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.