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.

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%

(1998 ←) 1999 United States elections (→ 2000)

U.S. House	California 42 Georgia 6 Louisiana 1

Governors	Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi

Mayoral	Baltimore, MD Birmingham, AL Chicago, IL Charlotte, NC Columbus, OH Dallas, TX Denver, CO Fort Worth, TX Hialeah, FL Houston, TX Indianapolis, IN Jacksonville, FL Kansas City, MO Knoxville, TN Las Vegas, NV Memphis, TN Miami Beach, FL Miami-Dade County, FL Nashville, TN Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Portland, ME Raleigh, NC San Francisco, CA Tampa, FL Tucson, AZ West Palm Beach, FL

State	Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi New Jersey Virginia

Territories	Northern Mariana Islands

Judiciary	Louisiana Pennsylvania Wisconsin (links are to Judgepedia)

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