.1
Estill 2,876 45.4% 3,437 54.3% 16 6,329 R+8.9
Lawrence 2,907 46.2% 3,369 53.6% 13 6,289 R+7.3
Henry 4,257 69.2% 1,854 30.1% 41 6,152 D+39.1
Allen 2,461 40.0% 3,664 59.6% 21 6,146 R+19.6
Taylor 2,765 45.2% 3,307 54.1% 44 6,116 R+8.9
Todd 3,422 56.0% 2,667 43.7% 20 6,109 D+12.4
Breathitt 3,641 59.7% 2,437 40.0% 16 6,094 D+19.8
Marion 3,773 62.8% 2,215 36.8% 23 6,011 D+25.9
Caldwell 3,142 52.5% 2,836 47.4% 11 5,989 D+5.1
Trigg 3,096 52.4% 2,804 47.5% 8 5,908 D+4.9
Rockcastle 1,644 28.6% 4,108 71.4% 5,752 R+42.8
Morgan 3,818 66.4% 1,932 33.6% 5,750 D+32.8
Washington 2,778 48.8% 2,893 50.8% 20 5,691 R+2.0
Garrard 2,784 49.1% 2,867 50.5% 22 5,673 R+1.5
Jessamine 3,162 56.1% 2,449 43.4% 26 5,637 D+12.6
Lewis 1,737 30.9% 3,857 68.7% 20 5,614 R+37.8
Marshall 3,774 68.6% 1,711 31.1% 16 5,501 D+37.5
Woodford 3,182 60.4% 2,074 39.3% 16 5,272 D+21.0
Bath 2,790 55.1% 2,260 44.7% 9 5,059 D+10.5
McCreary 1,377 27.2% 3,663 72.5% 14 5,054 R+45.2
Montgomery 3,184 63.1% 1,853 36.7% 12 5,049 D+26.4
Butler 1,069 21.3% 3,930 78.4% 14 5,013 R+57.1
Owen 4,037 80.5% 961 19.2% 14 5,012 D+61.4
Fulton 3,414 68.8% 1,529 30.8% 21 4,964 D+38.0
Knott 3,455 71.3% 1,393 28.7% 4,848 D+42.5
Crittenden 1,855 38.8% 2,908 60.8% 19 4,782 R+22.0
Green 2,014 42.1% 2,743 57.4% 22 4,779 R+15.3
Simpson 3,364 70.4% 1,392 29.1% 23 4,779 D+41.3
Pendleton 2,895 60.7% 1,854 38.9% 21 4,770 D+21.8
McLean 2,850 59.9% 1,873 39.3% 37 4,760 D+20.5
Monroe 1,319 27.8% 3,419 72.0% 13 4,751 R+44.2
Grant 3,017 65.0% 1,580 34.1% 41 4,638 D+31.0
Rowan 2,120 45.9% 2,491 54.0% 3 4,614 R+8.0
Russell 1,512 33.4% 2,995 66.1% 26 4,533 R+32.7
Ballard 3,564 81.6% 761 17.4% 45 4,370 D+64.1
Jackson 478 11.0% 3,854 88.8% 8 4,340 R+77.8
Edmonson 1,398 32.8% 2,846 66.8% 17 4,261 R+34.0
Boone 3,092 73.0% 1,116 26.4% 26 4,234 D+46.7
Anderson 2,509 59.5% 1,680 39.9% 25 4,214 D+19.7
Metcalfe 1,757 41.8% 2,440 58.1% 4 4,201 R+16.3
Nicholas 2,494 60.7% 1,599 38.9% 18 4,111 D+21.8
Larue 2,430 60.4% 1,579 39.2% 17 4,026 D+21.1
Carroll 3,086 77.0% 912 22.7% 12 4,010 D+54.2
Bracken 2,449 61.1% 1,522 38.0% 38 4,009 D+23.1
Bullitt 2,713 69.4% 1,155 29.5% 44 3,912 D+39.8
Cumberland 1,008 26.1% 2,843 73.6% 10 3,861 R+47.5
Leslie 559 14.5% 3,285 85.5% 3,844 R+70.9
Lee 1,675 43.7% 2,150 56.1% 7 3,832 R+12.4
Hickman 3,026 79.8% 753 19.9% 11 3,790 D+60.0
Clinton 814 23.0% 2,722 77.0% 1 3,537 R+53.9
Livingston 2,076 58.9% 1,440 40.9% 9 3,525 D+18.0
Lyon 2,120 60.2% 1,389 39.4% 14 3,523 D+20.7
Meade 2,219 64.2% 1,218 35.2% 22 3,459 D+28.9
Wolfe 2,045 61.7% 1,270 38.3% 3,315 D+23.4
Oldham 2,315 71.1% 939 28.8% 4 3,258 D+42.2
Carlisle 2,488 80.1% 603 19.4% 17 3,108 D+60.6
Owsley 508 16.5% 2,565 83.4% 3 3,076 R+66.9
Martin 852 28.7% 2,104 70.9% 12 2,968 R+42.2
Hancock 1,302 47.0% 1,443 52.0% 28 2,773 R+5.1
Spencer 1,743 63.5% 999 36.4% 4 2,746 D+27.1
Powell 1,364 53.7% 1,171 46.1% 7 2,542 D+7.6
Elliott 1,704 71.8% 667 28.1% 2 2,373 D+43.7
Trimble 1,963 84.0% 344 14.7% 30 2,337 D+69.3
Gallatin 1,707 78.7% 462 21.3% 2,169 D+57.4
Menifee 1,412 66.1% 713 33.4% 11 2,136 D+32.7
Robertson 1,073 61.2% 666 38.0% 15 1,754 D+23.2

Counties as they stood in 1935; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Kentucky governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2023 Andy Beshear (D) D+5.1
2019 Andy Beshear (D) D+0.4
2015 Matt G. Bevin (R) R+8.7
2011 Steven L. Beshear (D) D+20.4
2007 Steven L. Beshear (D) D+17.4
2003 Ernest Fletcher (R) R+10.1
1999 Paul E. Patton (D) D+38.5
1995 Paul E. Patton (D) D+2.2
1991 Brereton C. Jones (D) D+29.5
1987 Wallace G. Wilkinson (D) D+29.6
1983 Martha Layne Collins (D) D+10.4
1979 John Y. Brown Jr. (D) D+19.0
1975 Julian Carroll (D) D+25.7
1971 Wendell H. Ford (D) D+6.2
1967 Louie B. Nunn (R) R+3.2
1963 Edward T. Breathitt (D) D+1.5
1959 Bert T. Combs (D) D+21.1
1955 Happy Chandler (D) D+16.6
1951 Lawrence W. Wetherby (D) D+9.2
1947 Earle C. Clements (D) D+14.8
1943 Simeon S. Willis (R) R+1.6
1939 Keen Johnson (D) D+13.0
1935 Happy Chandler (D) D+9.3
1931 Ruby Laffoon (D) D+8.9
1927 Flem D. Sampson (R) R+4.2
1923 William J. Fields (D) D+7.4
1919 Edwin P. Morrow (R) R+8.5
1915 Augustus O. Stanley (D) D+0.1
1911 James B. McCreary (D) D+7.1
1907 Augustus E. Willson (R) R+4.3
1903 John C.W. Beckham (D) D+6.0
1900 J. C. W. Beckham (D) D+0.8
1899 William S. Taylor (R) R+0.6
1895 William O. Bradley (R) R+2.5
1891 John Young Brown (D) D+9.7
1887 Simon B. Buckner (D) D+5.9
1883 J. Proctor Knott (D) D+19.9
1879 Luke P. Blackburn (D) D+19.2
1875 James B. McCreary (D) D+16.6
1871 Preston H. Leslie (D) D+17.2
1867 John Larue Helm (D) D+41.0