1981Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1981 election for Kentucky House District 27
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Bill Lile (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Archie N. Romanies Sr. (D) by 4.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill LileRepublican · winner
52.4%2,081
Archie N. Romanies Sr.Democrat · incumbent
47.6%1,894
3,975 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 1981
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET