1975Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1975 election for Kentucky Senate District 17
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Bert Pollitte (D) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Denver C. Knuckles (R) by 9.1 points.
Bert PollitteDemocrat · winner
54.5%9,876
Denver C. KnucklesRepublican · incumbent
45.5%8,232
18,108 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 1975
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET