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2012Final results

2012 election for Kentucky House District 11

Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky

David A. Watkins (D) won with 62.0% of the vote, defeating Paul A. Despain (R) by 24.0 points.

David A. WatkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.0%9,714
Paul A. DespainRepublican
38.0%5,949
15,663 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+15.91990D+21.12010D+24.02012D+26.92014R+3.22016D+7.62018

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