United States gubernatorial elections, 1983

The gubernatorial elections in the United States in 1983 were held on 23 October 1983. Was chosen in the states of Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi. In all three cases, the candidate of the Democratic Party prevailed.

The only of the three previous incumbent, could compete again, was the Republican David C. Treen in Louisiana. He had been four years earlier elected as the first Republican since Reconstruction to the governor of his state, which was connected with the coming into Louisiana for the application of the principle Jungle Primary. In this code a number of representatives of a party can stand; none achieved an absolute majority, followed by a runoff. While Treen had occupied the only Republicans first place, the votes of the Democrats had been distributed to five candidates. From disappointment that the second place went to the outsider Louis Lambert, supported the other Democratic candidates in the run- Treen, who won just then.

Such a case did not happen this time. Edwin Edwards, already from 1972 to 1980 governor, sticking out of the four Democratic candidates panel out clearly and returned with 62.3 percent of the vote back into office without having to go to the ballot. Treen was 36.4 percent batted second.

In Mississippi, the Democratic governor William Winter could not run again after four years of constitutional. Was nominated by the Democrats now William Allain, Attorney General of the State, then decided the election with 55.1 percent of the vote. His Republican opponent Leon Bramlett came to a share of 38.9 percent. Charles Evers, brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and mayor of Fayette, occupied as an independent candidate with 4.1 percent of votes in third.

Also in Kentucky had to give after four years as governor of re-election of Democratic incumbent John Brown. His party presented with Martha Layne Collins Deputy Governor first woman as a candidate, which then decided the election for himself and first governor of Kentucky was. She received 54.5 percent of the vote, winning against the former baseball 's top players Jim Bunning, at that time a member of the Senate of Kentucky and later two terms of Republican U.S. Senator. On it accounted for 44.1 percent. The independent candidate Nicholas McCubbin ( 1.4 percent ) had no chance.