1977Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1977 Republican primary for Kentucky House District 97

Name: 1977 Republican primary for Kentucky House District 97
Start: 1977-05-01
Location: Kentucky

Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky

Leo Marcum (R) won with 34.0% of the vote, defeating Wendell Vanhoose (R) by 3.8 points.

Leo MarcumRepublican · winner

34.0%2,642

30.2%2,347

W. D. BlairRepublican · incumbent

27.8%2,161

8.1%632

7,782 votes

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