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1981 general · November 3, 1981

1981 Kentucky House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Kentucky House of Representatives district in the 1981 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 76 · R 24
Races100
Changed party5
Unopposed52%52 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 76 · R 24

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Ward Burnette (D)Unopposed
HD-2Lloyd Clapp (D)Unopposed
HD-3Alice McNutt (D)Unopposed
HD-4Joel Ellington (D)Unopposed
HD-5Freed Curd (D)Unopposed
HD-6J. R. Gray (D)Unopposed
HD-7David E. Boswell (D)Unopposed
HD-8H. Ramsey Morris Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-9James E. Bruce (D)Unopposed
HD-10William T. Brinkley (D)Unopposed
HD-11David H. Thomason (D)Unopposed
HD-12Roy Joe Head (D)Unopposed
HD-13Louis Johnson (D)Unopposed
HD-14Donald J. Blandford (D)Unopposed
HD-15Philip Stone (D)17.6
HD-16Lewis Foster (D)Unopposed
HD-17Willard Allen (R)Unopposed
HD-18Mary Ann Tobin (D)Unopposed
HD-19Ronny Layman (R)16.2
HD-20Jody Richards (D)Unopposed
HD-21Billy Ray Smith (D)Unopposed
HD-22Richard A. Turner (R)9.6
HD-23Bobby H. Richardson (D)Unopposed
HD-24Sam B. Thomas (D)Unopposed
HD-25Allene A. Craddock (D)25.1
HD-26Virgil Pearman (D)Unopposed
HD-27Bill Lile (R)4.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-28James R. Dunn (D)23.4
HD-29Al Bennett (D)18.4
HD-30Thomas J. Burch (D)29.5
HD-31Mark Obrien (D)8.4
HD-32Fred Cowan (D)10.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-33Bob Heleringer (R)29.9
HD-34Gerta Bendl (D)34.8
HD-35Carl A. Nett (D)32.1
HD-36Tom Riner (D)27.5
HD-37Paul Clark (D)29.5
HD-38Dan Seum (D)1.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-39Ben Handy (D)21.2
HD-40Jerry Bronger (D)45.4
HD-41Mae Streetkidd (D)94.4
HD-42Aubrey Williams (D)76.7
HD-43Carl R. Hines (D)Unopposed
HD-44James Bernard Yates (D)29.6
HD-45Dottie Priddy (D)22.9
HD-46Harold Haering (R)11.7
HD-47Edward L. Holloway (R)91.4
HD-48Louie Guenthner Jr. (R)44.4
HD-49Frank J. Smith (D)Unopposed
HD-50Kenny Rapier (D)Unopposed
HD-51Herman W. Ratliff (R)6.0
HD-52Raymond Overstreet (R)Unopposed
HD-53Richard Fryman (R)Unopposed
HD-54Joe Clarke (D)Unopposed
HD-55Tom Jones (D)10.4
HD-56Joe Barrows (D)Unopposed
HD-57C. M. Hancock (D)Unopposed
HD-58Marshall Long (D)Unopposed
HD-59Bob Jones (D)37.1
HD-60William K. McBee (D)24.9
HD-61Clay Crupper (D)46.9
HD-62Mark Farrow (D)Unopposed
HD-63Ken Harper (R)22.6
HD-64Charles O. Petty (D)Unopposed
HD-65Joseph U. Meyer (D)Unopposed
HD-66Barry Caldwell (R)16.9
HD-67Terry Mann (D)Unopposed
HD-68William Donnermeyer (D)Unopposed
HD-69Arthur L. Schmidt (R)Unopposed
HD-70Pete Worthington (D)Unopposed
HD-71Walter Blevins (D)Unopposed
HD-72Jim Lemaster (D)Unopposed
HD-73Paul W. Richardson (D)Unopposed
HD-74Adrian Arnold (D)Unopposed
HD-75William Kenton (D)Unopposed
HD-76Jerry Lundergan (D)37.1
HD-77David Vanhorn (D)Unopposed
HD-78Pat Freibert (R)31.9
HD-79Henry Clay List (D)6.6
HD-80Danny Ford (R)31.9
HD-81Harry Moberly Jr. (D)74.3
HD-82Elvin Elmer Patrick (R)19.1
HD-83Tommy Todd (R)23.6
HD-84Clarence D. Noland Jr. (R)77.6
HD-85Albert Robinson (R)Unopposed
HD-86Jimmy White (D)41.4
HD-87Pearl Ray Lefevers (R)2.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-88Roger Noe (D)22.8
HD-89Jim Maggard (D)Unopposed
HD-90Randy Moore (R)43.7
HD-91Hoover Dawahare (D)Unopposed
HD-92Carl C. Perkins (D)Unopposed
HD-93N. Clayton Little (D)Unopposed
HD-94Herbert J. Deskins Jr. (D)57.5
HD-95Gregory D. Stumbo (D)Unopposed
HD-96L. E. Cline (D)3.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-97Keither Endicott Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-98Ronald R. Cyrus (D)Unopposed
HD-99Ray O. Brown (D)20.6
HD-100Charles R. Holbrook (R)1.3

Kentucky House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner