1927 United States gubernatorial elections

1927 United States gubernatorial elections

November 8, 1927; April 17, 1928 (LA)
3 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 26 22 Seats after 27 21 Seat change 1 1 Seats up 0 3 Seats won 1 2
Democratic hold      Republican gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1927, in three states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year.

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Kentucky	William J. Fields	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Flemon D. Sampson (Republican) 52.09% J. C. W. Beckham (Democratic) 47.91% [1]
Louisiana (Held, 17 April 1928)	Oramel H. Simpson	Democratic	Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory	Huey Long (Democratic) 96.14% Etienne J. Caire (Republican) 3.86% [2] (Democratic primary results) Huey Long 43.90% Riley J. Wilson 28.29% Oramel H. Simpson 27.80% [3]
Mississippi	Dennis Murphree	Democratic	Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory	Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) 100.00% [4] (Democratic primary run-off results) Theodore G. Bilbo 51.85% Dennis Murphree 48.15% [5]

References

1. "KY Governor, 1927". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
2. "LA Governor, 1928". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
3. "LA Governor, 1928 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
4. "MS Governor, 1927". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
5. "MS Governor, 1927 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

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