2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election

For related races, see 2015 United States gubernatorial elections.

The 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 2015.^[2] Incumbent Democratic governor Steve Beshear was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.^[3] Primary elections were held on May 19, 2015.^[2]

2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election

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Turnout	30.6%[1] ( 2.0%)
Nominee Matt Bevin Jack Conway Party Republican Democratic Running mate Jenean Hampton Sannie Overly Popular vote 511,374 426,620 Percentage 52.52% 43.82%
County results Congressional district results State senate district results State house district results Bevin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Conway:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80-90%
Governor before election Steve Beshear Democratic Elected Governor Matt Bevin Republican

Despite trailing in most pre-election polls, Republican nominee Matt Bevin defeated Democratic nominee Jack Conway by a margin of 52.5% to 43.8% in the general election. Statewide turnout in this election was 30%. With a margin of 8.7%, this election was the closest race of the 2015 gubernatorial election cycle. As of 2025, this was the only time since 2003 that a Republican was elected Governor of Kentucky.

This is the only instance in history in which Knott County has backed a Republican candidate for governor. This was the only Democratic-held governorship up for election in 2015 in a state that Mitt Romney won in the 2012 presidential election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Jack Conway, Attorney General of Kentucky (2008–2016) and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010^[4]

• Running mate: Sannie Overly, state representative^[4]

• Geoff Young, retired engineer and candidate for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in 2014^[5]

• Running mate: Johnathan Masters^[6]
• Former running mate: Cherokee Schill^[5]

Declined

• Jerry Abramson, White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, former lieutenant governor of Kentucky and former mayor of Louisville^[7]
• Rocky Adkins, Majority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives^[8][9]
• Ben Chandler, former U.S. representative, former attorney general of Kentucky and nominee for governor in 2003^{[10][11][12][13]}
• Luther Deaton, banker^[14][15]
• Adam Edelen, State Auditor of Kentucky (ran for re-election)^[16][17][18]
• Greg Fischer, Mayor of Louisville^[19]
• Alison Lundergan Grimes, Secretary of State of Kentucky and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014 (ran for re-election)^[20]
• Crit Luallen, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and former state auditor of Kentucky^[21][22]
• Daniel Mongiardo, former lieutenant governor of Kentucky and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2004^[16]
• Greg Stumbo, Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, former attorney general of Kentucky and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2007^{[9][23][24][25][26]}
• John Yarmuth, U.S. representative^[27]

Endorsements

Jack Conway/Sannie Overly

Statewide elected officials

• Wendell H. Ford, former U.S. senator and former governor^[28]
• Crit Luallen, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and former state auditor of Kentucky^[28]
• Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky Secretary of State^[28]
• John Yarmuth, U.S. representative^[28]

Individuals

• Jim King, Louisville Metro Council President^[29]
• David Yates, Louisville Metro Councilman^[30]
• Shane Young, Hardin County Commonwealth's Attorney^[31]
• Dan Boaz, McCracken County Commonwealth's Attorney^[32]
• Les Burgett, Perry County Sheriff^[33]
• Bobby Carpenter, Greenup County Judge/Executive^[34]
• John Estill, Mason County Attorney^[35]
• John Gardner, Barren and Metcalfe Counties Commonwealth's Attorney^[36]
• Steve Gold, Henderson County Attorney^[37]
• David O'Neill, Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator^[38]
• G.L. Ovey, Lyon County Commonwealth's Attorney^[39]
• Mike Pryor, Nicholas County Judge/Executive^[40]
• Tommy Turner, LaRue County Judge/Executive^[41]
• Jim Ward, Letcher County Judge/Executive^[42]
• G. Davis Wilson, Bourbon County Attorney^[43]
• Elisabeth Jensen, education advocate and nominee for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in 2014^[44]

Members of the Kentucky legislature

• Morgan McGarvey, state senator^[45]
• Gerald Neal, state senator^[46]
• Ray Jones II, state senator^[47]
• Dorsey Ridley, state senator^[48]
• Rita Smart, state representative^[49]
• Larry Clark, state representative and former Speaker Pro Tem of the Kentucky House of Representatives^[50]
• Leslie Combs, state representative^[51]
• Mike Denham, state representative^[52]
• Jeff Donohue, state representative^[53]
• Kelly Flood, state representative^[54]
• Doc Watkins, state representative^[55]
• Ed Worley, former Minority Leader of the Kentucky Senate and former state senator^[56]
• Jerry Rhoads, former state senator^[57]
• Denver Butler, former state representative^[58]

Organizations

• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 369^[59]
• Jefferson County Teachers Association^[60]
• Teamsters Joint Council 94^[61]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jack Conway	Geoff Young	Undecided
Survey USA[62]	May 5–10, 2015	707	± 3.5%	68%	13%	19%
Survey USA[63]	March 3–8, 2015	640	± 3.9%	61%	12%	27%
Harper Polling[64]	January 28–31, 2015	255	± 6.14%	59%	13%	28%

Results

Results by county:

  Conway

•   Conway—60–70%
•   Conway—70–80%
•   Conway—80–90%

Democratic primary results^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Conway	140,627	78.8%
	Democratic	Geoff Young	37,887	21.2%
Total votes			178,514	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Matt Bevin, businessman and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014^[66][67]

• Running mate: Jenean Hampton, former chairwoman of the Bowling Green/Southern Kentucky Tea Party and nominee for the 20th Kentucky House district in 2014^[68][69]

• James Comer, Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky, 2012–2016; and former state representative, 2001-2012^[70]

• Running mate: Christian McDaniel, state senator, 2013–present^[71]

• Hal Heiner, former member of the Louisville Metro Council, 2003–2010; and nominee for Mayor of Louisville in 2010^[72]

• Running mate: K.C. Crosbie, former Lexington-Fayette Urban County Councilwoman, 2006–2014; former finance chairwoman and national chairwoman for the Republican Party of Kentucky, and nominee for Kentucky State Treasurer in 2011^[73]

• Will T. Scott, former associate justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, 2005–2015; nominee for Attorney General of Kentucky in 1995 and for KY-07 in 1988 and 1990^[74][75]

• Running mate: Rodney Coffey, former Menifee County Sheriff, 1999–2014; Kentucky Sheriffs Association President, 2014-2015 ^[76]

Withdrew

• Robert Lee Rosier, U.S. Army veteran^[77]

• Running mate: John Yuen, candidate for the State Senate in 2012^[77]

Declined

• Cathy Bailey, businesswoman and former United States Ambassador to Latvia^[78]
• Andy Barr, U.S. representative^[79][80]
• Jess Correll, banker^[81]
• Richie Farmer, former Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky^[82][83][84]
• Ernie Fletcher, former governor and former U.S. representative^[85]
• Trey Grayson, former Secretary of State of Kentucky and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010^[86]
• Brett Guthrie, U.S. representative^[81][87][88]
• Thomas Massie, U.S. representative^[89]
• Mitch McConnell, U.S. senator and Senate majority leader^[90]
• Phil Moffett, businessman, Tea Party activist and candidate for governor in 2011^[91][92]
• Rand Paul, U.S. senator and 2016 presidential candidate^[93]
• David L. Williams, judge on the Kentucky Circuit Courts, former president of the Kentucky Senate and nominee for governor in 2011^[94]

Endorsements

James Comer/Chris McDaniel

Individuals

• Jim Bunning, former U.S. senator^[95]
• Julie Denton, state senator^[96]
• Anne Northup, former U.S. representative and candidate for governor in 2007^[96]
• Ron Lewis, former U.S. representative^[97]
• Thomas Massie, U.S. representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district^[98]
• Ed Whitfield, U.S. representative^[99]

Organizations

• Associated General Contractors^[100]

Hal Heiner/K.C. Crosbie

Individuals

• Rebecca Jackson, former Jefferson County Judge/Executive and candidate for governor in 2003^[96]

Organizations

• Kentucky Pastors Action Coalition ^[101]

Matt Bevin/Jenean Hampton

Individuals

• Hugh Hewitt, author and talk radio personality ^[102]
• Sally Oh, co-founder of the Lexington Tea Party ^[103]

Organizations

• Cincinnati Enquirer ^[104]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Cathy Bailey	Matt Bevin	James Comer	Hal Heiner	Will T. Scott	Undecided
Survey USA[62]	May 5–10, 2015	517	± 4.4%	—	27%	26%	25%	8%	14%
Public Policy Polling[105]	May 6–7, 2015	501	± 4.4%	—	25%	28%	27%	—	20%
Triumph Campaigns[106]	March 26, 2015	601	± 4%	—	12%	19%	33%	3%	29%
Survey USA[63]	March 3–8, 2015	520	± 4.4%	—	20%	20%	28%	8%	25%
Harper Polling[64]	January 28–31, 2015	261	± 6.07%	—	18%	25%	19%	9%	30%
Remington Research[107]	January 27–28, 2015	1,000	± ?	—	19%	22%	18%	5%	26%
Public Policy Polling[108]	August 7–10, 2014	383	± ?	11%	25%	20%	18%	—	26%
				—	—	22%	28%	—	50%
Public Opinion Strategies[109]	February 26–27, 2014	400	± 4.9%	—	—	42%	14%	—	13%

Results

Results by county:

  Bevin

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%

  Comer

•   20–30%
•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

  Heiner

•   20–30%
•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%

  Scott

•   30–40%
•   60–70%

  Tie

•   20–30%

On May 19, 2015, Matt Bevin won the Republican primary, defeating second-place finisher James Comer by 83 votes.^[65]

Republican primary results^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Bevin	70,480	32.91%
	Republican	James Comer	70,397	32.89%
	Republican	Hal Heiner	57,951	27.10%
	Republican	Will T. Scott	15,365	7.20%
Total votes			214,187	100.00%

Independents

Candidates

Declared

• Drew Curtis, entrepreneur and founder and CEO of Fark.com^[110]

• Running mate: Heather Curtis, COO of Fark.com and wife of Drew Curtis^[110]

• Gatewood Galbraith (formerly Terrill Wayne Newman), social worker (distinguish from politician Gatewood Galbraith)^[111][112]

• Running mate: Elisabeth Anderson, retired legal secretary

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[113]	Tossup	October 26, 2015
Rothenberg Political Report[114]	Tilt D	October 27, 2015
Sabato's Crystal Ball[115]	Lean D	October 29, 2015
DKE[116]	Tossup	October 29, 2015

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jack Conway (D)	Matt Bevin (R)	Drew Curtis (I)	Undecided
Vox Populi[117]	October 26–27, 2015	618	± 3.9%	44%	44%	6%	6%
				43%	46%	6%	7%
Survey USA[118]	October 23–26, 2015	798	± 3.5%	45%	40%	6%	10%
WKU Social Science Research Center[119]	October 19–25, 2015	770	± 3.5%	45%	40%	7%	8%
Mason-Dixon[120]	October 6–8, 2015	625	± 4%	43%	41%	6%	10%
Survey USA[121]	September 22–27, 2015	701	± 3.8%	42%	37%	7%	15%
Survey USA[122]	July 22–28, 2015	685	± 3.8%	43%	38%	8%	11%
				45%	42%	—	13%
Public Policy Polling[123]	June 18–21, 2015	1,108	± 2.9%	35%	38%	6%	21%
				38%	40%	—	22%
Survey USA[62]	May 5–10, 2015	1,677	± 2.4%	48%	37%	—	16%
Survey USA[63]	March 3–8, 2015	1,917	± 2.3%	42%	36%	—	22%
Harper Polling[64]	January 28–29, 2015	640	± 3.87%	45%	41%	—	14%
Gravis Marketing[124]	January 5–6, 2015	608	± 4%	44%	36%	—	20%
Public Policy Polling[108]	August 7–10, 2014	991	± 3.1%	39%	36%	—	25%

Hypothetical polling

Conway vs. Bailey

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jack Conway (D)	Cathy Bailey (R)	Other	Undecided
Gravis Marketing[124]	January 5–6, 2015	608	± 4%	43%	30%	—	27%
Public Policy Polling[108]	August 7–10, 2014	991	± 3.1%	42%	30%	—	28%

Conway vs. Comer

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jack Conway (D)	James Comer (R)	Other	Undecided
Survey USA[62]	May 5–10, 2015	1,677	± 2.4%	45%	39%	—	16%
Survey USA[63]	March 3–8, 2015	1,917	± 2.3%	40%	38%	—	22%
Harper Polling[64]	January 28–29, 2015	640	± 3.87%	41%	45%	—	14%
Gravis Marketing[124]	January 5–6, 2015	608	± 4%	40%	37%	—	23%
Garin-Hart-Yang*[125]	December 19–21, 2014	608	± 4%	48%	36%	—	16%
Public Policy Polling[108]	August 7–10, 2014	991	± 3.1%	38%	35%	—	27%

Conway vs. Heiner

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jack Conway (D)	Hal Heiner (R)	Other	Undecided
Survey USA[62]	May 5–10, 2015	1,677	± 2.4%	48%	36%	—	16%
Survey USA[63]	March 3–8, 2015	1,917	± 2.3%	41%	38%	—	21%
Harper Polling[64]	January 28–29, 2015	640	± 3.87%	42%	44%	—	14%
Gravis Marketing[124]	January 5–6, 2015	608	± 4%	43%	34%	—	22%
Garin-Hart-Yang*[125]	December 19–21, 2014	608	± 4%	51%	30%	—	19%
Public Policy Polling[108]	August 7–10, 2014	991	± 3.1%	39%	32%	—	28%
Gravis Marketing[126]	July 17–20, 2014	1,054	± 3%	45%	36%	—	19%

Conway vs. Scott

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jack Conway (D)	Will T. Scott (R)	Other	Undecided
Survey USA[62]	May 5–10, 2015	1,677	± 2.4%	48%	32%	—	20%
Survey USA[63]	March 3–8, 2015	1,917	± 2.3%	43%	33%	—	24%
Harper Polling[64]	January 28–29, 2015	640	± 3.87%	44%	40%	—	16%

• * Poll for the Kentucky Democratic Party

Results

Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2015^{[127][128][129]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Matt Bevin	511,374	52.52%	+17.23%
	Democratic	Jack Conway	426,620	43.82%	−11.90%
	Independent	Drew Curtis	35,597	3.66%	N/A
Total votes			973,692	100.00%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

By county

County[130]	Matt Bevin (R)		Jack Conway (D)		Other		Total votes
	#	%	%	#	%	#
Adair	66.33%	2,727	30.84%	1,268	2.82%	116	4,111
Allen	69.00%	2,344	28.76%	977	2.24%	76	3,397
Anderson	55.34%	3,724	39.16%	2,635	5.50%	370	6,729
Ballard	55.20%	1,312	41.65%	990	3.16%	75	2,377
Barren	57.40%	5,289	38.72%	3,568	3.88%	358	9,215
Bath	46.65%	1,045	49.87%	1,117	3.48%	78	2,240
Bell	58.60%	2,425	37.60%	1,556	3.79%	157	4,138
Boone	65.78%	15,842	30.80%	7,418	3.41%	822	24,082
Bourbon	45.34%	2,202	51.68%	2,510	2.99%	145	4,857
Boyd	51.70%	4,747	45.24%	4,154	3.06%	281	9,182
Boyle	54.72%	3,968	40.65%	2,948	4.63%	336	7,252
Bracken	53.78%	854	42.82%	680	3.40%	54	1,588
Breathitt	49.81%	1,313	45.83%	1,208	4.36%	115	2,636
Breckinridge	56.78%	2,648	39.84%	1,858	3.39%	158	4,664
Bullitt	57.86%	9,856	38.11%	6,492	4.03%	686	17,034
Butler	67.24%	1,786	30.38%	807	2.37%	63	2,656
Caldwell	58.97%	1,838	37.86%	1,180	3.18%	99	3,117
Calloway	55.44%	4,742	41.59%	3,558	2.97%	254	8,554
Campbell	54.15%	10,671	41.90%	8,258	3.95%	779	19,708
Carlisle	60.66%	899	37.85%	561	1.48%	22	1,482
Carroll	46.61%	867	49.62%	923	3.76%	70	1,860
Carter	53.62%	2,405	43.57%	1,954	2.81%	126	4,485
Casey	79.31%	2,836	18.15%	649	2.54%	91	3,576
Christian	56.91%	4,830	40.60%	3,446	2.49%	211	8,487
Clark	54.55%	4,551	41.33%	3,448	4.12%	344	8,343
Clay	71.11%	2,311	26.65%	866	2.25%	73	3,250
Clinton	76.36%	1,531	22.14%	444	1.50%	30	2,005
Crittenden	65.52%	1,450	31.86%	705	2.62%	58	2,213
Cumberland	70.93%	927	26.17%	342	2.91%	38	1,307
Daviess	55.12%	13,483	42.38%	10,366	2.50%	611	24,460
Edmonson	63.02%	1,503	33.75%	805	3.23%	77	2,385
Elliott	40.21%	495	57.35%	706	2.44%	30	1,231
Estill	63.08%	1,770	31.72%	890	5.20%	146	2,806
Fayette	39.72%	27,788	54.64%	38,220	5.64%	3,945	69,953
Fleming	57.65%	1,907	38.81%	1,284	3.54%	117	3,308
Floyd	42.04%	3,390	54.46%	4,392	3.50%	282	8,064
Franklin	35.20%	5,942	58.29%	9,839	6.51%	1,098	16,879
Fulton	51.45%	568	45.65%	504	2.90%	32	1,104
Gallatin	56.16%	739	39.89%	525	3.95%	52	1,316
Garrard	65.67%	2,542	29.91%	1,158	4.42%	171	3,871
Grant	62.51%	2,433	34.07%	1,326	3.42%	133	3,892
Graves	60.84%	5,370	36.13%	3,189	3.04%	268	8,827
Grayson	62.86%	3,246	33.54%	1,732	3.60%	186	5,164
Green	69.66%	2,018	27.82%	806	2.52%	73	2,897
Greenup	57.12%	4,432	40.07%	3,109	2.81%	218	7,759
Hancock	49.93%	1,114	47.69%	1,064	2.38%	53	2,231
Hardin	56.71%	11,586	39.30%	8,029	3.99%	815	20,430
Harlan	62.34%	3,099	33.61%	1,671	4.04%	201	4,971
Harrison	51.15%	2,093	43.45%	1,778	5.40%	221	4,092
Hart	57.48%	2,043	38.80%	1,379	3.71%	132	3,554
Henderson	47.19%	4,837	49.92%	5,117	2.90%	297	10,251
Henry	52.75%	2,126	42.68%	1,720	4.57%	184	4,030
Hickman	61.43%	771	36.49%	458	2.07%	26	1,255
Hopkins	60.48%	5,802	36.73%	3,524	2.79%	268	9,594
Jackson	83.36%	2,310	14.18%	393	2.45%	68	2,771
Jefferson	38.57%	74,427	58.16%	112,232	3.27%	6,302	192,961
Jessamine	61.93%	7,581	33.77%	4,134	4.30%	526	12,241
Johnson	65.39%	3,040	30.80%	1,432	3.81%	177	4,649
Kenton	57.25%	18,007	39.11%	12,301	3.64%	1,145	31,453
Knott	55.88%	1,612	39.55%	1,141	4.58%	132	2,885
Knox	67.35%	3,706	29.69%	1,634	2.96%	163	5,503
Larue	59.79%	2,009	36.13%	1,214	4.08%	137	3,360
Laurel	74.48%	8,781	22.59%	2,663	2.93%	345	11,789
Lawrence	60.87%	1,616	36.65%	973	2.49%	66	2,655
Lee	67.84%	1,042	27.47%	422	4.69%	72	1,536
Leslie	77.43%	1,654	20.18%	431	2.39%	51	2,136
Letcher	54.65%	2,360	41.11%	1,775	4.24%	183	4,318
Lewis	73.56%	1,833	23.43%	584	3.01%	75	2,492
Lincoln	64.36%	3,289	31.82%	1,626	3.82%	195	5,110
Livingston	57.49%	1,340	39.77%	927	2.75%	64	2,331
Logan	58.49%	2,345	39.04%	1,565	2.47%	99	4,009
Lyon	52.32%	1,208	45.17%	1,043	2.51%	58	2,309
Madison	55.87%	10,268	39.98%	7,348	4.16%	764	18,380
Magoffin	53.86%	1,229	43.25%	987	2.89%	66	2,282
Marion	41.20%	1,591	55.20%	2,132	3.60%	139	3,862
Marshall	53.26%	5,969	43.09%	4,830	3.65%	409	11,208
Martin	73.25%	1,268	24.21%	419	2.54%	44	1,731
Mason	52.43%	1,792	44.79%	1,531	2.78%	95	3,418
McCracken	58.42%	9,028	39.03%	6,031	2.55%	394	15,453
McCreary	65.42%	1,362	31.12%	648	3.46%	72	2,082
McLean	56.57%	1,364	40.81%	984	2.61%	63	2,411
Meade	51.37%	3,310	44.04%	2,838	4.59%	296	6,444
Menifee	53.60%	1,160	41.45%	897	4.94%	107	2,164
Mercer	60.22%	3,517	35.17%	2,054	4.61%	269	5,840
Metcalfe	57.76%	1,344	38.16%	888	4.08%	95	2,327
Monroe	67.32%	1,642	29.56%	721	3.12%	76	2,439
Montgomery	54.61%	3,271	41.39%	2,479	4.01%	240	5,990
Morgan	54.93%	1,355	40.90%	1,009	4.18%	103	2,467
Muhlenberg	49.30%	3,613	47.12%	3,453	3.58%	262	7,328
Nelson	48.35%	4,902	48.14%	4,880	3.51%	356	10,138
Nicholas	38.20%	563	58.14%	857	3.66%	54	1,474
Ohio	59.41%	3,115	38.15%	2,000	2.44%	128	5,243
Oldham	60.54%	10,896	35.58%	6,403	3.88%	699	17,998
Owen	56.10%	1,444	38.85%	1,000	5.05%	130	2,574
Owsley	70.47%	580	26.73%	220	2.79%	23	823
Pendleton	59.92%	1,567	35.79%	936	4.28%	112	2,615
Perry	62.00%	3,276	35.14%	1,857	2.86%	151	5,284
Pike	54.76%	6,146	42.24%	4,741	2.99%	336	11,223
Powell	52.48%	1,335	43.63%	1,110	3.89%	99	2,544
Pulaski	72.00%	10,623	24.83%	3,664	3.17%	467	14,754
Robertson	53.12%	247	43.44%	202	3.44%	16	465
Rockcastle	74.33%	2,536	21.81%	744	3.87%	132	3,412
Rowan	46.67%	2,179	49.71%	2,321	3.62%	169	4,669
Russell	72.08%	3,312	24.90%	1,144	3.03%	139	4,595
Scott	51.32%	6,165	43.55%	5,232	5.14%	617	12,014
Shelby	56.74%	6,573	39.49%	4,575	3.76%	436	11,584
Simpson	59.57%	1,652	38.19%	1,059	2.24%	62	2,773
Spencer	62.84%	3,169	33.81%	1,705	3.35%	169	5,043
Taylor	61.28%	3,852	35.95%	2,260	2.77%	174	6,286
Todd	62.23%	903	34.67%	503	3.10%	45	1,451
Trigg	55.01%	1,746	42.28%	1,342	2.71%	86	3,174
Trimble	54.51%	1,033	42.06%	797	3.43%	65	1,895
Union	47.53%	1,829	50.10%	1,928	2.36%	91	3,848
Warren	55.17%	12,411	41.58%	9,354	3.25%	730	22,495
Washington	57.38%	1,796	38.50%	1,205	4.12%	129	3,130
Wayne	64.54%	2,412	33.15%	1,239	2.30%	86	3,737
Webster	55.82%	1,567	41.61%	1,168	2.57%	72	2,807
Whitley	69.73%	4,772	27.13%	1,857	3.14%	215	6,844
Wolfe	46.15%	689	51.11%	763	2.75%	41	1,493
Woodford	47.53%	3,804	46.28%	3,704	6.19%	495	8,003

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Anderson (Largest city: Lawrenceburg)
• Ballard (Largest city: LaCenter)
• Barren (Largest city: Glasgow)
• Bell (Largest city: Middlesboro)
• Boyle (Largest city: Danville)
• Bracken (Largest city: Augusta)
• Breathitt (Largest city: Jackson)
• Breckinridge (Largest city: Hardinsburg)
• Bullitt (Largest city: Mount Washington)
• Butler (Largest city: Morgantown)
• Caldwell (Largest city: Princeton)
• Calloway (Largest city: Murray)
• Campbell (Largest city: Fort Thomas)
• Carlisle (Largest city: Bardwell)
• Carter (Largest city: Grayson)
• Christian (Largest city: Hopkinsville)
• Clark (Largest city: Winchester)
• Daviess (Largest city: Owensboro)
• Fleming (Largest city: Flemingsburg)
• Fulton (Largest city: Fulton)
• Gallatin (Largest city: Warsaw)
• Garrard (Largest city: Lancaster)
• Grant (Largest city: Williamstown)
• Graves (Largest city: Mayfield)
• Grayson (Largest city: Leitchfield)
• Green (Largest city: Greensburg)
• Greenup (Largest city: Flatwoods)
• Hancock (Largest city: Hawesville)
• Hardin (Largest city: Elizabethtown)
• Harrison (Largest city: Cynthiana)
• Hart (Largest city: Horse Cave)
• Henry (Largest city: Eminence)
• Hickman (Largest city: Clinton)
• Hopkins (Largest city: Madisonville)
• Jessamine (Largest city: Nicholasville)
• Johnson (Largest city: Paintsville)
• Kenton (Largest city: Covington)
• Knott (largest municipality: Hindman)
• Knox (Largest city: Barbourville)
• LaRue (Largest city: Hodgenville)
• Lawrence (Largest city: Louisa)
• Lincoln (Largest city: Stanford)
• Livingston (Largest city: Salem)
• Logan (Largest city: Russellville)
• Lyon (Largest city: Eddyville)
• Magoffin (Largest city: Salyersville)
• Marshall (Largest city: Benton)
• Madison (Largest city: Richmond)
• Mason (Largest city: Maysville)
• McCracken (Largest city: Paducah)
• McLean (Largest city: Livermore)
• Meade (Largest city: Brandenburg)
• Menifee (largest municipality: Frenchburg)
• Mercer (Largest city: Harrodsburg)
• Metcalfe (Largest city: Edmonton)
• Montgomery (Largest city: Mount Sterling)
• Morgan (Largest city: West Liberty)
• Muhlenberg (Largest city: Central City)
• Nelson (Largest city: Bardstown)
• Ohio (Largest city: Beaver Dam)
• Oldham (Largest city: La Grange)
• Owen (Largest city: Owenton)
• Pendleton (Largest city: Falmouth)
• Powell (Largest city: Stanton)
• Robertson (largest municipality: Mount Olivet)
• Scott (Largest city: Georgetown)
• Shelby (Largest city: Shelbyville)
• Simpson (Largest city: Franklin)
• Spencer (Largest city: Taylorsville)
• Taylor (Largest city: Campbellsville)
• Warren (Largest city: Bowling Green)
• Washington (Largest city: Springfield)
• Webster (Largest city: Providence)
• Woodford (Largest city: Versailles)

By congressional district

Bevin won four of six congressional districts. Conway won the other two, including one held by a Republican.^[130]

District	Bevin	Conway	Representative
1st	58.01%	39.15%	Ed Whitfield
2nd	56.96%	39.45%	Brett Guthrie
3rd	37.63%	59.14%	John Yarmuth
4th	58.49%	37.83%	Thomas Massie
5th	62.74%	33.99%	Hal Rogers
6th	46.21%	48.65%	Andy Barr

See also

• 2015 Kentucky elections