Robert Elledy Gable (February 20, 1934 – November 29, 2024) was an American businessman from Frankfort, who was the Kentucky Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1975.
In 1995, Gable again sought the governor's office but lost by a large margin in the Republican primary.
With Shirley W. Palmer-Ball, his 1975 running mate reprising that role, Gable lost the primary with 17,054 votes (14.5 percent) to Larry Forgy and Tom Handy's 97,099 votes (82.4 percent).
Forgy, as the Republican nominee, was then defeated in the general election by Democrat Paul E. Patton.
[4] He, along with his wife, Emily T. Gable, and family, moved in 1968 to serve as Parks Commissioner in the administration of Governor Louie Nunn.