1991 Kentucky lieutenant gubernatorial election

1991 Kentucky lieutenant gubernatorial election
November 5, 1991
Turnout46.1%
 
Nominee Paul E. Patton Eugene Goss
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 514,023 250,857
Percentage 67.20% 32.80%
County results
Patton:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Goss:      50–60%      60–70%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Brereton C. Jones
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Paul E. Patton
Democratic

The 1991 Kentucky lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1991, to elect the lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Brereton Jones chose not to seek re-election to a second term in office, instead running for governor.

Pike County executive Paul E. Patton won the general election against attorney Eugene Goss, by a margin of 514,023 to 250,857 votes.

This would be the last time the Lieutenant Governor and Governor were elected separately. In 1992, three Constitutional Amendments were placed on the ballot. One of these amendments was to end the governor and lieutenant governor from running separately in an election, which passed, 51.1% to 48.9%.

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