1979Final results
1979 election for Kentucky Senate District 5
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Joe Wright (D) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Jim Allen (R) by 13.5 points.
Joe WrightDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.8%16,245
Jim AllenRepublican
43.2%12,372
28,617 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