1979Final results

1979 election for Kentucky Senate District 19

Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky

Bill McGee (D) won with 62.9% of the vote, defeating Virginia Bosse (R) by 25.7 points.

Bill McGeeDemocrat · winner
62.9%10,938
Virginia BosseRepublican
37.1%6,465
17,403 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+25.71979R+3.01983D+1.91988D+33.01992D+18.51996D+24.42000

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