1979Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1979 election for Kentucky House District 33
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Bob Heleringer (R) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Bob Benson (D) by 4.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob HeleringerRepublican · winner
52.3%6,270
Bob BensonDemocrat · incumbent
47.7%5,710
11,980 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 1979
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET