1983Final results
1983 election for Kentucky Senate District 9
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Joe Lane Travis (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Doug Isenberg (D) by 4.0 points.
Joe Lane TravisRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.0%12,265
Doug IsenbergDemocrat
48.0%11,319
23,584 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET