1971Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1971 election for Kentucky House District 81
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Dwight Wells (D) won with 63.2% of the vote, defeating Alva Coyle (R) by 26.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dwight WellsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.2%4,175
Alva CoyleRepublican
36.8%2,431
6,606 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1971
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET