DemocratNot in office · last served 1983Last on a ballot: Nov 1979
J. Y. Brown Jr
Last held office: Governor of Kentucky (1979–1983). Ran in 1 election in 1979, winning 1.
- Last margin
- +18.8
- Won 1979
- Elections
- 1
- 1979
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Brown was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Brown has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Brown won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Governor of Kentucky | General | Won | Louie B. Nunn (R) | 59.4% | D+18.8 | D+7.3 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Brown has held
- Governor of Kentucky · 1979–1983
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Brown has run against
- Louie B. Nunn (R) · 1979 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive