2012Final results
2012 election for Kentucky House District 87
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Rick Nelson (D) won with 69.6% of the vote, defeating Joshua D. Howard (R) by 39.1 points.
Rick NelsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.6%8,860
Joshua D. HowardRepublican
30.4%3,875
12,735 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET