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1971 general · November 2, 1971

1971 Kentucky House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Kentucky House of Representatives district in the 1971 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 74 · R 26
Races100
Changed party16
Unopposed38%38 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 74 · R 26

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Ralph Graves (D)Unopposed
HD-2Lloyd Clapp (D)Unopposed
HD-3Fred Morgan (D)Unopposed
HD-4George F. Harris (D)Unopposed
HD-5Kenneth Imes (D)Unopposed
HD-6Richard H. Lewis (D)Unopposed
HD-7Joe McBride (D)16.0
HD-8John O. Hardin (D)Unopposed
HD-9James E. Bruce (D)Unopposed
HD-10Omar Parish (D)Unopposed
HD-11Gross Clay Lindsay (D)Unopposed
HD-12Roy Joe Head (D)Unopposed
HD-13Charles S. Wible (D)Unopposed
HD-14Donald J. Blandford (D)Unopposed
HD-15Billy Paxton (D)19.7
HD-16George Street Boone (D)92.3
HD-17Theron Kessinger (R)Unopposed
HD-18Willis G. Moreman (D)25.6
HD-19J. T. Skaggs (R)8.5
HD-20Nicholas Z. Kafoglis (D)Unopposed
HD-21Edward G. Brown (D)Unopposed
HD-22T. C. Simmons (R)Unopposed
HD-23Bobby H. Richardson (D)17.4Flipped
HD-24Sam B. Thomas (D)21.7Flipped
HD-25Sam H. Watkins (D)—
HD-26Joseph W. Prather (D)Unopposed
HD-27Bill Lile (R)1.2
HD-28James R. Dunn (D)13.7Flipped
HD-29Billy G. Wilkey (D)1.9Flipped
HD-30Thomas J. Burch (D)11.2
HD-31Stanley A. Searcy (R)5.9Flipped
HD-32E. Bruce Blythe Jr. (R)31.3
HD-33Peter Conn (D)10.5
HD-34David K. Karem (D)14.7
HD-35Carl A. Nett (D)17.2
HD-36Frank X. Quickert (D)28.8
HD-37M. Jerry Kleier (D)10.4
HD-38Dexter S. Wright (R)9.7
HD-39Lawrence Ray Maynard (D)7.4
HD-40George R. Siemens Sr. (D)22.7
HD-41Mae Streetkidd (D)37.4
HD-42Charlotte S. McGill (D)35.7
HD-43Norbert Blume (D)36.8
HD-44James Yocom (D)15.1
HD-45Dottie Priddy (D)10.9
HD-46Robert F. Hughes (D)5.7
HD-47Edward L. Holloway (R)Unopposed
HD-48Eugene P. Stuart (R)30.5
HD-49Stuart Kelly (D)89.3Flipped
HD-50Bernard Keene (D)93.1
HD-51Herman W. Ratliff (R)18.4Flipped
HD-52Raymond Overstreet (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-53Randolph Smith (R)18.2Flipped
HD-54Joe Clarke (D)16.4
HD-55Forest Sale (D)3.7Incumbent lost
HD-56Victor Hellard (D)34.0
HD-57William Curlin (D)Unopposed
HD-58Louis T. Peniston (D)17.6
HD-59W. J. Louden (D)82.6
HD-60William K. McBee (D)10.6
HD-61E. T. Reed (D)Unopposed
HD-62John Swinford (D)Unopposed
HD-63William I. Schmaedecke (R)3.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-64Phillip E. King (D)11.3
HD-65John J. Isler (D)Unopposed
HD-66Carl Mershon (D)Unopposed
HD-67James E. Murphy (D)Unopposed
HD-68William Donnermeyer (D)—
HD-69Arthur L. Schmidt (R)—
HD-70Austin Wenz (D)Unopposed
HD-71Woodford F. May (D)Unopposed
HD-72Brooks Hinkle (D)Unopposed
HD-73Glenn White (D)36.5
HD-74Charles B. Hart (D)Unopposed
HD-75William Kenton (D)37.8Flipped
HD-76Bart Peak (D)7.0
HD-77David Vanhorn (D)19.3
HD-78Larry Hopkins (R)5.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-79Joe Graves (R)0.9
HD-80William Harold Demarcus (R)Unopposed
HD-81Dwight Wells (D)26.4Flipped
HD-82Clifford M. Sharpe (R)Unopposed
HD-83Lavey Floyd (R)Unopposed
HD-84Sam Brewer Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-85Albert Robinson (R)25.8
HD-86Howard West (R)1.6
HD-87John W. Rowland (R)—
HD-88Bert Pollitte (D)22.4
HD-89Jeff D. Howell (D)16.3
HD-90Rudolph Williams (D)23.6Flipped
HD-91Chester Jones (D)15.0Flipped
HD-92Darvin Allen (D)Unopposed
HD-93J. C. Justice (D)22.9
HD-94Marrs Allen May (D)Unopposed
HD-95W. J. Reynolds (D)Unopposed
HD-96James A. Davis (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-97L. T. Hardin (R)13.0
HD-98W. Terry McBrayer (D)23.2
HD-99Thomas E. Chapman (D)17.0
HD-100Charles R. Holbrook (R)6.9

Kentucky House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner