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1996Final results

1996 election for Kentucky House District 97

Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky

Hubert Collins (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Ben Tackett (R) by 13.1 points.

Hubert CollinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.5%6,223
Ben TackettRepublican
43.5%4,786
11,009 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+13.41990D+10.41992D+1.41994D+13.11996D+29.71998D+41.12000

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