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1996Final results

1996 election for Kentucky House District 61

Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky

Royce W. Adams (D) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Gene Livingood (R) by 15.7 points.

Royce W. AdamsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.9%7,990
Gene LivingoodRepublican
42.1%5,819
13,809 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+36.61990D+15.71996D+16.72004D+38.82006D+18.32008R+17.52012

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