1988Final results

1988 election for Kentucky Senate District 21

Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky

Gene Huff (R) won with 68.7% of the vote, defeating Carl Hoskins (D) by 37.4 points.

Gene HuffRepublican · winner · incumbent
68.7%17,030
Carl HoskinsDemocrat
31.3%7,755
24,801 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

EvenR+37.41988R+29.01992R+16.02000R+7.62012R+50.22016R+64.72020

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