List of Republican nominees for Governor of Kentucky

Beginning in 1867, following the conclusion of the American Civil War, the Republican Party has run a candidate for the Governor of Kentucky. William O'Connell Bradley was the first Republican to serve as Governor of the state, winning the 1895 Kentucky gubernatorial election. As of 2020, nine Republicans have sat as Governor of Kentucky.

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• 1867 - (Estill)
• 1868 SPECIAL ELECTION - (Campbell)
• 1871 – John Marshall Harlan (Jefferson)
• 1875 – John Marshall Harlan (Jefferson)
• 1879 – Walter Evans (Jefferson)
• 1883 – Thomas Zantzinger Morrow (Pulaski)
• 1887 – William O. Bradley (Garrard)
• 1891 –
• 1895 – William O. Bradley (Garrard)
• 1899 – William S. Taylor (Butler)
• 1900 SPECIAL ELECTION – (Boyle)
• 1903 – Morris B. Belknap (Jefferson)
• 1907 - Augustus Everett Willson (Jefferson)
• 1911 – Edward C. O'Rear (Montgomery)
• 1915 – Edwin P. Morrow (Pulaski)
• 1919 – Edwin P. Morrow (Pulaski)
• 1923 – Charles I. Dawson (Logan)
• 1927 – Flem D. Sampson (Knox)
• 1931 – William B. Harrison (Jefferson)
• 1935 – King Swope (Fayette)
• 1939 – King Swope (Fayette)
• 1943 – Simeon S. Willis (Boyd)
• 1947 – Eldon S. Dummit (Fayette)
• 1951 – Eugene Siler (Whitley)
• 1955 – Edwin R. Denney (Rockcastle)
• 1959 – John M. Robsion, Jr. (Jefferson)
• 1963 – Louie B. Nunn (Barren)
• 1967 – Louie B. Nunn (Barren)
• 1971 – Tom Emberton (Metcalfe)
• 1975 – Bob Gable (Franklin)
• 1979 – Louie B. Nunn (Barren)
• 1983 – Jim Bunning (Campbell)
• 1987 – John Harper (Bullitt)
• 1991 – Larry Hopkins (Fayette)
• 1995 – Larry Forgy (Fayette)
• 1999 – Peppy Martin (Hart)
• 2003 – Ernie Fletcher (Fayette)
• 2007 – Ernie Fletcher (Fayette)
• 2011 – David L. Williams (Cumberland)
• 2015 – Matt Bevin (Jefferson)
• 2019 – Matt Bevin