1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Kentucky Senate District 22
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Tom Buford (R) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Bill Clouse (D) by 2.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom BufordRepublican · winner
51.5%10,515
Bill ClouseDemocrat · incumbent
48.5%9,913
20,428 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