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 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%