1998 general · November 3, 1998
1998 Kentucky election results
Every race on Kentucky's ballot in the 1998 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races126
Changed party13
Unopposed42%53 races
Incumbents defeated3
U.S. Senate
R 1 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | Jim Bunning (R) | 0.6 | Flipped |
U.S. House
D 1 · R 5 · 2 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY-1 | Ed Whitfield (R) | 10.4 | |
| KY-2 | Ron Lewis (R) | 28.3 | |
| KY-3 | Anne Northup (R) | 4.0 | |
| KY-4 | Kenneth Lucas (D) | 6.8 | Flipped |
| KY-5 | Hal Rogers (R) | 56.5 | |
| KY-6 | Ernie Fletcher (R) | 7.2 | Flipped |
Kentucky State Senate
D 9 · R 10 · 2 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Robert J. Leeper (D) | 15.4 | |
| SD-4 | Paul Herron Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Richard Adams (D) | 7.9 | |
| SD-8 | David E. Boswell (D) | 25.4 | |
| SD-10 | Elizabeth Tori (R) | 14.9 | |
| SD-12 | Alice Forgy Kerr (R) | 5.1 | |
| SD-14 | Dan Kelly (R) | 20.2 | |
| SD-16 | David L. Williams (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | Charles Borders (R) | 9.9 | |
| SD-20 | Marshall Long (D) | 27.5 | |
| SD-22 | Tom Buford (R) | 11.7 | |
| SD-24 | Katie Kratz Stine (R) | 44.3 | |
| SD-26 | Ernie Harris (R) | 10.8 | |
| SD-28 | Dale Shrout (D) | 9.5 | |
| SD-30 | Ed Miller (D) | 8.8 | |
| SD-32 | Brett Guthrie (R) | 0.5 | Flipped |
| SD-34 | Ed Worley (D) | 2.2 | Flipped |
| SD-36 | Julie Carman Denton (R) | 28.3 | |
| SD-38 | Dan Seum (D) | Unopposed |
Kentucky House of Representatives
D 66 · R 34 · 8 changed party
Kentucky
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab