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Election 1983 Results

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1983 Kentucky governor election

Martha Layne Collins (Democrat) beat Jim Bunning (Republican) in Kentucky in 1983, 54.5% to 44.1%, a margin of 10.4 points and 107,024 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1979, when John Y. Brown Jr. won.

Democrats led in 90 of the 120 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 30. The largest, Jefferson, cast 217,359 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.5 points. The closest was Clay, where 40 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
Martha Layne Collins won Democratic 561,674 54.5%
Jim Bunning Republican 454,650 44.1%
All other candidates 14,304 1.4%
Total1,030,628

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 110,899 51.0% 103,302 47.5% 3,158 217,359 D+3.5
Fayette 26,966 50.3% 25,170 47.0% 1,426 53,562 D+3.4
Kenton 16,022 43.8% 20,414 55.8% 150 36,586 R+12.0
Campbell 11,244 42.7% 14,988 56.9% 110 26,342 R+14.2
Daviess 12,229 53.0% 10,487 45.5% 337 23,053 D+7.6
Pike 12,391 61.3% 7,692 38.1% 121 20,204 D+23.3
McCracken 11,870 63.3% 6,278 33.5% 593 18,741 D+29.8
Franklin 12,888 72.2% 4,612 25.8% 356 17,856 D+46.3
Warren 10,290 59.7% 6,882 39.9% 63 17,235 D+19.8
Boyd 8,580 56.5% 6,271 41.3% 329 15,180 D+15.2
Hardin 8,012 54.7% 6,438 44.0% 190 14,640 D+10.8
Pulaski 5,622 38.4% 8,834 60.4% 181 14,637 R+21.9
Floyd 9,365 69.7% 3,997 29.7% 79 13,441 D+39.9
Madison 6,802 52.5% 5,842 45.1% 306 12,950 D+7.4
Greenup 5,799 45.0% 4,682 36.3% 2,410 12,891 D+8.7
Boone 6,338 49.3% 6,453 50.2% 67 12,858 R+0.9
Graves 7,188 62.8% 4,110 35.9% 151 11,449 D+26.9
Hopkins 6,439 58.9% 4,414 40.4% 71 10,924 D+18.5
Christian 6,106 61.0% 3,876 38.7% 32 10,014 D+22.3
Bullitt 5,387 54.5% 4,337 43.9% 158 9,882 D+10.6
Barren 5,958 61.7% 3,661 37.9% 37 9,656 D+23.8
Laurel 3,985 42.4% 5,346 56.9% 57 9,388 R+14.5
Clay 4,614 49.5% 4,654 49.9% 60 9,328 R+0.4
Harlan 5,845 63.5% 3,261 35.5% 92 9,198 D+28.1
Henderson 5,765 63.8% 3,218 35.6% 47 9,030 D+28.2
Perry 5,624 62.9% 3,221 36.0% 103 8,948 D+26.9
Nelson 4,457 54.1% 3,668 44.5% 117 8,242 D+9.6
Bell 4,260 52.3% 3,738 45.9% 145 8,143 D+6.4
Letcher 4,868 61.4% 2,980 37.6% 75 7,923 D+23.8
Whitley 3,219 40.9% 4,610 58.5% 48 7,877 R+17.7
Oldham 3,599 46.3% 4,124 53.1% 42 7,765 R+6.8
Muhlenberg 4,463 60.1% 2,919 39.3% 44 7,426 D+20.8
Knox 3,488 48.1% 3,724 51.4% 33 7,245 R+3.3
Taylor 3,863 53.3% 3,360 46.4% 21 7,244 D+6.9
Shelby 5,373 74.6% 1,810 25.1% 23 7,206 D+49.4
Marshall 4,660 65.2% 2,469 34.5% 19 7,148 D+30.7
Calloway 4,532 65.1% 2,392 34.4% 38 6,962 D+30.7
Clark 4,161 61.3% 2,523 37.2% 105 6,789 D+24.1
Jessamine 3,708 54.9% 2,883 42.7% 159 6,750 D+12.2
Boyle 3,551 55.6% 2,786 43.7% 45 6,382 D+12.0
Woodford 4,403 69.7% 1,759 27.8% 155 6,317 D+41.9
Grayson 2,712 44.4% 3,316 54.3% 82 6,110 R+9.9
Wayne 2,750 45.4% 3,299 54.4% 14 6,063 R+9.1
Carter 3,269 54.0% 2,650 43.8% 135 6,054 D+10.2
Ohio 2,829 48.3% 3,003 51.2% 29 5,861 R+3.0
Montgomery 3,568 61.0% 2,234 38.2% 44 5,846 D+22.8
Marion 3,457 59.8% 2,294 39.7% 30 5,781 D+20.1
Adair 2,532 44.7% 3,121 55.1% 12 5,665 R+10.4
Scott 3,567 64.8% 1,809 32.8% 131 5,507 D+31.9
Mercer 3,456 63.1% 1,907 34.8% 115 5,478 D+28.3
Logan 3,965 72.6% 1,406 25.7% 90 5,461 D+46.9
Mason 3,234 59.3% 2,211 40.5% 12 5,457 D+18.7
Leslie 2,213 40.6% 3,213 58.9% 25 5,451 R+18.3
Rowan 2,966 56.2% 2,263 42.9% 44 5,273 D+13.3
Russell 2,029 38.8% 3,195 61.1% 9 5,233 R+22.3
Breckinridge 2,832 54.6% 2,339 45.1% 18 5,189 D+9.5
Johnson 2,587 51.0% 2,426 47.8% 63 5,076 D+3.2
Breathitt 3,919 77.2% 1,142 22.5% 14 5,075 D+54.7
Meade 2,845 57.6% 2,043 41.4% 48 4,936 D+16.2
Bourbon 3,079 62.8% 1,690 34.5% 136 4,905 D+28.3
Magoffin 2,966 60.8% 1,870 38.3% 43 4,879 D+22.5
Knott 3,687 76.9% 1,074 22.4% 35 4,796 D+54.5
Monroe 1,911 40.1% 2,832 59.4% 21 4,764 R+19.3
Harrison 3,114 65.9% 1,567 33.1% 46 4,727 D+32.7
Casey 1,324 28.0% 3,358 71.1% 41 4,723 R+43.1
Estill 2,045 44.5% 2,519 54.8% 31 4,595 R+10.3
Green 2,080 45.3% 2,501 54.4% 13 4,594 R+9.2
Webster 2,998 66.0% 1,512 33.3% 34 4,544 D+32.7
Lincoln 2,405 53.6% 2,039 45.5% 39 4,483 D+8.2
Hart 2,644 59.1% 1,804 40.3% 24 4,472 D+18.8
Union 2,844 65.0% 1,510 34.5% 20 4,374 D+30.5
Henry 3,185 73.5% 1,122 25.9% 27 4,334 D+47.6
Anderson 2,652 62.6% 1,528 36.0% 59 4,239 D+26.5
Rockcastle 1,314 32.6% 2,694 66.8% 26 4,034 R+34.2
Bath 2,572 65.5% 1,319 33.6% 37 3,928 D+31.9
Clinton 1,037 26.6% 2,851 73.2% 7 3,895 R+46.6
Caldwell 2,440 63.5% 1,357 35.3% 45 3,842 D+28.2
Fleming 2,268 59.1% 1,554 40.5% 16 3,838 D+18.6
Grant 2,360 62.2% 1,356 35.8% 76 3,792 D+26.5
Garrard 1,633 43.6% 2,073 55.3% 43 3,749 R+11.7
Larue 2,277 61.0% 1,430 38.3% 25 3,732 D+22.7
Washington 1,950 53.0% 1,659 45.1% 73 3,682 D+7.9
Jackson 1,153 31.8% 2,454 67.8% 15 3,622 R+35.9
Simpson 2,416 68.7% 1,083 30.8% 17 3,516 D+37.9
McCreary 1,250 36.2% 2,195 63.6% 4 3,449 R+27.4
Lewis 1,434 41.7% 1,993 58.0% 11 3,438 R+16.3
Metcalfe 2,062 60.6% 1,327 39.0% 12 3,401 D+21.6
Allen 1,778 53.3% 1,545 46.3% 13 3,336 D+7.0
Pendleton 1,885 56.7% 1,427 42.9% 15 3,327 D+13.8
Morgan 2,492 76.1% 767 23.4% 16 3,275 D+52.7
Butler 1,132 34.7% 2,113 64.8% 16 3,261 R+30.1
Lawrence 1,771 56.2% 1,357 43.1% 22 3,150 D+13.1
Powell 1,860 60.4% 1,196 38.8% 25 3,081 D+21.6
Trigg 2,053 67.9% 958 31.7% 11 3,022 D+36.2
Owen 2,304 77.1% 672 22.5% 13 2,989 D+54.6
Carroll 1,999 67.2% 968 32.5% 7 2,974 D+34.7
Edmonson 1,134 38.3% 1,810 61.1% 17 2,961 R+22.8
Crittenden 1,379 52.3% 1,248 47.3% 12 2,639 D+5.0
Bracken 1,492 56.9% 1,121 42.7% 10 2,623 D+14.1
McLean 1,731 66.0% 867 33.1% 25 2,623 D+32.9
Cumberland 984 37.6% 1,625 62.1% 9 2,618 R+24.5
Ballard 1,865 72.4% 660 25.6% 50 2,575 D+46.8
Lee 1,094 43.3% 1,414 56.0% 19 2,527 R+12.7
Livingston 1,719 68.8% 774 31.0% 6 2,499 D+37.8
Martin 1,281 54.6% 1,054 44.9% 12 2,347 D+9.7
Fulton 1,580 70.9% 642 28.8% 8 2,230 D+42.1
Nicholas 1,467 66.0% 707 31.8% 50 2,224 D+34.2
Todd 1,543 70.4% 596 27.2% 53 2,192 D+43.2
Trimble 1,487 68.6% 666 30.7% 14 2,167 D+37.9
Hancock 1,215 58.2% 834 39.9% 39 2,088 D+18.2
Wolfe 1,486 71.9% 550 26.6% 31 2,067 D+45.3
Lyon 1,365 72.3% 514 27.2% 9 1,888 D+45.1
Gallatin 1,342 71.3% 535 28.4% 5 1,882 D+42.9
Hickman 1,352 71.8% 488 25.9% 42 1,882 D+45.9
Spencer 1,326 72.0% 505 27.4% 10 1,841 D+44.6
Carlisle 1,257 69.1% 542 29.8% 20 1,819 D+39.3
Elliott 1,407 78.3% 373 20.8% 17 1,797 D+57.5
Owsley 677 38.1% 1,088 61.2% 12 1,777 R+23.1
Menifee 985 68.7% 398 27.8% 50 1,433 D+41.0
Robertson 569 64.7% 309 35.1% 2 880 D+29.5

Counties as they stood in 1983; 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