1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Kentucky House District 88
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Johnnie L. Turner (R) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Thomas R. Pope (D) by 4.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Johnnie L. TurnerRepublican · winner
52.1%5,517
Thomas R. PopeDemocrat · incumbent
47.9%5,081
10,598 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