1979Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1979 primary for Kentucky Senate District 19
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Bill Fibber (D) won with 27.7% of the vote, defeating Tom Mobley (D) by 0.5 points.
Bill FibberDemocrat · winner
27.7%1,996
Tom MobleyDemocrat · incumbent
27.2%1,961
John A. CellettiDemocrat
26.1%1,878
M. RiddleDemocrat
19.0%1,365
7,200 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET