Election Name: | 1999 Kentucky gubernatorial election |
Country: | Kentucky |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1995 Kentucky gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1995 |
Next Election: | 2003 Kentucky gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Election Date: | November 2, 1999 |
Turnout: | 22.3% 21.5 pp |
Image1: | File:Paul E. Patton 2013 (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Paul Patton |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 352,099 |
Percentage1: | 60.7% |
Running Mate1: | Steve Henry |
Nominee2: | Peppy Martin |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 128,788 |
Percentage2: | 22.2% |
Running Mate2: | Wanda Cornelius |
Image3: | File:Gatewood Gailbraith 2011 (1).jpg |
Nominee3: | Gatewood Galbraith |
Party3: | Reform Party of the United States of America |
Popular Vote3: | 88,930 |
Percentage3: | 15.3% |
Running Mate3: | Kathy Lyons |
Map Size: | 300px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Paul E. Patton |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Paul E. Patton |
After Party: | 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.
It 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 election was the first time since 1903 that an incumbent Democratic Governor of Kentucky was re-elected.