Robert Gable, a businessman from southern Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

, was the Republican

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 nominee for Governor of Kentucky

Governor of Kentucky

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Fifty-six men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once...

 in 1975. He lost in a landslide to the incumbent Democrat

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, Julian Carroll

Julian Carroll

Julian Morton Carroll is a politician from the US state of Kentucky. A Democrat, he is presently a member of the Kentucky Senate, representing Anderson, Franklin, Woodford, and part of Fayette counties. From 1974 to 1979, he served as the 54th Governor of Kentucky, succeeding Wendell H. Ford, who...

. Carroll won 470,159 votes (62.8%) to 277,998 (37.2%) for Gable.

In 1995 Gable again sought the governor's office, and lost in an even greater landslide in the Republican primary. With Shirley W. Palmer-Ball

Shirley W. Palmer-Ball

Shirley W. Palmer-Ball is a politically active Republican in the U.S. state of Kentucky who was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1975....

, his 1975 running mate, again reprising that role, Gable lost the primary with 17,054 votes (14.5%) to Larry Forgy

Larry Forgy

Lawrence E. Forgy, known as Larry Forgy , is a Republican politician and former candidate for office from Lexington, Kentucky....

 and Tom Handy's 97,099 votes (82.4%). Forgy then lost the general election to Democrat Paul E. Patton

Paul E. Patton

Paul Edward Patton was the 59th governor of Kentucky, serving from 1995 to 2003. Because of a 1992 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, he was the first governor eligible to succeed himself in office since James Garrard in 1800...

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His wife Emily was charged with DUI

Driving under the influence

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 and first-degree wanton endangerment

Endangerment

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 http://www.state-journal.com/news/article/2182301 for driving her car through the doors of a Frankfort

Frankfort, Kentucky

Frankfort is a city in Kentucky that serves as the state capital and the county seat of Franklin County. The population was 27,741 at the 2000 census; by population it is the 5th smallest state capital in the United States...

-area Kroger

Kroger

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 on June 22, 2007 http://www.state-journal.com/news/article/2169701.