1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Kentucky Senate District 18
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Charles Borders (R) won with 66.2% of the vote, defeating Nelson Robert Allen (D) by 32.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Charles BordersRepublican · winner
66.2%15,052
Nelson Robert AllenDemocrat · incumbent
33.8%7,691
22,743 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