1981 primaries · May 1, 1981
1981 Kentucky House of Representatives primaries results, district by district
Every Kentucky House of Representatives district in the 1981 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Ward Burnette (D) | 53.4 | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Lloyd Clapp (D) | 10.7 | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | Joel Ellington (D) | 16.8 | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | Freed Curd (D) | 0.7 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | William T. Brinkley (D) | 46.5 | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Roy Joe Head (D) | 28.4 | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Philip Stone (D) | 24.0 | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Lewis Foster (D) | 0.0 | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | Willard Allen (R) | 46.7 | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Mary Ann Tobin (D) | 3.8 | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Billy Ray Smith (D) | 35.4 | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Allene A. Craddock (D) | 60.3 | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Virgil Pearman (D) | 27.5 | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Archie N. Romanies Sr. (D) | 39.1 | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Bill Lile (R) | 21.0 | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | James R. Dunn (D) | 19.9 | |
| HD-28 · Republican primary | Raymond R. Oldham (R) | 6.7 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Al Bennett (D) | 40.7 | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | Thomas J. Burch (D) | 15.4 | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Fred Cowan (D) | 60.5 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Tom Riner (D) | 13.8 | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Paul Clark (D) | 3.3 | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Ben Handy (D) | 32.0 | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Aubrey Williams (D) | 5.6 | |
| HD-48 · Republican primary | Louie Guenthner Jr. (R) | 15.3 | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Frank J. Smith (D) | 39.1 | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Rufus F. Hansford (D) | 32.8 | |
| HD-53 · Republican primary | Richard Fryman (R) | 11.2 | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Tom Jones (D) | 2.9 | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Joe Barrows (D) | 8.5 | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Marshall Long (D) | 18.8 | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Bob Jones (D) | 23.1 | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | William K. McBee (D) | 51.0 | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | Clay Crupper (D) | 44.5 | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Mark Farrow (D) | 48.5 | |
| HD-63 · Republican primary | Ken Harper (R) | 75.8 | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | Charles O. Petty (D) | 14.2 | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Joseph U. Meyer (D) | 4.7 | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Elmer Dietz (D) | 20.1 | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Terry Mann (D) | 46.3 | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | Walter Blevins (D) | 1.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Paul W. Richardson (D) | 18.5 | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Jerry Lundergan (D) | 57.0 | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Henry Clay List (D) | 47.2 | |
| HD-79 · Republican primary | Helen P. Kendall (R) | 18.5 | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Andy Colburn (D) | 17.0 | |
| HD-80 · Republican primary | Danny Ford (R) | 49.1 | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Harry Moberly Jr. (D) | 34.7 | |
| HD-82 · Republican primary | Elvin Elmer Patrick (R) | 20.2 | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | John Toby (D) | 58.5 | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Tommy Todd (R) | 3.5 | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Clarence D. Noland Jr. (R) | 18.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-85 · Republican primary | Albert Robinson (R) | 34.3 | |
| HD-86 · Republican primary | Chester A. Hammons (R) | 20.5 | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Stephen C. Cawood (D) | 21.9 | |
| HD-87 · Republican primary | Pearl Ray Lefevers (R) | 13.4 | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Jim Maggard (D) | 0.9 | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | Omeda Holbrook (D) | 14.3 | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Randy Moore (R) | 4.3 | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | N. Clayton Little (D) | 42.6 | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | Herbert J. Deskins Jr. (D) | 46.4 | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Keither Endicott Jr. (R) | 7.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-100 · Democratic primary | Paul Sammons (D) | 14.8 |
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