1983 United States gubernatorial elections

1983 United States gubernatorial elections

October 22, 1983 (LA), November 3, 1983 (KY and MS)
4 governorships 3 states; 1 territory
Majority party Minority party   Leader Scott M. Matheson Victor Atiyeh Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Utah Oregon Last election 34 governorships 16 governorships Seats before 34 16 Seats after 35 15 Seat change 1 1
Democratic hold   Democratic gain

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	Dave 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%