List of Republican nominees for Governor of Kentucky

• 1867 - Sidney M. Barnes (Estill)
• 1868 SPECIAL ELECTION - Richard Tarvin Baker (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 – Andrew T. Wood
• 1895 – William O. Bradley (Garrard)
• 1899 – William S. Taylor (Butler)
• 1900 SPECIAL ELECTION – John Yerkes (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)