Bob Gable was the original Republican Party of Kentucky chairman and a leader when there were few Kentucky Republicans. In fact, Bob gave me my first contribution when I decided to get into politics.

Bob Wenrich and Fay Gable were married under a tree in a relative’s backyard a few weeks after Fay learned she was pregnant ...

Robert "Bob" Gable ran an almost hopeless race for Kentucky governor in 1975. (Kentucky Museum Special Collections, Western Kentucky University) Robert Gable, who died at 90 on Nov. 29, will be ...

Bob Gable, a longtime leader of Kentucky’s Republican Party, died Friday at 90 years old. Kentucky was Gable’s adopted home; he was originally born in New York City, grew up in Oregon ...

Most Kentuckians probably remember Bob Gable for one episode in his 1975 campaign. It’s a moment that helps illustrate the devolution of his party and American politics at large in the last few ...

Robert Elledy Gable was born in 1934 in New York City, the son of an heiress to the Stearns Co., a coal company Bob Gable’s great-grandfather, Justus Stearns, established in McCreary County in 1902.

A devoted member of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Frankfort, Gable also served on the Missions Board of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky. Bob will be remembered for his accomplishments ...

Bob Gable, of Frankfort, a longtime leader in the Republican Party in Kentucky who ran for governor twice and was credited with helping grow the party into the majority it has in the state today, died ...

Bob Wenrich and Fay Gable were married under a tree in a relative’s backyard a few weeks after Fay learned she was pregnant in 1951. She was 16 and Bob was 21, but they were in love and decided ...