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1973Final results

1973 election for Kentucky House District 15

Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky

Billy Paxton (D) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Jerry D. Dobbs (R) by 11.5 points.

Billy PaxtonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.8%5,923
Jerry D. DobbsRepublican
44.2%4,699
10,622 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 1973

Races before and after

EvenD+11.51973D+27.41975D+17.61981R+10.71986D+1.91988D+38.11992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET