1981Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1981 election for Kentucky House District 38
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Dan Seum (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Dexter S. Wright (R) by 1.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dan SeumDemocrat · winner
50.8%3,994
Dexter S. WrightRepublican · incumbent
49.2%3,866
7,860 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