1977Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1977 election for Kentucky Senate District 34
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Jon Ackerson (R) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Tevis Bennett (D) by 11.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jon AckersonRepublican · winner
55.7%17,486
Tevis BennettDemocrat
44.3%13,893
31,379 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 1977
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET