1971Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1971 election for Kentucky Senate District 7
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
W. L. Quinlan (D) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Richard Chin (R) by 8.4 points.
W. L. QuinlanDemocrat · winner
52.9%8,275
Richard ChinRepublican · incumbent
44.4%6,956
Karl W. SchmidtOther party
2.7%425
15,656 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