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1996Final results

1996 election for Kentucky House District 56

Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky

Joe Barrows (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Joe Walters (R) by 4.0 points.

Joe BarrowsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.0%9,104
Joe WaltersRepublican
48.0%8,400
17,504 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+6.31984D+17.61990D+17.11992D+4.01996D+15.81998D+5.62000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET