1981Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1981 election for Kentucky House District 87
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Pearl Ray Lefevers (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Stephen C. Cawood (D) by 2.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Pearl Ray LefeversRepublican · winner
51.0%5,959
Stephen C. CawoodDemocrat · incumbent
49.0%5,727
11,686 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