The 1943 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1943.

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nominee

Simeon Willis Simeon Slavens Willis (December 1, 1879April 1, 1965) was an American attorney who served as the 46th Governor of Kentucky, United States, serving from 1943 to 1947. He was the only Republican elected governor of Kentucky between 1927 and 1967.P ...

defeated Democratic nominee

J. Lyter Donaldson Joseph Lyter Donaldson (April 10, 1891 – March 27, 1960) was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1943. Donaldson, of Carrollton, Kentucky served as state highway commissioner. In the 1943 Democratic primary for governor Dona ...

with 50.49% of the vote.

Primary elections

Primary election Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the ...

s were held on August 7, 1943.

Democratic primary

Candidates

, former Kentucky Highway Commissioner *Ben Kilgore, former Executive Secretary of the

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Rodes K. Myers Rodes Kirby Myers (June 29, 1900 – March 11, 1960) was an American politician who served as the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1939 to 1943. Myers' hometown was Bowling Green, Kentucky. Myers was a Kentucky delegate to the Democratic ...

, incumbent

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*John J. Thobe

Results

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates *Simeon Willis, Republican *J. Lyter Donaldson, Democratic Other candidates *Andrew N. Johnson, Prohibition

Results

References

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Gubernatorial A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political_regions, political region, ranking under the Head of State, head of state and in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

November 1943 events in the United States United States gubernatorial elections in the 1940s 1943 in Kentucky