1995 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS: DOLLARS AND VOTES 9/26/96
(1/2004: A typographical error for MS total spending was corrected, as
well as the resulting 3 state total.)
Expenditures % Votes
PR GE
KENTUCKY* T 10,391,630
P 6,768,574
G 3,623,056 TV 975,207
CPV 10.66
Paul Patton (D)lg P 1,799,970 45
G 1,791,427 51
Larry Forgy (R)l, fpo (nat'l comm) P 1,235,620 82
G 1,831,629 49
Bob Babbage (D)sos P 1,800,000 24
John "Eck" Rose (D)ssl (president) P 1.796,328 21
Gatewood Galbraith (D)l, mla P 21,282 9
??? Maynard (D) P 5,574 1
Robert Gable (R)fpc P 109,300 14
Tommy Klein (R)pc P 500 3
*This was the first year of public financing. If a candidate raised
$600,000 he or she could receive 2 for 1 matching funds ($1,200,000) or
$1,800,000 to spend.
LOUISIANA T 19,752,094
P 15,800,766 TV 1,550,360
G 3,951,328 CPV 12.74
Cleo Fields (D)cn P 119,040 19
G 798,439 36
Mike Foster (R)ss P 2,081,247 26
G 3,152,889 64
Mary Landreau (D)st P 3,478,116 18
Phil Preis (D)l P 1,983,360 9
Melinda Schwegmann (D)lg P 2,773,941 5
Robert Adley (D)sr P 645,930 2
Gene Alexander (D) P 1,125 .4
Belinda Alexandrenko (D) P 290 .2
William Jefferson (D)cn wd P 763,381
Harry Lee (D) P 108,790
Buddy Roemer (R)fg P 3,306,869 18
Arthur Nichols (O) P 1,343 1
Cary Kimbrell (R) P 3,969 .1
Quentin Dastugue (R)ss dnf P 515,186
David Treen (R)fg P 1,574
Ann Thompson (O) P 16,535 .1
Matthew Joseff P 70
Lonnie Creech (O) P .2
Ronnie Johnson (O) P .1
Darryl Ward (O) P .3
Kenneth Woods (O) P .3
MISSISSIPPI T 5,548,993
TV 807,270
CPV 6.87
Dick Molpus (D)sos T 2,380,829 78 45
Kirk Fordice (R)i T 3,167,377 94 55
Shawn O'Hara (D)ew T 487 22
George Blair (R)rmo P -0-
Richard O'Hara (R)aw P 300
Total for 3 states T 35,692,717
NOTES
Key:
CPV - cost per vote
G - general election (runoff in Louisiana)
NR - no report filed.
P - primary
RU - runoff
T - total
TV - total vote cast
wd - withdrew from race before primary
dnf - did not file
(#) - number of candidates in race
Occupation
aw - auto worker
cn - U.S. congressman
ew - evangelist and writer
fg - former governor
fpc - former state party chair
fpo - former state party official (position)
i - incumbent
l - lawyer
lg - lieutenant governor
mla - marijuana legalization activist
pc - perennial candidate
rmo - retired military officer
sos - secretary of state
sr - state representative
ss - state senator
ssl - state senate leader (position)
st - state treasurer
Party
D - Democratic
I - Independent
R - Republican
Sources for expenditure data
Kentucky: Registry of Election Finance (unaudited figures)
Louisiana: Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana
Mississippi: Elections Division, Secretary of State
Sources for election results
Primaries:
Kentucky: CQ Weekly Report, May 27, 1995, 1526; The Hotline 5/24/95, 12
Louisiana: CQ Weekly Report, October 28, 1995: 3321
Mississippi: CQ Weekly Report, August 12, 1995: 2457
General election: Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa, The Almanac of
American Politics, 1996. Kentucky and Mississippi: CQ Weekly Report
November 11, 1995, 3474-3475; National Governors' Association,
Governors' Bulletin, November 13, 1995, 4; Louisiana: Wall Street
Journal, November 20, 1995.