Kentucky 1979 Governor Election

Name: Kentucky 1979 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

J. Y. Brown Jr. vs. Louie B. Nunn

J. Y. Brown Jr. won the Kentucky 1979 governor election with 558,088 votes (59.4%), a margin of D+18.8.

Statewide Results

59.4%

40.6%

558,088

J. Y. Brown Jr. (59.4%)

381,278

Louie B. Nunn (40.6%)

Total Votes: 939,366|Margin: D+18.8

County Results

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County Results (120 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
BALLARD	D+53.9	D+36.4	D+9.2	2,597	R+33.2%
MCCRACKEN	D+47.4	D+12.7	R+1.4	16,696	R+37.6%
KNOTT	D+47.2	D+53.8	D+44.2	4,030	R+19.7%
BATH	D+45.9	D+19.2	R+6.3	3,030	R+11.5%
HARRISON	D+45.8	D+20.1	R+18.0	3,770	R+12.0%
MARION	D+45.5	D+24.9	R+7.6	4,859	R+12.4%
BREATHITT	D+45.1	D+43.1	D+9.2	3,932	R+32.2%
CARROLL	D+45.0	D+31.6	R+7.6	2,322	R+13.5%
MARSHALL	D+44.1	D+17.0	D+5.2	7,195	R+30.6%
OWEN	D+42.1	D+41.2	R+4.9	2,423	R+27.7%
BOURBON	D+42.0	D+18.4	R+18.1	4,490	R+6.4%
HENDERSON	D+41.7	D+22.0	R+4.2	8,586	R+27.8%
FLOYD	D+40.3	D+44.2	D+32.4	13,968	R+20.4%
NICHOLAS	D+39.6	D+18.5	R+16.0	1,748	R+16.8%
WEBSTER	D+39.0	D+28.3	D+9.6	3,717	R+32.8%
FRANKLIN	D+39.0	D+25.6	R+17.2	16,490	R+25.5%
LIVINGSTON	D+38.9	D+15.4	D+3.6	2,782	R+30.8%
CLARK	D+38.5	D+7.9	R+26.0	6,487	R+1.2%
TRIGG	D+38.3	D+15.3	R+13.7	3,224	R+33.7%
UNION	D+38.0	D+30.0	D+10.0	3,652	R+28.0%
MENIFEE	D+37.8	D+27.2	D+9.7	1,168	R+23.7%
HENRY	D+37.5	D+26.5	R+10.2	3,778	R+19.8%
CHRISTIAN	D+37.5	R+7.5	R+32.5	9,270	R+20.2%
GALLATIN	D+36.8	D+17.8	Even	1,215	R+22.4%
CALLOWAY	D+36.1	D+19.3	R+12.3	7,204	R+36.7%
SCOTT	D+35.2	D+9.9	R+26.0	4,693	R+17.1%
BULLITT	D+35.2	R+3.8	R+31.0	8,096	D+13.4%
NELSON	D+35.0	D+23.8	R+17.9	6,389	R+7.6%
MCLEAN	D+34.4	D+17.5	R+0.6	2,578	R+23.7%
LYON	D+34.0	D+20.9	D+13.4	1,874	R+38.9%
MUHLENBERG	D+33.9	D+14.7	D+0.5	8,184	R+10.7%
JEFFERSON	D+33.3	R+0.5	R+15.7	187,663	D+33.0%
WARREN	D+31.1	R+11.2	R+34.0	15,262	R+3.3%
MASON	D+31.1	D+4.1	R+16.9	4,543	R+14.0%
ROBERTSON	D+30.3	D+14.6	R+9.6	878	R+22.2%
ELLIOTT	D+29.6	D+49.8	D+47.2	1,821	R+43.0%
GRAVES	D+29.3	D+3.2	R+3.7	9,403	R+46.4%
BRACKEN	D+29.3	D+10.1	R+22.7	2,056	R+24.3%
WOODFORD	D+29.3	D+0.3	R+34.5	4,965	R+7.1%
SHELBY	D+28.5	D+12.4	R+23.6	5,918	R+13.6%
TRIMBLE	D+27.6	D+27.3	R+12.1	1,552	R+29.6%
MONTGOMERY	D+27.4	D+8.1	R+21.5	4,322	R+14.9%
GRANT	D+26.5	D+11.8	R+25.1	2,760	R+33.6%
CARLISLE	D+26.4	D+22.3	R+1.2	1,863	R+56.6%
MADISON	D+25.7	R+1.3	R+26.8	12,080	R+6.4%
ROWAN	D+25.4	D+3.6	R+14.7	5,073	R+16.0%
FULTON	D+25.2	D+15.6	R+7.4	2,313	R+51.4%
BOYLE	D+25.1	D+6.8	R+25.3	6,717	R+17.8%
BOYD	D+24.8	D+1.5	R+6.4	16,697	R+3.5%
HARLAN	D+24.2	D+23.1	D+4.8	11,089	R+14.6%
HOPKINS	D+23.9	D+16.8	R+16.2	9,027	R+41.2%
POWELL	D+23.8	D+7.7	R+18.0	3,233	D+11.7%
PENDLETON	D+23.2	D+6.1	R+28.5	2,558	R+31.1%
GREENUP	D+23.1	D+1.9	R+3.7	11,168	R+6.9%
FAYETTE	D+23.1	R+6.7	R+28.2	52,677	R+0.5%
MEADE	D+23.1	D+7.7	R+20.8	4,305	R+17.2%
HARDIN	D+20.8	R+7.7	R+38.3	13,603	R+7.0%
HANCOCK	D+20.7	D+5.4	R+20.6	1,881	R+21.9%
DAVIESS	D+20.5	D+0.8	R+18.6	20,488	R+25.2%
OLDHAM	D+20.1	R+22.1	R+47.8	5,814	D+8.2%
ANDERSON	D+19.2	D+10.8	R+32.9	4,046	R+28.4%
SPENCER	D+18.9	D+12.8	R+23.0	1,538	R+21.6%
WASHINGTON	D+18.4	D+3.3	R+21.9	3,305	R+17.1%
MERCER	D+17.9	D+3.6	R+28.9	5,739	R+10.1%
TODD	D+17.6	D+0.3	R+20.1	2,515	R+50.8%
FLEMING	D+16.1	R+3.2	R+27.1	3,480	R+15.4%
LETCHER	D+15.8	D+10.9	D+7.2	5,765	R+22.4%
HICKMAN	D+14.7	D+11.7	R+13.6	2,042	R+62.3%
BELL	D+14.5	D+7.7	R+13.6	8,891	D+5.6%
CALDWELL	D+14.2	D+5.6	R+13.0	4,528	R+45.7%
BOONE	D+12.8	R+20.4	R+44.4	8,737	R+22.6%
JESSAMINE	D+11.0	R+17.6	R+49.2	5,065	R+16.8%
PIKE	D+10.9	D+16.8	D+14.2	18,074	R+29.4%
MORGAN	D+10.6	D+29.7	D+14.9	3,212	R+60.0%
LOGAN	D+10.6	D+11.5	R+18.6	5,048	R+52.1%
CAMPBELL	D+8.8	R+19.5	R+40.4	22,768	R+24.1%
SIMPSON	D+8.7	D+14.4	R+17.8	2,962	R+54.9%
CARTER	D+6.9	R+1.9	R+7.7	6,126	R+10.7%
PERRY	D+6.7	D+17.4	D+0.4	7,300	R+25.3%
KENTON	D+5.1	R+17.4	R+39.9	31,261	R+30.4%
LARUE	D+4.6	D+4.3	R+30.9	3,492	R+27.8%
OHIO	D+4.3	R+20.0	R+22.2	6,501	R+1.3%
BRECKINRIDGE	D+3.4	R+6.8	R+24.7	5,605	R+14.7%
LINCOLN	D+3.1	R+0.7	R+23.0	4,966	R+9.4%
WAYNE	D+1.0	R+19.3	R+32.2	5,821	D+12.4%
TAYLOR	R+0.6	R+10.9	R+28.6	5,930	R+20.3%
METCALFE	R+1.1	R+10.4	R+19.6	3,830	R+28.1%
MARTIN	R+2.3	R+27.7	R+37.1	2,353	D+28.1%
MAGOFFIN	R+5.4	D+13.6	D+11.3	4,913	R+26.3%
CRITTENDEN	R+5.4	R+18.9	R+18.7	2,861	R+22.8%
GREEN	R+5.7	R+22.2	R+33.1	4,484	R+5.0%
KNOX	R+6.2	R+21.6	R+32.2	7,119	R+15.7%
WOLFE	R+6.9	D+30.8	D+5.1	2,228	R+68.0%
LAWRENCE	R+7.5	R+4.1	R+9.9	3,354	R+21.4%
WHITLEY	R+9.1	R+28.1	R+37.1	7,021	R+1.9%
BARREN	R+9.8	R+9.4	R+26.2	10,019	R+47.8%
HART	R+9.8	R+2.0	R+14.7	6,509	R+48.1%
GRAYSON	R+10.2	R+28.4	R+42.7	6,792	R+8.3%
ESTILL	R+11.3	R+17.5	R+37.5	3,820	R+7.3%
LEE	R+11.4	R+23.2	R+41.4	2,386	R+15.3%
ALLEN	R+11.6	R+22.3	R+38.4	4,502	R+30.9%
LAUREL	R+15.2	R+37.7	R+49.1	8,287	R+8.6%
GARRARD	R+15.4	R+18.1	R+35.2	3,796	R+12.6%
EDMONSON	R+15.9	R+39.2	R+42.6	4,150	D+3.1%
PULASKI	R+16.7	R+32.1	R+53.2	12,744	R+5.3%
RUSSELL	R+17.2	R+38.1	R+50.9	4,947	R+9.2%
CLAY	R+17.2	R+36.5	R+48.8	5,889	R+27.3%
MCCREARY	R+17.3	R+45.4	R+42.4	2,592	D+26.3%
ADAIR	R+19.2	R+27.5	R+42.4	5,990	R+14.7%
LEWIS	R+20.7	R+28.7	R+39.6	3,327	R+8.4%
JOHNSON	R+22.7	R+22.8	R+25.7	6,336	R+20.7%
ROCKCASTLE	R+24.3	R+44.4	R+59.7	4,008	R+2.5%
BUTLER	R+25.7	R+41.7	R+49.3	3,395	R+9.0%
LESLIE	R+37.6	R+44.9	R+51.6	3,716	R+41.6%
CASEY	R+40.7	R+52.2	R+58.7	4,333	R+23.6%
OWSLEY	R+42.3	R+47.9	R+58.9	1,539	R+42.8%
CUMBERLAND	R+44.9	R+45.3	R+55.9	3,031	R+37.0%
CLINTON	R+45.2	R+55.3	R+60.6	3,961	R+29.6%
MONROE	R+49.0	R+59.1	R+63.5	5,319	R+50.9%
JACKSON	R+59.4	R+64.9	R+75.1	2,922	R+34.5%

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