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1955-11-08 Gubernatorial Election Results for Kentucky


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Total Votes
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County Turnout Happy Chandler
(D)		 Edwin Denney
(R)		 Robert Garrison
(Prohibition)		 Jesse Lewis
(Free Citizens)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 44% 451,64758.0% 322,67141.4% 2,6870.3% 1,4830.2% 00.0% 128,976 778,488
Total R vote: 322,671 (41.4%)      Total D vote: 451,647 (58.0%)      Total Other vote: 4,170 (0.5%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Edwin Denney 77,097 79.2%
2   James Clay 20,207 20.8%
TOTAL VOTES 97,304  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Happy Chandler 259,875 51.4%
2   Bert Combs 241,754 47.8%
3   Jesse Cecil 3,965 0.8%
TOTAL VOTES 505,594