1999 United States gubernatorial elections

For related races, see 1999 United States elections.

1999 United States gubernatorial elections

October 23, 1999 (LA), November 4, 1999 (KY and MS)
3 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ed Schafer Frank O'Bannon Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat North Dakota Indiana Last election 31 governorships 17 governorships Seats before 31 17 Seats after 30 18 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,304,682 1,114,177 Percentage 53.94% 46.06%
Map of the Results      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Democratic gain      No election

The 1999 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.

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

The Democratic Party had a net gain of one 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 E. 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%	William J. Jefferson (Democratic) 29.5% Tom Greene (Republican) 2.4%
Mississippi	Kirk Fordice	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Ronnie Musgrove (Democratic) 49.6% Michael Parker (Republican) 48.5% Jerry Ladner (Reform) 1.1% Helen Perkins (Independent) 0.8%