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Election 1947 Results

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1947 Kentucky governor election

Earle C. Clements (Democrat) beat Eldon S. Dummit (Republican) in Kentucky in 1947, 57.2% to 42.5%, a margin of 14.8 points and 100,039 votes.

Kentucky changed party: in 1943 it went Republican, for Simeon S. Willis.

Democrats led in 88 of the 120 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 32. The largest, Jefferson, cast 112,462 votes and went to the Democrat by 6.0 points. The closest was Hancock, where 2 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Earle C. Clements won	Democratic	387,795	57.2%
Eldon S. Dummit	Republican	287,756	42.5%
All other candidates		1,928	0.3%
Total		677,479

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	59,417 52.8%	52,615 46.8%	430	112,462	D+6.0
Kenton	15,018 65.2%	7,992 34.7%	37	23,047	D+30.5
Campbell	11,568 54.3%	9,691 45.5%	40	21,299	D+8.8
Fayette	10,674 50.3%	10,372 48.8%	194	21,240	D+1.4
Pike	9,068 59.4%	6,186 40.5%	15	15,269	D+18.9
Boyd	6,741 53.7%	5,789 46.1%	25	12,555	D+7.6
Harlan	7,306 61.4%	4,589 38.6%	4	11,899	D+22.8
McCracken	7,201 65.7%	3,715 33.9%	52	10,968	D+31.8
Daviess	6,528 62.4%	3,916 37.4%	22	10,466	D+25.0
Warren	6,567 67.6%	3,130 32.2%	23	9,720	D+35.4
Pulaski	3,617 38.2%	5,836 61.6%	18	9,471	R+23.4
Floyd	6,748 73.4%	2,447 26.6%	4	9,199	D+46.8
Madison	4,934 53.7%	4,216 45.9%	44	9,194	D+7.8
Christian	4,983 58.0%	3,581 41.7%	33	8,597	D+16.3
Franklin	6,073 76.5%	1,854 23.4%	10	7,937	D+53.2
Graves	6,575 83.2%	1,310 16.6%	15	7,900	D+66.6
Hopkins	5,432 69.0%	2,419 30.7%	18	7,869	D+38.3
Bell	3,999 51.2%	3,791 48.6%	15	7,805	D+2.7
Perry	4,314 56.1%	3,348 43.6%	24	7,686	D+12.6
Muhlenberg	3,833 56.1%	2,982 43.7%	13	6,828	D+12.5
Whitley	2,250 35.1%	4,143 64.7%	10	6,403	R+29.6
Henderson	4,698 75.5%	1,496 24.1%	26	6,220	D+51.5
Barren	3,841 62.5%	2,299 37.4%	8	6,148	D+25.1
Logan	4,748 81.1%	1,094 18.7%	12	5,854	D+62.4
Greenup	3,228 56.9%	2,435 42.9%	10	5,673	D+14.0
Ohio	2,371 42.6%	3,179 57.1%	20	5,570	R+14.5
Letcher	3,145 56.7%	2,382 43.0%	17	5,544	D+13.8
Knox	2,321 42.5%	3,128 57.3%	6	5,455	R+14.8
Hardin	3,444 63.3%	1,968 36.2%	31	5,443	D+27.1
Mason	3,005 55.5%	2,393 44.2%	14	5,412	D+11.3
Laurel	1,995 37.3%	3,337 62.3%	22	5,354	R+25.1
Carter	2,314 44.8%	2,825 54.7%	22	5,161	R+9.9
Breckinridge	2,685 53.1%	2,328 46.0%	46	5,059	D+7.1
Adair	2,187 43.7%	2,801 56.0%	13	5,001	R+12.3
Hart	2,578 52.0%	2,353 47.4%	28	4,959	D+4.5
Union	4,442 90.4%	466 9.5%	4	4,912	D+80.9
Lincoln	2,684 55.2%	2,164 44.5%	15	4,863	D+10.7
Shelby	3,285 68.2%	1,525 31.7%	7	4,817	D+36.5
Grayson	1,962 41.9%	2,712 57.9%	13	4,687	R+16.0
Nelson	3,040 66.0%	1,550 33.7%	16	4,606	D+32.3
Casey	1,367 29.9%	3,196 69.8%	15	4,578	R+40.0
Clay	1,319 29.0%	3,204 70.4%	31	4,554	R+41.4
Johnson	1,892 42.2%	2,581 57.6%	10	4,483	R+15.4
Boyle	2,983 66.9%	1,469 32.9%	7	4,459	D+34.0
Calloway	3,588 81.5%	801 18.2%	15	4,404	D+63.3
Caldwell	2,539 59.0%	1,762 40.9%	5	4,306	D+18.0
Knott	3,850 89.6%	448 10.4%		4,298	D+79.2
Taylor	2,294 53.9%	1,951 45.9%	9	4,254	D+8.1
Fleming	2,366 55.7%	1,870 44.0%	13	4,249	D+11.7
Rockcastle	1,219 29.0%	2,974 70.8%	7	4,200	R+41.8
Wayne	1,851 44.3%	2,326 55.7%		4,177	R+11.4
Webster	2,972 73.5%	1,063 26.3%	7	4,042	D+47.2
Henry	2,848 71.4%	1,139 28.5%	3	3,990	D+42.8
Bourbon	2,650 66.9%	1,303 32.9%	9	3,962	D+34.0
Butler	1,465 37.8%	2,393 61.7%	22	3,880	R+23.9
Monroe	1,168 30.2%	2,695 69.7%	3	3,866	R+39.5
Clark	2,692 70.0%	1,150 29.9%	1	3,843	D+40.1
Magoffin	1,996 52.2%	1,829 47.8%		3,825	D+4.4
Scott	2,521 66.5%	1,266 33.4%	4	3,791	D+33.1
Green	1,740 46.5%	1,971 52.7%	30	3,741	R+6.2
Washington	1,986 53.4%	1,712 46.0%	20	3,718	D+7.4
Estill	1,726 47.2%	1,920 52.5%	14	3,660	R+5.3
Metcalfe	1,713 47.8%	1,855 51.8%	12	3,580	R+4.0
Allen	1,470 41.2%	2,096 58.7%	6	3,572	R+17.5
Jessamine	2,121 59.4%	1,436 40.2%	12	3,569	D+19.2
Breathitt	2,585 73.3%	940 26.7%	1	3,526	D+46.7
Trigg	2,661 75.5%	862 24.4%	3	3,526	D+51.0
Mercer	2,157 61.3%	1,351 38.4%	9	3,517	D+22.9
Garrard	1,661 48.7%	1,742 51.1%	7	3,410	R+2.4
Crittenden	1,565 46.0%	1,833 53.8%	7	3,405	R+7.9
Harrison	2,465 72.6%	924 27.2%	6	3,395	D+45.4
Rowan	1,867 55.3%	1,499 44.4%	8	3,374	D+10.9
Morgan	2,689 79.7%	684 20.3%		3,373	D+59.4
Marion	2,275 68.4%	1,030 31.0%	19	3,324	D+37.5
Bath	1,826 56.7%	1,382 42.9%	14	3,222	D+13.8
Lewis	901 28.5%	2,251 71.2%	8	3,160	R+42.7
Todd	2,379 76.8%	717 23.1%	3	3,099	D+53.6
Lawrence	1,599 51.6%	1,491 48.1%	7	3,097	D+3.5
Woodford	1,835 59.8%	1,223 39.9%	9	3,067	D+20.0
Edmonson	1,051 34.7%	1,965 64.9%	13	3,029	R+30.2
McCreary	836 27.7%	2,174 72.1%	6	3,016	R+44.4
Anderson	1,894 63.5%	1,084 36.3%	5	2,983	D+27.2
Marshall	2,078 69.8%	892 30.0%	8	2,978	D+39.8
Simpson	2,286 78.8%	612 21.1%	3	2,901	D+57.7
Carroll	2,260 78.9%	598 20.9%	5	2,863	D+58.1
Larue	1,687 60.0%	1,114 39.6%	9	2,810	D+20.4
Montgomery	1,809 64.7%	987 35.3%		2,796	D+29.4
Russell	1,079 39.1%	1,673 60.6%	10	2,762	R+21.5
McLean	1,764 64.0%	990 35.9%	4	2,758	D+28.1
Owen	2,277 82.6%	473 17.2%	5	2,755	D+65.5
Cumberland	810 29.6%	1,924 70.2%	6	2,740	R+40.7
Pendleton	1,513 58.2%	1,081 41.6%	7	2,601	D+16.6
Grant	1,665 65.2%	885 34.7%	2	2,552	D+30.6
Ballard	2,004 81.0%	464 18.8%	5	2,473	D+62.3
Oldham	1,576 64.1%	876 35.7%	5	2,457	D+28.5
Jackson	366 14.9%	2,072 84.6%	11	2,449	R+69.7
Meade	1,651 69.5%	722 30.4%	2	2,375	D+39.1
Nicholas	1,571 67.7%	742 32.0%	8	2,321	D+35.7
Bracken	1,526 66.0%	784 33.9%	3	2,313	D+32.1
Leslie	334 14.5%	1,961 85.3%	3	2,298	R+70.8
Lyon	1,526 66.4%	767 33.4%	5	2,298	D+33.0
Boone	1,617 71.0%	656 28.8%	5	2,278	D+42.2
Fulton	1,912 84.6%	345 15.3%	2	2,259	D+69.4
Livingston	1,431 66.1%	731 33.8%	2	2,164	D+32.3
Lee	879 42.5%	1,180 57.1%	7	2,066	R+14.6
Clinton	477 23.1%	1,582 76.6%	6	2,065	R+53.5
Hickman	1,426 70.6%	590 29.2%	5	2,021	D+41.4
Elliott	1,480 81.9%	321 17.8%	5	1,806	D+64.2
Owsley	287 16.2%	1,476 83.4%	7	1,770	R+67.2
Carlisle	1,393 81.5%	316 18.5%		1,709	D+63.0
Bullitt	1,263 74.3%	431 25.3%	7	1,701	D+48.9
Trimble	1,467 89.9%	161 9.9%	4	1,632	D+80.0
Hancock	812 49.9%	810 49.8%	6	1,628	D+0.1
Wolfe	1,192 74.0%	419 26.0%		1,611	D+48.0
Martin	514 32.4%	1,067 67.3%	5	1,586	R+34.9
Spencer	998 67.7%	475 32.2%	2	1,475	D+35.5
Powell	815 56.2%	633 43.7%	2	1,450	D+12.6
Gallatin	1,143 79.2%	298 20.7%	2	1,443	D+58.6
Robertson	737 65.3%	390 34.5%	2	1,129	D+30.7
Menifee	769 69.3%	339 30.5%	2	1,110	D+38.7

Counties as they stood in 1947; 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.

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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
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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

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