1969Final results
1969 Democratic primary for Kentucky House District 38
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Orville Quire (D) won with 35.1% of the vote, defeating T. S. Merkel (D) by 7.8 points.
Orville QuireDemocrat · winner
35.1%434
T. S. MerkelDemocrat
27.2%337
Buel L. CoxDemocrat
23.1%286
Lee BoothDemocrat
14.6%181
1,238 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET