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1998 election for Kentucky Senate District 34

Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky

Ed Worley (D) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Mark Metcalf (R) by 2.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Ed WorleyDemocrat · winner
51.1%16,010
Mark MetcalfRepublican
48.9%15,322
31,332 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

EvenR+29.51981R+10.61986R+26.31994D+2.21998D+7.82002D+14.52006

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