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1981Final results

1981 election for Kentucky House District 61

Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky

Clay Crupper (D) won with 73.4% of the vote, defeating Joe R. Bolton (R) by 46.9 points.

Clay CrupperDemocrat · winner · incumbent
73.4%6,511
Joe R. BoltonRepublican
26.6%2,355
8,866 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

EvenD+36.61990D+15.71996D+16.72004D+38.82006D+18.32008R+17.52012

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET