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1979Final results

1979 election for Kentucky House District 45

Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky

Dottie Priddy (D) won with 68.8% of the vote, defeating Dennis W. Potts (R) by 37.6 points.

Dottie PriddyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.8%3,949
Dennis W. PottsRepublican
31.2%1,790
5,739 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

EvenD+37.91973D+32.61975D+28.91977D+37.61979D+22.91981D+4.11984

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