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1959-11-03 Gubernatorial Election Results for Kentucky


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Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



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County Turnout Bert Combs
(D)		 John Robison, Jr.
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 48% 516,54960.6% 336,45639.4% 00.0% 180,093 853,005
Total R vote: 336,456 (39.4%)      Total D vote: 516,549 (60.6%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Robison, Jr. 63,130 86.3%
2   Thurman Hamlin 6,019 8.2%
3   Granville Thomas 3,991 5.5%
TOTAL VOTES 73,140  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Bert Combs 292,462 52.3%
2   Harry Waterfield 259,461 46.4%
3   Jesse Cecil 4,303 0.8%
4   James Delk 3,474 0.6%
TOTAL VOTES 559,700