1973Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1973 election for Kentucky House District 31
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Mark Obrien (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Stanley A. Searcy (R) by 8.6 points.
Mark ObrienDemocrat · winner
54.3%6,527
Stanley A. SearcyRepublican · incumbent
45.7%5,493
12,020 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET