1979Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1979 election for Kentucky House District 66
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Barry Caldwell (R) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Elmer Dietz (D) by 10.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Barry CaldwellRepublican · winner
55.3%4,028
Elmer DietzDemocrat · incumbent
44.7%3,260
7,288 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