United States gubernatorial elections, 1983

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1983

October 22, 1983 (LA), November 3, 1983 (KY and MS)

4 governorships 3 states; 1 territory   Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 34 governorships 16 governorships Seats before 34 16 Seats after 35 15 Seat change 1 1

Democratic holds   Democratic pickup

United States gubernatorial elections were held on October 22 and November 3, 1983 in three states and one territory. Following the elections, the Democratic party held all three seats.

Election results

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

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Kentucky	John Y. Brown, Jr.	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Martha Layne Collins (Democratic) 54.5% Jim Bunning (Republican) 44.1% Nicholas McCubbin (Independent) 1.4%
Louisiana	David C. Treen	Republican	Defeated, 36.4%	Edwin Edwards (Democratic) 62.3% Robert M. Ross (Republican) 0.5% Ken "Cousin Ken" Lewis (Democratic) 0.3% Charlie Moore (Independent) 0.1% Floyd W. Smith, Jr. (Democratic) 0.1% Midiele Smith (Independent) 0.1% Joseph T. Robino (Independent) 0.1% Michael Musmeci (Democratic) 0.1%
Mississippi	William Winter	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	William Allain (Democratic) 55.1% Leon Bramlett (Republican) 38.9% Charles Evers (Independent) 4.1% Billie H. Taylor (Independent) 1.1% Henry McMullen Williams (Independent) 0.8%