1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Kentucky House District 87
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Michael Dean Bowling (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Pearl Ray Lefevers (R) by 6.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Michael Dean BowlingDemocrat · winner
53.0%4,550
Pearl Ray LefeversRepublican · incumbent
47.0%4,028
8,578 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