2003Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2003 election for Kentucky Governor
Governor · Kentucky
Ernest Fletcher (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Ben Chandler (D) by 10.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ernest FletcherRepublican · winner
55.0%596,284
Ben ChandlerDemocrat
45.0%487,159
1,083,443 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2003
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET