United States gubernatorial elections, 1987

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1987

October 24, 1987 (LA), November 3, 1987 (KY and MS)

Governorships of KY, LA and MS

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	26 governorships	24 governorships
Seats before	26	24
Seats after	26	24
Seat change	±0	±0

Democratic holds

The United States gubernatorial elections of 1987 were held on November 3, 1987 in three states: Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Democrats retained all three seats up for election although three new people were elected governor.

Election results

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

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Kentucky	Martha Layne Collins	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Wallace G. Wilkinson (Democratic) 64.5% John Harper (Republican) 34.9%
Louisiana	Edwin Edwards	Democratic	Advanced in primary (27.9%), withdrew from runoff	Buddy Roemer (Democratic) 33.2% Bob Livingston (Republican) 18.5% Billy Tauzin (Democratic) 9.9% Jim Brown (Democratic) 8.9% Speedy O. Long (Democratic) 1.2%
Mississippi	William Allain	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Ray Mabus (Democratic) 53.4% Jack Reed (Republican) 46.6%

Recent United States gubernatorial elections

List of current Governors

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