1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Kentucky Senate District 19
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Tim Shaughnessy (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Harold Haering (R) by 1.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tim ShaughnessyDemocrat · winner
51.0%20,938
Harold HaeringRepublican · incumbent
49.0%20,139
41,077 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET