1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for Kentucky House District 78
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Ernest Fletcher (R) won with 49.8% of the vote, defeating Leslie Trapp (D) by 5.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ernest FletcherRepublican · winner
49.8%6,539
Leslie TrappDemocrat · incumbent
44.4%5,830
B. C. SimmonsOther party
5.8%768
13,137 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET