Steven L. Beshear
Last held office: Governor of Kentucky (2007–2015). Ran in 2 elections between 2007 and 2011, winning 2.
- Last margin
- +20.4
- Won 2011
- Elections
- 2
- 2007–2011
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Beshear 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 Beshear has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Beshear won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Governor of Kentucky | General | Won | David L. Williams (R), Gatewood Galbraith (I) | 55.7% | D+20.4 | R+16.5 | |
| 2007 | Governor of Kentucky | General | Won | Ernest Fletcher (R) | 58.7% | D+17.4 | R+20.0 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Beshear has held
- Governor of Kentucky · 2007–2015
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Beshear has run against
- David L. Williams (R) · 2011 election, won
- Ernest Fletcher (R) · 2007 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
In the polls
Included in 12 polls; Beshear’s best result was 60% (Kentucky Governor, 2007).
Beshear’s polls in the database →