1979Final results

1979 election for Kentucky House District 87

Name: 1979 election for Kentucky House District 87
Start: 1979-11-06
Location: Kentucky

Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky

Stephen C. Cawood (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating John W. Rowland (R) by 4.6 points.

Stephen C. CawoodDemocrat · winner

52.3%4,420

47.7%4,030

8,450 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

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