1979Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1979 election for Kentucky Senate District 11
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Jim Bunning (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Donald L. Johnson (D) by 1.6 points.
Jim BunningRepublican · winner
50.8%10,862
Donald L. JohnsonDemocrat · incumbent
49.2%10,525
21,387 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