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Featured article1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
Featured topic star1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election is the main article in the 1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election series, a featured topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.
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Did You Know Article milestones
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June 4, 2010Good article nomineeListed
July 27, 2010Featured article candidatePromoted
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Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 23, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that in the aftermath of the Kentucky gubernatorial election of 1899, one of the candidates was assassinated and another candidate was charged as an accomplice to the crime?
Current status: Featured article

Candidates in infobox

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@Mr.Election: I strongly disagree with – and have twice reverted – your edit removing the vote totals for candidates Brown and Blair in the infobox. Under ordinary circumstances, this might be appropriate, although I'm usually inclined to include all candidates unless it makes the infobox completely unwieldy. In this highly contentious and close election, however, the potential Goebel votes that went to Brown especially, but also to Blair, might have swung the result in his favor, a fact attested to by the published literature on the subject. Further, this article has already been reviewed as a featured article, and none of the reviewers expressed concerns about Brown and Blair's inclusion in the infobox. That wouldn't overturn a consensus to remove, obviously, but it should be given some up-front deference, I think. I'm glad to engage in discussion about the edit, as I hope others will. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 15:51, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"1900 (special)"?

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What is the "1900 (special)" election referred to in the infobox? Srnec (talk) 01:03, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I was interested in the same question. From the J. C. W. Beckham article, "Beckham remained governor, but because of the unusual circumstances surrounding the election, a special election was held on November 6, 1900, to determine who would complete Goebel's unexpired term. Beckham, now of age, won the election over Republican John W. Yerkes by fewer than 4,000 votes." It does not appear that we have an article on the special election itself. Jenks24 (talk) 06:00, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've created the 1900 special election page as a redirect to the background section of the 1903 Kentucky gubernatorial election. --Wow (talk) 19:18, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Adding an election results table

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Seems a bit odd the article does not have a results table that lists all the candidates and their vote totals. Is this possible to add somewhere in the article? TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 20:09, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@TulsaPoliticsFan: Once upon a time, this information was in the infobox. I still think it should be, as minor party candidates were most definitely a factor in the election, but I guess the MOS won out. Anyway, the info you need to create a results table is in this revision. Feel free to add. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 14:46, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I added a results table. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 15:34, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]