1979Final results

1979 election for Kentucky Senate District 35

Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky

David K. Karem (D) won with 71.6% of the vote, defeating Frederick R. Greenwald (R) by 43.3 points.

David K. KaremDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.6%14,532
28.4%5,755
20,287 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+43.31979D+22.61983D+43.91992D+30.71996D+40.22000D+55.52004

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