1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Kentucky House District 86
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Tom Smith (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Caroline White (D) by 0.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom SmithRepublican · winner
50.4%4,188
Caroline WhiteDemocrat · incumbent
49.6%4,129
8,317 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET