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1983Final results

1983 election for Kentucky Senate District 17

Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky

Charles W. Berger (D) won with 75.0% of the vote, defeating Oline Carmical Jr. (R) by 50.0 points.

Charles W. BergerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.0%13,455
25.0%4,489
17,944 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 1983

Races before and after

EvenD+0.61979D+50.01983D+5.91996D+40.12000R+11.02004R+26.12008

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