Edwin R. Denney

Edwin R. Denney

Edwin R. Denney was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1955. He lost the general election to Democrat Happy Chandler, who won his second non-consecutive term as governor in that election. Denney won 322,671 votes (41.7%) to Chandler's 451,647 (58.3%). Chandler's victory margin of 129,000 votes was the largest landslide in the Kentucky gubernatorial elections up to that time [Kenneth F. Warren (Editor). [http://books.google.com/books?id=zP4wDcT3PeQC&pg=PA349&dq=%22Edwin+R.+Denney%22+1955&ei=PfbnSICINp7ItAOS18DtBg&sig=ACfU3U37Tq4dV0UxHFupjXmPFBJB4DJpCw "Encyclopedia of U. S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior."] Sage Publications (CA), 2008. ISBN-13: 9781412954891; p. 349] .

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