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Election 1955 Results

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1955 Kentucky governor election

Happy Chandler (Democrat) beat Edwin R. Denney (Republican) in Kentucky in 1955, 58.0% to 41.4%, a margin of 16.6 points and 128,976 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1951, when Lawrence W. Wetherby won.

Democrats led in 86 of the 120 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 34. The largest, Jefferson, cast 132,829 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.7 points. The closest was Estill, where 42 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
Happy Chandler won	Democratic	451,647	58.0%
Edwin R. Denney	Republican	322,671	41.4%
All other candidates		4,170	0.5%
Total		778,488

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	67,749 51.0%	64,158 48.3%	922	132,829	D+2.7
Fayette	15,569 59.0%	10,571 40.0%	264	26,404	D+18.9
Kenton	14,705 63.4%	8,359 36.0%	141	23,205	D+27.3
Campbell	11,133 54.2%	9,295 45.3%	111	20,539	D+8.9
Pike	10,359 60.9%	6,620 38.9%	38	17,017	D+22.0
Boyd	7,900 55.4%	6,298 44.2%	60	14,258	D+11.2
McCracken	8,348 66.9%	4,052 32.5%	81	12,481	D+34.4
Pulaski	4,994 41.4%	7,029 58.3%	37	12,060	R+16.9
Warren	8,289 68.9%	3,679 30.6%	67	12,035	D+38.3
Harlan	6,076 52.2%	5,528 47.5%	46	11,650	D+4.7
Daviess	7,154 62.5%	4,135 36.1%	153	11,442	D+26.4
Graves	9,093 80.8%	2,139 19.0%	26	11,258	D+61.8
Hopkins	7,393 73.5%	2,605 25.9%	59	10,057	D+47.6
Franklin	8,145 81.1%	1,844 18.4%	60	10,049	D+62.7
Floyd	6,080 60.8%	3,883 38.8%	42	10,005	D+22.0
Bell	4,617 49.3%	4,720 50.4%	34	9,371	R+1.1
Madison	5,040 54.4%	4,145 44.7%	79	9,264	D+9.7
Henderson	7,135 82.3%	1,453 16.8%	86	8,674	D+65.5
Christian	5,668 65.8%	2,915 33.8%	30	8,613	D+32.0
Perry	4,261 50.9%	4,080 48.7%	30	8,371	D+2.2
Whitley	2,874 36.8%	4,911 62.8%	31	7,816	R+26.1
Muhlenberg	4,384 58.2%	3,126 41.5%	25	7,535	D+16.7
Laurel	2,795 38.9%	4,378 60.9%	12	7,185	R+22.0
Letcher	4,264 59.7%	2,850 39.9%	33	7,147	D+19.8
Barren	4,530 64.6%	2,459 35.0%	28	7,017	D+29.5
Greenup	4,044 58.0%	2,897 41.5%	32	6,973	D+16.4
Hardin	4,130 63.0%	2,385 36.4%	41	6,556	D+26.6
Carter	3,256 50.1%	3,195 49.1%	53	6,504	D+0.9
Calloway	5,164 80.5%	1,238 19.3%	11	6,413	D+61.2
Johnson	2,620 41.4%	3,690 58.3%	19	6,329	R+16.9
Logan	5,002 80.5%	1,194 19.2%	15	6,211	D+61.3
Knox	2,757 44.7%	3,395 55.1%	10	6,162	R+10.4
Mason	3,700 62.1%	2,231 37.4%	28	5,959	D+24.7
Ohio	2,677 45.1%	3,238 54.5%	24	5,939	R+9.4
Adair	2,673 45.9%	3,136 53.8%	17	5,826	R+7.9
Hart	3,243 57.4%	2,380 42.1%	27	5,650	D+15.3
Wayne	1,778 32.8%	3,614 66.7%	27	5,419	R+33.9
Breckinridge	2,791 51.6%	2,586 47.9%	27	5,404	D+3.8
Grayson	2,357 44.2%	2,957 55.4%	23	5,337	R+11.2
Taylor	2,595 49.2%	2,658 50.4%	24	5,277	R+1.2
Boyle	3,308 63.1%	1,896 36.2%	39	5,243	D+26.9
Lincoln	2,746 52.5%	2,462 47.1%	18	5,226	D+5.4
Shelby	3,898 75.3%	1,261 24.4%	19	5,178	D+50.9
Nelson	3,610 70.7%	1,472 28.8%	21	5,103	D+41.9
Marion	3,672 73.1%	1,251 24.9%	97	5,020	D+48.2
Fleming	2,952 59.7%	1,970 39.8%	25	4,947	D+19.9
Clark	3,467 73.1%	1,259 26.6%	15	4,741	D+46.6
Casey	1,474 31.8%	3,137 67.8%	19	4,630	R+35.9
Mercer	2,820 61.3%	1,761 38.3%	21	4,602	D+23.0
Lawrence	2,737 60.4%	1,787 39.4%	6	4,530	D+21.0
Knott	3,459 77.1%	1,022 22.8%	5	4,486	D+54.3
Caldwell	2,462 55.1%	1,994 44.6%	13	4,469	D+10.5
Rockcastle	1,332 30.3%	3,045 69.3%	19	4,396	R+39.0
Breathitt	3,039 69.2%	1,339 30.5%	14	4,392	D+38.7
Bourbon	3,213 74.0%	1,095 25.2%	34	4,342	D+48.8
Clay	2,222 52.1%	2,013 47.2%	26	4,261	D+4.9
Morgan	2,988 70.7%	1,236 29.2%	3	4,227	D+41.4
Lewis	1,480 36.4%	2,573 63.3%	11	4,064	R+26.9
Marshall	2,993 73.8%	1,049 25.9%	16	4,058	D+47.9
Estill	1,993 49.3%	2,035 50.3%	17	4,045	R+1.0
Harrison	2,899 71.7%	1,119 27.7%	25	4,043	D+44.0
Green	1,738 43.1%	2,270 56.2%	28	4,036	R+13.2
Montgomery	2,730 67.7%	1,295 32.1%	5	4,030	D+35.6
Metcalfe	1,796 44.8%	2,192 54.7%	17	4,005	R+9.9
Webster	3,008 75.5%	956 24.0%	19	3,983	D+51.5
Henry	2,888 72.6%	1,074 27.0%	18	3,980	D+45.6
Magoffin	1,919 48.3%	2,043 51.4%	12	3,974	R+3.1
Allen	1,867 47.1%	2,075 52.3%	23	3,965	R+5.2
Bath	2,241 56.8%	1,691 42.8%	15	3,947	D+13.9
Rowan	2,319 59.4%	1,565 40.1%	19	3,903	D+19.3
Woodford	3,063 78.5%	817 20.9%	20	3,900	D+57.6
Scott	2,899 75.6%	904 23.6%	33	3,836	D+52.0
Russell	1,489 39.3%	2,290 60.4%	12	3,791	R+21.1
Union	2,917 77.0%	863 22.8%	10	3,790	D+54.2
Todd	2,778 73.9%	968 25.7%	14	3,760	D+48.1
Monroe	1,249 33.3%	2,497 66.5%	10	3,756	R+33.2
Jessamine	2,412 64.3%	1,246 33.2%	93	3,751	D+31.1
Washington	2,164 58.1%	1,547 41.5%	15	3,726	D+16.6
Boone	2,409 64.9%	1,280 34.5%	22	3,711	D+30.4
Garrard	1,643 45.6%	1,930 53.6%	28	3,601	R+8.0
Butler	1,293 36.2%	2,271 63.5%	10	3,574	R+27.4
Clinton	991 28.6%	2,454 70.9%	14	3,459	R+42.3
Owen	2,757 80.3%	668 19.5%	7	3,432	D+60.9
Larue	2,198 66.8%	1,082 32.9%	8	3,288	D+33.9
Anderson	2,267 69.2%	1,003 30.6%	7	3,277	D+38.6
Jackson	866 26.5%	2,394 73.3%	7	3,267	R+46.8
Cumberland	1,319 41.0%	1,888 58.7%	10	3,217	R+17.7
Crittenden	1,319 41.6%	1,832 57.7%	22	3,173	R+16.2
Grant	2,125 67.8%	995 31.8%	12	3,132	D+36.1
Pendleton	1,667 53.3%	1,445 46.2%	18	3,130	D+7.1
Trigg	2,280 73.1%	825 26.4%	15	3,120	D+46.6
McCreary	897 29.9%	2,089 69.7%	11	2,997	R+39.8
Leslie	1,206 40.5%	1,767 59.3%	7	2,980	R+18.8
Fulton	2,492 86.6%	377 13.1%	7	2,876	D+73.5
Edmonson	1,183 41.2%	1,680 58.5%	11	2,874	R+17.3
Hickman	2,563 90.4%	264 9.3%	7	2,834	D+81.1
Simpson	2,038 72.0%	779 27.5%	14	2,831	D+44.5
Oldham	1,790 63.9%	986 35.2%	24	2,800	D+28.7
McLean	1,756 63.6%	982 35.6%	22	2,760	D+28.0
Ballard	2,304 83.9%	431 15.7%	11	2,746	D+68.2
Carroll	1,911 72.4%	714 27.1%	14	2,639	D+45.4
Elliott	1,823 70.2%	769 29.6%	4	2,596	D+40.6
Livingston	1,646 64.1%	917 35.7%	5	2,568	D+28.4
Meade	1,695 66.4%	843 33.0%	14	2,552	D+33.4
Bullitt	1,666 68.5%	737 30.3%	30	2,433	D+38.2
Bracken	1,445 59.8%	958 39.7%	13	2,416	D+20.2
Wolfe	1,807 76.2%	562 23.7%	3	2,372	D+52.5
Lyon	1,531 66.4%	766 33.2%	8	2,305	D+33.2
Lee	1,043 45.4%	1,243 54.1%	12	2,298	R+8.7
Powell	1,139 53.5%	976 45.9%	12	2,127	D+7.7
Martin	971 46.0%	1,126 53.3%	14	2,111	R+7.3
Carlisle	1,764 86.0%	285 13.9%	3	2,052	D+72.1
Nicholas	1,418 73.2%	509 26.3%	9	1,936	D+47.0
Hancock	879 47.7%	958 52.0%	5	1,842	R+4.3
Menifee	1,091 69.8%	469 30.0%	3	1,563	D+39.8
Owsley	627 40.2%	930 59.7%	2	1,559	R+19.4
Spencer	1,154 75.0%	382 24.8%	3	1,539	D+50.2
Trimble	1,218 81.5%	262 17.5%	15	1,495	D+63.9
Gallatin	1,183 79.6%	298 20.1%	5	1,486	D+59.6
Robertson	690 60.4%	450 39.4%	3	1,143	D+21.0

Counties as they stood in 1955; 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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1939	Keen Johnson (D)	D+13.0
1935	Happy Chandler (D)	D+9.3
1931	Ruby Laffoon (D)	D+8.9
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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
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1895	William O. Bradley (R)	R+2.5
1891	John Young Brown (D)	D+9.7
1887	Simon B. Buckner (D)	D+5.9
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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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