United States gubernatorial elections, 1999

United States gubernatorial elections, 1999

October 3, 1999 (LA), November 4, 1999 (KY and MS)

3 governorships   Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 31 governorships 17 governorships Seats before 31 17 Seats after 30 18 Seat change 1 1

Results:   Republican holds   Democratic holds   Democratic pickups

United States gubernatorial elections were held in three states in October and November 1999. Kentucky and Mississippi held their general elections on November 4. Louisiana held the first round of its jungle primary on October 23 and did not need to hold a runoff.

• Kentucky gubernatorial election, 1999
• Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1999
• Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1999

The Democratic Party had a net gain of 1 seat, picking up an open seat in Mississippi.

Election results

A bolded state name indicates an article about that state's specific election.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Kentucky	Paul Patton	Democratic	Re-elected, 60.7%	Peppy Martin (Republican) 22.2% Gatewood Galbraith (Reform) 15.3% Nailah Jumoke-Yarbrough (Natural Law) 1.2%
Louisiana	Mike Foster	Republican	Re-elected, 62.2%	Bill Jefferson (Democratic) 29.5% Tom Greene (Republican) 2.4%
Mississippi	Kirk Fordice	Republican	Term-Limited, Democratic victory	Ronnie Musgrove (Democratic) 49.6% Mike Parker (Republican) 48.5% Jerry Ladner (Reform) 1.1% Helen Perkins (Independent) 0.8%