- Shirley W. Palmer-Ball
Shirley W. Palmer-Ball is a politically active Republican in the
US State ofKentucky who was the Republican nominee forLieutenant Governor of Kentucky in1975 .Palmer-Ball was the Republican nominee for
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in1975 , running on the same ticket asBob Gable . Palmer-Ball defeated Bob Bersky in the Republican primary, winning 30,317 votes (59.5%) to Bersky's 20,608 (40.5%). Palmer-Ball lost the election to DemocratThelma Stovall , while Gable lost the governor's race to DemocratJulian Carroll . Stovall was the first woman to win either of the state's highest two offices and the first woman nominated for lieutenant governor or governor ofKentucky by either major political party. Palmer-Ball won 357,744 votes (45.4%) to 430,011 (54.6%) for Stovall, while Gable won 277,998 votes (37.2%) to Carroll's 470,159 (62.8%).In 1995 Palmer-Ball again sought the office of Lieutenant Governor, running again as Gable's running mate in the primary. They finished second, with 17,054 votes, to
Larry Forgy andTom Handy who won the primary with 97,099 votes.In 2003 Palmer-Ball served on the transition team for incoming Republican governor
Ernie Fletcher .Palmer-Ball's family owns and manages the Palmer Products Corporation, a manufacturing business located in
Louisville, Kentucky .
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