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Election 1971 Results

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1971 Kentucky governor election

Wendell H. Ford (Democrat) beat Thomas Emberton (Republican) in Kentucky in 1971, 50.6% to 44.3%, a margin of 6.2 points and 58,069 votes.

Kentucky changed party: in 1967 it went Republican, for Louie B. Nunn.

Democrats led in 84 of the 120 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 36. The largest, Jefferson, cast 176,654 votes and went to the Republican by 3.4 points. The closest was Caldwell, where 18 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
Wendell H. Ford won Democratic 470,722 50.6%
Thomas Emberton Republican 412,653 44.3%
All other candidates 47,417 5.1%
Total930,792

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 77,695 44.0% 83,722 47.4% 15,237 176,654 R+3.4
Fayette 15,779 36.5% 19,902 46.0% 7,542 43,223 R+9.5
Kenton 16,559 54.2% 12,913 42.3% 1,058 30,530 D+11.9
Campbell 11,365 49.3% 10,994 47.7% 692 23,051 D+1.6
Daviess 14,919 67.6% 6,752 30.6% 412 22,083 D+37.0
Pike 11,593 58.5% 8,059 40.7% 154 19,806 D+17.8
McCracken 9,668 59.3% 5,881 36.1% 747 16,296 D+23.2
Warren 8,522 53.8% 7,099 44.8% 211 15,832 D+9.0
Boyd 7,908 50.5% 7,476 47.7% 286 15,670 D+2.8
Franklin 8,042 60.3% 4,493 33.7% 795 13,330 D+26.6
Floyd 8,633 66.1% 4,272 32.7% 157 13,062 D+33.4
Pulaski 4,639 36.1% 7,951 61.9% 255 12,845 R+25.8
Harlan 6,167 54.9% 4,844 43.1% 220 11,231 D+11.8
Hardin 5,493 51.0% 4,435 41.1% 852 10,780 D+9.8
Christian 6,789 63.7% 3,680 34.5% 184 10,653 D+29.2
Greenup 5,935 55.8% 4,582 43.0% 127 10,644 D+12.7
Madison 5,175 49.9% 4,533 43.7% 661 10,369 D+6.2
Graves 6,769 67.6% 2,878 28.7% 369 10,016 D+38.8
Barren 5,104 51.0% 4,825 48.2% 72 10,001 D+2.8
Hopkins 5,925 62.5% 3,427 36.1% 133 9,485 D+26.3
Bell 4,519 48.4% 4,696 50.3% 120 9,335 R+1.9
Muhlenberg 5,214 56.6% 3,884 42.2% 109 9,207 D+14.4
Henderson 5,783 66.3% 2,749 31.5% 184 8,716 D+34.8
Laurel 3,057 35.7% 5,322 62.2% 176 8,555 R+26.5
Perry 4,269 53.2% 3,594 44.8% 154 8,017 D+8.4
Whitley 3,021 38.1% 4,768 60.1% 147 7,936 R+22.0
Calloway 4,763 62.6% 2,609 34.3% 236 7,608 D+28.3
Boone 4,003 53.8% 3,173 42.6% 267 7,443 D+11.2
Marshall 4,471 63.7% 2,288 32.6% 265 7,024 D+31.1
Letcher 3,961 56.4% 2,960 42.1% 102 7,023 D+14.3
Clay 3,143 45.8% 3,684 53.7% 39 6,866 R+7.9
Johnson 2,702 39.9% 4,017 59.3% 55 6,774 R+19.4
Knox 2,850 42.2% 3,832 56.7% 79 6,761 R+14.5
Logan 4,001 60.5% 2,434 36.8% 174 6,609 D+23.7
Hart 3,467 53.8% 2,922 45.3% 57 6,446 D+8.5
Boyle 3,461 55.7% 2,223 35.8% 525 6,209 D+19.9
Carter 3,145 50.8% 2,929 47.3% 114 6,188 D+3.5
Taylor 2,744 44.8% 3,253 53.1% 128 6,125 R+8.3
Grayson 2,507 41.0% 3,440 56.3% 161 6,108 R+15.3
Nelson 3,637 60.2% 2,047 33.9% 358 6,042 D+26.3
Ohio 2,722 45.7% 3,175 53.3% 58 5,955 R+7.6
Adair 2,273 38.7% 3,519 59.9% 84 5,876 R+21.2
Mason 3,341 56.9% 2,390 40.7% 143 5,874 D+16.2
Lincoln 2,525 44.2% 2,682 47.0% 504 5,711 R+2.7
Breckinridge 2,889 51.6% 2,584 46.1% 127 5,600 D+5.4
Wayne 2,530 45.7% 2,942 53.2% 61 5,533 R+7.4
Bullitt 3,223 58.4% 1,722 31.2% 574 5,519 D+27.2
Clark 3,029 55.8% 1,925 35.4% 477 5,431 D+20.3
Breathitt 3,477 65.9% 1,719 32.6% 78 5,274 D+33.3
Mercer 2,557 49.0% 2,221 42.6% 438 5,216 D+6.4
Monroe 1,225 23.7% 3,927 75.9% 22 5,174 R+52.2
Marion 2,815 54.8% 2,025 39.4% 301 5,141 D+15.4
Russell 1,907 37.3% 3,153 61.6% 59 5,119 R+24.3
Shelby 2,482 49.8% 2,081 41.7% 423 4,986 D+8.0
Casey 1,480 30.0% 3,226 65.4% 225 4,931 R+35.4
Green 1,758 36.1% 3,039 62.5% 69 4,866 R+26.3
Rowan 2,686 55.6% 1,921 39.8% 223 4,830 D+15.8
Allen 2,094 45.4% 2,457 53.2% 64 4,615 R+7.9
Caldwell 2,172 47.4% 2,154 47.0% 255 4,581 D+0.4
Magoffin 2,399 52.4% 2,146 46.9% 33 4,578 D+5.5
Lewis 1,733 38.0% 2,766 60.7% 60 4,559 R+22.7
Bourbon 2,549 56.7% 1,531 34.1% 413 4,493 D+22.7
Fleming 2,298 52.2% 1,934 43.9% 170 4,402 D+8.3
Jessamine 1,827 41.7% 1,692 38.6% 862 4,381 D+3.1
Knott 3,307 75.8% 990 22.7% 65 4,362 D+53.1
Webster 3,150 72.6% 1,110 25.6% 78 4,338 D+47.0
Montgomery 2,521 59.0% 1,458 34.1% 294 4,273 D+24.9
Woodford 1,677 39.9% 1,355 32.2% 1,176 4,208 D+7.7
Estill 1,813 43.5% 2,147 51.5% 210 4,170 R+8.0
Garrard 1,678 40.6% 2,274 55.0% 182 4,134 R+14.4
Union 2,938 71.3% 1,086 26.4% 94 4,118 D+45.0
Scott 2,033 49.6% 1,414 34.5% 655 4,102 D+15.1
Larue 2,086 51.0% 1,868 45.7% 136 4,090 D+5.3
Rockcastle 1,180 29.1% 2,617 64.4% 264 4,061 R+35.4
Washington 2,007 49.5% 1,812 44.7% 237 4,056 D+4.8
Lawrence 2,067 51.3% 1,908 47.4% 52 4,027 D+3.9
Metcalfe 1,622 40.7% 2,341 58.8% 18 3,981 R+18.1
Butler 1,411 35.5% 2,540 63.9% 21 3,972 R+28.4
Bath 2,323 58.9% 1,387 35.2% 231 3,941 D+23.8
Morgan 2,609 66.4% 1,279 32.6% 40 3,928 D+33.9
Clinton 1,201 31.4% 2,596 67.9% 27 3,824 R+36.5
Harrison 2,392 63.2% 1,195 31.6% 196 3,783 D+31.6
Edmonson 1,321 35.2% 2,402 64.0% 29 3,752 R+28.8
Henry 2,124 57.8% 1,187 32.3% 363 3,674 D+25.5
Meade 2,168 59.1% 1,242 33.9% 258 3,668 D+25.2
Anderson 1,814 49.5% 1,552 42.4% 296 3,662 D+7.2
Leslie 1,269 35.7% 2,264 63.6% 25 3,558 R+28.0
Simpson 2,249 63.4% 1,245 35.1% 52 3,546 D+28.3
Jackson 968 27.6% 2,490 71.0% 50 3,508 R+43.4
Trigg 2,350 68.5% 1,036 30.2% 44 3,430 D+38.3
Oldham 1,567 46.1% 1,390 40.9% 443 3,400 D+5.2
Todd 2,118 63.2% 1,137 33.9% 95 3,350 D+29.3
McLean 1,968 60.0% 1,268 38.6% 46 3,282 D+21.3
Cumberland 1,155 36.3% 2,004 63.0% 21 3,180 R+26.7
McCreary 1,251 39.4% 1,847 58.2% 78 3,176 R+18.8
Fulton 1,879 60.8% 1,075 34.8% 134 3,088 D+26.0
Grant 1,754 57.0% 1,158 37.6% 164 3,076 D+19.4
Powell 1,733 56.6% 1,220 39.8% 109 3,062 D+16.8
Livingston 1,766 60.8% 1,058 36.4% 80 2,904 D+24.4
Owen 1,805 63.1% 903 31.6% 151 2,859 D+31.5
Ballard 2,060 72.6% 621 21.9% 156 2,837 D+50.7
Crittenden 1,261 44.8% 1,493 53.0% 62 2,816 R+8.2
Martin 955 33.9% 1,824 64.8% 36 2,815 R+30.9
Carroll 1,880 67.9% 763 27.6% 125 2,768 D+40.4
Lee 1,158 42.4% 1,492 54.6% 83 2,733 R+12.2
Hickman 1,846 67.8% 752 27.6% 124 2,722 D+40.2
Pendleton 1,576 58.0% 1,028 37.8% 113 2,717 D+20.2
Bracken 1,533 60.9% 917 36.4% 69 2,519 D+24.5
Hancock 1,514 60.3% 941 37.5% 56 2,511 D+22.8
Wolfe 1,512 63.0% 814 33.9% 74 2,400 D+29.1
Elliott 1,675 70.5% 657 27.6% 45 2,377 D+42.8
Nicholas 1,265 61.6% 609 29.6% 181 2,055 D+31.9
Carlisle 1,367 67.9% 572 28.4% 75 2,014 D+39.5
Owsley 661 36.1% 1,142 62.3% 29 1,832 R+26.3
Lyon 1,159 64.2% 563 31.2% 84 1,806 D+33.0
Trimble 1,109 66.2% 455 27.1% 112 1,676 D+39.0
Spencer 894 58.5% 551 36.0% 84 1,529 D+22.4
Gallatin 1,010 70.9% 385 27.0% 29 1,424 D+43.9
Menifee 971 68.9% 345 24.5% 94 1,410 D+44.4
Robertson 654 60.0% 401 36.8% 35 1,090 D+23.2

Counties as they stood in 1971; 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