1999 Kentucky gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1999 Kentucky gubernatorial election Kentucky presidential no 1995 Kentucky gubernatorial election 1995 2003 Kentucky gubernatorial election 2003 November 2, 1999 23.6% ( 20.9%) File:Paul E. Patton 2013 (cropped).jpg Paul Patton Democratic Party (United States) 352,099 60.70% Steve Henry File:3x4.svg Peppy Martin Republican Party (United States) 128,788 22.20% Wanda Cornelius File:Gatewood Gailbraith 2011 (1).jpg x150px Gatewood Galbraith Reform Party of the United States of America 88,930 15.33% Kathy Lyons 300px County results 300px Congressional district results 1 300px Patton: #a4d3ff 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Martin: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor Paul E. Patton Democratic Party (United States) Paul E. Patton Democratic Party (United States) The 1999 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1999, for the post of Governor of Kentucky. Democratic incumbent Governor Paul E. Patton defeated Republican nominee Peppy Martin to win a second term. Martin later switched parties and lost the 2023 Democratic primary for Governor of Kentucky to incumbent Andy Beshear. 1999 was the first time that the election was held since the Kentucky General Assembly changed its term limits law in 1992, allowing Patton to run again and leaving Virginia as the only state that prohibits its Governor from serving immediate successive terms. This was the most recent Kentucky gubernatorial election to not have any candidates who previously served as Kentucky Attorney General. Democratic primary Candidates Paul E. Patton, incumbent governor Republican primary Candidates Peppy Martin David Lynn Williams, perennial candidate Results Republican primary resultshttp://www.elect.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/F3B279BB-3CB6-4FFF-AFC2-8DE7AFCE63CE/0/statewide.txt Report of "Unofficial" Election Night tally results 1999-05-26 Kentucky State Board of Elections 2011-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721044557/http://elect.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/F3B279BB-3CB6-4FFF-AFC2-8DE7AFCE63CE/0/statewide.txt 2011-07-21 dead Peppy Martin Wanda Cornelius Republican Party (United States) 19,248 51.27 David Lynn Williams Joanna Williams Republican Party (United States) 18,295 48.73 37,543 100.0 General election Results 1999 Kentucky gubernatorial electionhttp://www.elect.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/C010E029-EBD2-4C6E-AA1D-418AC250BB5B/0/genstateresults.txt Report of "Official" Election Night tally results Kentucky State Board of Elections 1999-12-02 2011-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110413071111/http://www.elect.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/C010E029-EBD2-4C6E-AA1D-418AC250BB5B/0/genstateresults.txt 2011-04-13 dead Voter Turnout Report for the 11/02/99 General Election http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Statistics/turnout/1996-2000/99gen.pdf Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of ElectionsVoter Turnout Report for the 11/02/99 General Election by Age https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Statistics/turnout/1996-2000/GeneralElection1999sag.pdf Kentucky State Board of Elections Democratic Party (United States) Paul E. Patton (incumbent) Stephen L. Henry (incumbent) 352,099 60.70 +9.81 Republican Party (United States) Peppy Martin Wanda Cornelius 128,788 22.20 -26.51 Reform Party (United States) Gatewood Galbraith Kathy Lyons 88,930 15.33 N/A Natural Law Party (United States) Nailah Jumoke-Yarbrough John Flodstrom 6,934 1.20 N/A Write-in Hoby Anderson Ron Simpson 3,323 0.57 N/A 580,074 100.0 N/A 600,664 23.59 -20.91 2,546,623 Democratic Party (United States) References 1999 Gubernatorial Kentucky Category:November 1999 in the United States