United States gubernatorial elections, 1995

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1995

November 7, 1995 (KY and MS), October 21, 1995 and November 18, 1995 (LA)

Governorships of KY, LA and MS

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Republican	Democratic
Last election	30 governorships	19 governorships
Seats before	30	19
Seats after	31	18
Seat change	1	1

Republican holds

Republican pickups

Democratic holds

The 1995 United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 1995 in three states — Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Prior to the elections, Democrats held two seats and Republicans one. With the Republican gain of the open seat in Louisiana, Republicans held two seats and Democrats one following the elections.

Election results

A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Kentucky	Brereton Jones	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Paul E. Patton (Democratic) 50.9% Larry Forgy (Republican) 48.7% Gatewood Galbraith (Independent) 0.4%
Louisiana	Edwin Edwards	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	Mike Foster (Republican) 63.5% Cleo Fields (Democratic) 36.5%
Mississippi	Kirk Fordice	Republican	Re-elected, 55.6%	Dick Molpus (Democratic) 44.4%

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See also: House Senate Presidential List of current Governors