1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Kentucky election results

Every race on Kentucky's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races127
Changed party4
Unopposed67%85 races
Incumbents defeated3

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KentuckyGeorge H.w. Bush (R)11.6

U.S. House

D 4 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KY-1Carroll Hubbard (D)90.1
KY-2William Natcher (D)21.2
KY-3Romano Mazzoli (D)39.4
KY-4Jim Bunning (R)48.4
KY-5Hal Rogers (R)Unopposed
KY-6Larry Hopkins (R)47.9
KY-7Carl Perkins (D)17.4

Kentucky State Senate

D 15 · R 4 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Charles Gregory Higdon (D)Unopposed
SD-3Pat M. McCuiston (D)Unopposed
SD-5Joe Wright (D)Unopposed
SD-7W. L. Quinlan (D)14.4
SD-9Walter A. Baker (R)44.2
SD-11Arthur L. Schmidt (R)12.4
SD-13Michael Moloney (D)Unopposed
SD-15John Rogers (R)Unopposed
SD-17Charles W. Berger (D)Unopposed
SD-19Tim Shaughnessy (D)1.9FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-21Gene Huff (R)37.4
SD-23Joseph U. Meyer (D)Unopposed
SD-25David Lemaster (D)Unopposed
SD-27Woodford F. May (D)Unopposed
SD-29Benny Ray Bailey (D)Unopposed
SD-31Kelsey Friend (D)Unopposed
SD-33Gerald Neal (D)Unopposed
SD-35David K. Karem (D)Unopposed
SD-37Dan Seum (D)36.1

Kentucky House of Representatives

D 72 · R 28 · 3 changed party

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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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab