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1998 election for Kentucky Senate District 32

Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky

Brett Guthrie (R) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Ron Murphy (D) by 0.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Brett GuthrieRepublican · winner
50.2%13,493
Ron MurphyDemocrat
49.8%13,363
26,856 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

EvenD+41.31977D+40.11990D+5.01994R+0.51998R+10.02010R+4.72018

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