Kentucky 1983 Governor Election

Name: Kentucky 1983 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Martha Layne Collins vs. Jim Bunning

Martha Layne Collins won the Kentucky 1983 governor election with 561,674 votes (54.5%), a margin of D+10.4.

Statewide Results

54.5%

44.1%

561,674

Martha Layne Collins (54.5%)

454,650

Jim Bunning (44.1%)

Total Votes: 1,030,628|Margin: D+10.4

County Results

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County Results (120 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
ELLIOTT	D+57.5	D+49.8	D+47.2	1,797	D+28.5%
BREATHITT	D+54.7	D+43.1	D+9.2	5,075	D+9.8%
OWEN	D+54.6	D+41.2	R+4.9	2,989	D+12.7%
KNOTT	D+54.5	D+53.8	D+44.2	4,796	D+7.6%
MORGAN	D+52.7	D+29.7	D+14.9	3,275	D+42.3%
SHELBY	D+49.4	D+12.4	R+23.6	7,206	D+21.1%
HENRY	D+47.6	D+26.5	R+10.2	4,334	D+10.4%
LOGAN	D+46.9	D+11.5	R+18.6	5,461	D+37.1%
BALLARD	D+46.8	D+36.4	D+9.2	2,575	R+6.2%
FRANKLIN	D+46.3	D+25.6	R+17.2	17,856	D+8.3%
HICKMAN	D+45.9	D+11.7	R+13.6	1,882	D+32.3%
WOLFE	D+45.3	D+30.8	D+5.1	2,067	D+52.9%
LYON	D+45.1	D+20.9	D+13.4	1,888	D+11.2%
SPENCER	D+44.6	D+12.8	R+23.0	1,841	D+26.0%
TODD	D+43.2	D+0.3	R+20.1	2,192	D+26.7%
GALLATIN	D+42.9	D+17.8	Even	1,882	D+6.2%
FULTON	D+42.1	D+15.6	R+7.4	2,230	D+17.0%
WOODFORD	D+41.9	D+0.3	R+34.5	6,317	D+13.6%
MENIFEE	D+41.0	D+27.2	D+9.7	1,433	D+4.6%
FLOYD	D+39.9	D+44.2	D+32.4	13,441	R+0.1%
CARLISLE	D+39.3	D+22.3	R+1.2	1,819	D+13.4%
SIMPSON	D+37.9	D+14.4	R+17.8	3,516	D+29.4%
TRIMBLE	D+37.9	D+27.3	R+12.1	2,167	D+10.6%
LIVINGSTON	D+37.8	D+15.4	D+3.6	2,499	R+1.0%
TRIGG	D+36.2	D+15.3	R+13.7	3,022	R+1.9%
CARROLL	D+34.7	D+31.6	R+7.6	2,974	R+10.2%
NICHOLAS	D+34.2	D+18.5	R+16.0	2,224	R+4.6%
MCLEAN	D+32.9	D+17.5	R+0.6	2,623	R+1.2%
HARRISON	D+32.7	D+20.1	R+18.0	4,727	R+12.8%
WEBSTER	D+32.7	D+28.3	D+9.6	4,544	R+6.0%
SCOTT	D+31.9	D+9.9	R+26.0	5,507	R+2.5%
BATH	D+31.9	D+19.2	R+6.3	3,928	R+13.7%
CALLOWAY	D+30.7	D+19.3	R+12.3	6,962	R+5.2%
MARSHALL	D+30.7	D+17.0	D+5.2	7,148	R+13.4%
UNION	D+30.5	D+30.0	D+10.0	4,374	R+7.4%
MCCRACKEN	D+29.8	D+12.7	R+1.4	18,741	R+16.6%
ROBERTSON	D+29.5	D+14.6	R+9.6	880	R+0.7%
BOURBON	D+28.3	D+18.4	R+18.1	4,905	R+12.9%
MERCER	D+28.3	D+3.6	R+28.9	5,478	D+11.0%
HENDERSON	D+28.2	D+22.0	R+4.2	9,030	R+13.3%
CALDWELL	D+28.2	D+5.6	R+13.0	3,842	D+14.3%
HARLAN	D+28.1	D+23.1	D+4.8	9,198	D+4.2%
GRAVES	D+26.9	D+3.2	R+3.7	11,449	R+2.1%
PERRY	D+26.9	D+17.4	D+0.4	8,948	D+20.5%
ANDERSON	D+26.5	D+10.8	R+32.9	4,239	D+7.7%
GRANT	D+26.5	D+11.8	R+25.1	3,792	D+0.5%
CLARK	D+24.1	D+7.9	R+26.0	6,789	R+14.0%
LETCHER	D+23.8	D+10.9	D+7.2	7,923	D+8.3%
BARREN	D+23.8	R+9.4	R+26.2	9,656	D+33.6%
PIKE	D+23.3	D+16.8	D+14.2	20,204	D+12.5%
MONTGOMERY	D+22.8	D+8.1	R+21.5	5,846	R+4.4%
LARUE	D+22.7	D+4.3	R+30.9	3,732	D+18.2%
MAGOFFIN	D+22.5	D+13.6	D+11.3	4,879	D+28.1%
CHRISTIAN	D+22.3	R+7.5	R+32.5	10,014	R+15.1%
METCALFE	D+21.6	R+10.4	R+19.6	3,401	D+22.8%
POWELL	D+21.6	D+7.7	R+18.0	3,081	R+2.1%
MUHLENBERG	D+20.8	D+14.7	D+0.5	7,426	R+13.0%
MARION	D+20.1	D+24.9	R+7.6	5,781	R+25.2%
WARREN	D+19.8	R+11.2	R+34.0	17,235	R+11.3%
HART	D+18.8	R+2.0	R+14.7	4,472	D+28.7%
MASON	D+18.7	D+4.1	R+16.9	5,457	R+12.3%
FLEMING	D+18.6	R+3.2	R+27.1	3,838	D+2.6%
HOPKINS	D+18.5	D+16.8	R+16.2	10,924	R+5.2%
HANCOCK	D+18.2	D+5.4	R+20.6	2,088	R+2.1%
MEADE	D+16.2	D+7.7	R+20.8	4,936	R+6.7%
BOYD	D+15.2	D+1.5	R+6.4	15,180	R+9.2%
BRACKEN	D+14.1	D+10.1	R+22.7	2,623	R+15.1%
PENDLETON	D+13.8	D+6.1	R+28.5	3,327	R+9.4%
ROWAN	D+13.3	D+3.6	R+14.7	5,273	R+12.0%
LAWRENCE	D+13.1	R+4.1	R+9.9	3,150	D+20.7%
JESSAMINE	D+12.2	R+17.6	R+49.2	6,750	D+1.6%
BOYLE	D+12.0	D+6.8	R+25.3	6,382	R+13.1%
HARDIN	D+10.8	R+7.7	R+38.3	14,640	R+9.9%
BULLITT	D+10.6	R+3.8	R+31.0	9,882	R+24.4%
CARTER	D+10.2	R+1.9	R+7.7	6,054	D+3.5%
MARTIN	D+9.7	R+27.7	R+37.1	2,347	D+12.0%
NELSON	D+9.6	D+23.8	R+17.9	8,242	R+25.3%
BRECKINRIDGE	D+9.5	R+6.8	R+24.7	5,189	D+6.1%
GREENUP	D+8.7	D+1.9	R+3.7	12,891	R+12.4%
LINCOLN	D+8.2	R+0.7	R+23.0	4,483	D+5.2%
WASHINGTON	D+7.9	D+3.3	R+21.9	3,682	R+10.4%
DAVIESS	D+7.6	D+0.8	R+18.6	23,053	R+12.8%
MADISON	D+7.4	R+1.3	R+26.8	12,950	R+18.1%
ALLEN	D+7.0	R+22.3	R+38.4	3,336	D+18.6%
TAYLOR	D+6.9	R+10.9	R+28.6	7,244	D+7.6%
BELL	D+6.4	D+7.7	R+13.6	8,143	R+8.0%
CRITTENDEN	D+5.0	R+18.9	R+18.7	2,639	D+10.4%
JEFFERSON	D+3.5	R+0.5	R+15.7	217,359	R+29.8%
FAYETTE	D+3.4	R+6.7	R+28.2	53,562	R+19.6%
JOHNSON	D+3.2	R+22.8	R+25.7	5,076	D+25.9%
CLAY	R+0.4	R+36.5	R+48.8	9,328	D+16.8%
BOONE	R+0.9	R+20.4	R+44.4	12,858	R+13.7%
OHIO	R+3.0	R+20.0	R+22.2	5,861	R+7.3%
KNOX	R+3.3	R+21.6	R+32.2	7,245	D+3.0%
OLDHAM	R+6.8	R+22.1	R+47.8	7,765	R+26.9%
WAYNE	R+9.1	R+19.3	R+32.2	6,063	R+10.1%
GREEN	R+9.2	R+22.2	R+33.1	4,594	R+3.5%
GRAYSON	R+9.9	R+28.4	R+42.7	6,110	D+0.2%
ESTILL	R+10.3	R+17.5	R+37.5	4,595	D+0.9%
ADAIR	R+10.4	R+27.5	R+42.4	5,665	D+8.7%
GARRARD	R+11.7	R+18.1	R+35.2	3,749	D+3.6%
KENTON	R+12.0	R+17.4	R+39.9	36,586	R+17.1%
LEE	R+12.7	R+23.2	R+41.4	2,527	R+1.4%
CAMPBELL	R+14.2	R+19.5	R+40.4	26,342	R+23.1%
LAUREL	R+14.5	R+37.7	R+49.1	9,388	D+0.7%
LEWIS	R+16.3	R+28.7	R+39.6	3,438	D+4.4%
WHITLEY	R+17.7	R+28.1	R+37.1	7,877	R+8.6%
LESLIE	R+18.3	R+44.9	R+51.6	5,451	D+19.2%
MONROE	R+19.3	R+59.1	R+63.5	4,764	D+29.6%
PULASKI	R+21.9	R+32.1	R+53.2	14,637	R+5.5%
RUSSELL	R+22.3	R+38.1	R+50.9	5,233	R+5.2%
EDMONSON	R+22.8	R+39.2	R+42.6	2,961	R+7.1%
OWSLEY	R+23.1	R+47.9	R+58.9	1,777	D+19.0%
CUMBERLAND	R+24.5	R+45.3	R+55.9	2,618	D+20.3%
MCCREARY	R+27.4	R+45.4	R+42.4	3,449	R+10.1%
BUTLER	R+30.1	R+41.7	R+49.3	3,261	R+4.6%
ROCKCASTLE	R+34.2	R+44.4	R+59.7	4,034	R+10.2%
JACKSON	R+35.9	R+64.9	R+75.1	3,622	D+23.3%
CASEY	R+43.1	R+52.2	R+58.7	4,723	R+2.7%
CLINTON	R+46.6	R+55.3	R+60.6	3,895	R+1.5%

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