1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Kentucky House District 58
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Gary Tapp (R) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Joyce Dotson (D) by 12.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gary TappRepublican · winner
56.2%7,298
Joyce DotsonDemocrat
43.8%5,689
12,987 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET