1991 Kentucky lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1991 Kentucky lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1991, to elect the lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Brereton Jones chose not to seek re-election to a second term in office, instead running for governor.

Pike County executive Paul E. Patton won the general election against attorney Eugene Goss, by a margin of 514,023 to 250,857 votes. This would be the last time the lieutenant governor and the governor were elected separately.

Nominee

 * Paul E. Patton, Pike County executive, and candidate for this seat in 1987

Eliminated in primary

 * Fred Cowan, Incumbent Attorney General of Kentucky
 * Steve Collins, son of former governor Martha Layne Collins
 * Bobby H. Richardson, former Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1982–1986)
 * Pete Worthington, Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 70th district
 * Judge Ray Corns, circuit judge
 * John Frith Stewart, mayor of Pewee Valley

Nominee

 * Charles Eugene Goss, Harlan County attorney and former secretary of transportation and health and human services

Eliminated in primary

 * Henry Lawson Walker, attorney
 * Tommy Klein