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      Home/Elections/1977/State House

      1977 State House

      192 contests

      192 contests|D won 140|R won 50|Other 2
      Kentucky100 districts
      District ▲WinnerPartyVotes%Margin
      ▶
      KY-01
      Ward BurnetteDEM3,794100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-02
      Lloyd ClappDEM1,622100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-03
      Alice McNuttDEM3,107100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-04
      J W Boatwright Jr.DEM4,050100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-05
      Kenneth ImesDEM3,777100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-06
      J R GrayDEM4,285100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-07
      David E BoswellDEM2,607100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-08
      H Ramsey Morris Jr.DEM1,482100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-09
      James E BruceDEM977100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-10
      William T BrinkleyDEM4,33984.2%
      D+68.5
      ▶
      KY-100
      Charles R HolbrookREP7,53859.0%
      R+18.1
      ▶
      KY-11
      Gross Clay LindsayDEM3,038100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-12
      Roy Joe HeadDEM3,93999.9%
      D+99.9
      ▶
      KY-13
      Louis JohnsonDEM4,108100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-14
      Donald J BlandfordDEM2,540100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-15
      Phillip StoneDEM5,462100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-16
      Lewis FosterDEM3,046100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-17
      Willard AllenREP12,11253.0%
      R+5.9
      ▶
      KY-18
      Mary Ann TobinDEM4,703100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-19
      Ronny LaymanREP12,67558.3%
      R+16.5
      ▶
      KY-20
      Jody RichardsDEM6,70173.5%
      D+47.0
      ▶
      KY-21
      Buddy AdamsDEM5,60876.1%
      D+52.1
      ▶
      KY-22
      Buel E GuyDEM9,02953.1%
      D+6.3
      ▶
      KY-23
      Bobby H RichardsonDEM4,630100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-24
      Sam B ThomasDEM8,84075.8%
      D+51.6
      ▶
      KY-25
      Allene A CraddockDEM3,411100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-26
      Virgil PearmanDEM2,631100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-27
      Archie N Romanies Sr.DEM4,18154.9%
      D+9.8
      ▶
      KY-28
      James R DunnDEM6,65463.4%
      D+26.8
      ▶
      KY-29
      Al BennettDEM8,70559.6%
      D+19.2
      ▶
      KY-30
      Thomas J BurchDEM7,15366.3%
      D+32.6
      ▶
      KY-31
      Mark ObrienDEM12,23751.4%
      D+2.9
      ▶
      KY-32
      Bruce BlytheREP11,74857.7%
      R+15.4
      ▶
      KY-33
      Bob BensonDEM10,74862.3%
      D+24.6
      ▶
      KY-34
      Gerta BendlDEM9,53167.9%
      D+35.7
      ▶
      KY-35
      Carl A NettDEM9,50557.6%
      D+15.3
      ▶
      KY-36
      Claudia RinerDEM4,82769.2%
      D+38.4
      ▶
      KY-37
      M Jerry KleierDEM7,62857.4%
      D+14.8
      ▶
      KY-38
      Dexter S WrightREP7,58954.9%
      R+9.8
      ▶
      KY-39
      Lawrence Ray MaynardDEM4,71664.7%
      D+29.5
      ▶
      KY-40
      George R Siemens Jr.DEM5,34170.2%
      D+40.5
      ▶
      KY-41
      Mae StreetkiddDEM4,30476.0%
      D+55.7
      ▶
      KY-42
      Aubrey WilliamsDEM4,37376.7%
      D+53.5
      ▶
      KY-43
      Carl R HinesDEM5,72782.1%
      D+64.2
      ▶
      KY-44
      James Bernard YatesDEM8,03271.6%
      D+43.2
      ▶
      KY-45
      Dottie PriddyDEM5,94164.4%
      D+28.9
      ▶
      KY-46
      Harold HaeringREP8,64652.2%
      R+4.5
      ▶
      KY-47
      Edward L HollowayREP12,57359.4%
      R+18.7
      ▶
      KY-48
      Louie GuenthnerREP13,49466.3%
      R+32.5
      ▶
      KY-49
      Frank J SmithDEM4,095100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-50
      John HurstDEM2,687100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-51
      Herman W RatliffREP6,748100.0%
      R+100.0
      ▶
      KY-52
      Raymond OverstreetREP5,713100.0%
      R+100.0
      ▶
      KY-53
      Randolph SmithREP5,471100.0%
      R+100.0
      ▶
      KY-54
      Joe ClarkeDEM5,667100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-55
      Forest SaleDEM8,43567.8%
      D+35.7
      ▶
      KY-56
      John V Carpenter Jr.DEM4,941100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-57
      C M HancockDEM6,525100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-58
      W Stephen WilbornDEM3,216100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-59
      Robert F JonesDEM4,153100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-60
      William K McBeeDEM3,695100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-61
      Clay CrupperDEM4,334100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-62
      Mark FitzgeraldDEM2,528100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-63
      Louis DefalaiseREP5,243100.0%
      R+100.0
      ▶
      KY-64
      Charles O PettyDEM6,14358.3%
      D+16.7
      ▶
      KY-65
      John J IslerDEM1,823100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-66
      Elmer DietzDEM5,11450.2%
      D+0.3
      ▶
      KY-67
      Terry L MannDEM2,301100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-68
      William DonnermeyerDEM5,28470.8%
      D+41.6
      ▶
      KY-69
      Arthur L SchmidtREP3,768100.0%
      R+100.0
      ▶
      KY-70
      Pete WorthingtonDEM4,092100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-71
      Woodford F MayDEM3,060100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-72
      Jim LemasterDEM3,622100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-73
      Paul W RichardsonDEM4,881100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-74
      Adrian ArnoldDEM3,331100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-75
      William KentonDEM1,931100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-76
      Steven L BeshearDEM4,26585.2%
      D+85.2
      ▶
      KY-77
      David VanhornDEM4,47588.5%
      D+88.5
      ▶
      KY-78
      Jack TreveyREP9,72357.5%
      R+14.9
      ▶
      KY-79
      Henry Clay ListDEM11,33756.0%
      D+12.0
      ▶
      KY-80
      William Harold DemarcusREP7,70068.6%
      R+37.1
      ▶
      KY-81
      Dwight WellsDEM7,30053.9%
      D+7.8
      ▶
      KY-82
      Elvin Elmer PatrickREP8,96053.4%
      R+6.8
      ▶
      KY-83
      Marshall DavenportREP6,816100.0%
      R+100.0
      ▶
      KY-84
      Lloyd McKinneyREP4,355100.0%
      R+100.0
      ▶
      KY-85
      Albert RobinsonREP3,786100.0%
      R+100.0
      ▶
      KY-86
      Jimmy WhiteDEM11,99362.2%
      D+24.4
      ▶
      KY-87
      George E StewartDEM3,578100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-88
      Roger NoeDEM8,86262.7%
      D+25.4
      ▶
      KY-89
      John Raymond TurnerDEM3,352100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-90
      Clay GayREP4,520100.0%
      R+100.0
      ▶
      KY-91
      Hoover DawahareDEM7,092100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-92
      Bill WeinbergDEM5,607100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-93
      N Clayton LittleDEM8,29357.4%
      D+14.9
      ▶
      KY-94
      Herbert Deskins Jr.DEM4,941100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-95
      James AllenDEM5,774100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      KY-96
      George M PlummerREP9,78252.1%
      R+4.2
      ▶
      KY-97
      Leo MarcumREP4,324100.0%
      R+100.0
      ▶
      KY-98
      Ronald R CyrusDEM9,14970.4%
      D+40.7
      ▶
      KY-99
      Ray O BrownDEM4,847100.0%
      D+100.0
      New Jersey40 districts
      District ▲WinnerPartyVotes%Margin
      ▶
      NJ-01(JP)
      James R HurleyREP115,02431.3%
      +2.5
      ▶
      NJ-02
      Michael J MatthewsDEM120,89625.9%
      D+0.9
      ▶
      NJ-03(JP)
      H Donald StewartDEM109,37930.1%
      +3.2
      ▶
      NJ-04(JP)
      Kenneth A GewertzDEM106,35832.6%
      +1.0
      ▶
      NJ-05(JP)
      Ernest F SchuckDEM75,27532.9%
      +0.6
      ▶
      NJ-06(JP)
      Mary Keating CroceDEM115,53125.5%
      +0.3
      ▶
      NJ-07(JP)
      Herman T CostelloDEM99,44530.7%
      +4.0
      ▶
      NJ-08(JP)
      Clifford W SnedeckerREP107,13128.7%
      +1.0
      ▶
      NJ-09(JP)
      John Paul DoyleDEM162,55030.7%
      +0.3
      ▶
      NJ-10(JP)
      Anthony M VillaneREP105,73728.4%
      +0.6
      ▶
      NJ-11
      Marie Sheehan MuhlerREP109,44126.1%
      R+2.8
      ▶
      NJ-12(JP)
      Richard VanwagnerDEM103,34630.7%
      +2.3
      ▶
      NJ-13(JP)
      Francis J McManimonDEM93,90738.2%
      +5.3
      ▶
      NJ-14
      Karl WeidelREP119,77826.9%
      R+3.0
      ▶
      NJ-15(JP)
      Donald J AlbaneseREP103,11731.4%
      +2.8
      ▶
      NJ-16(JP)
      Walter J KavanaughREP120,26732.0%
      +5.7
      ▶
      NJ-17(JP)
      Joseph D PateroDEM86,95729.9%
      +1.6
      ▶
      NJ-18(JP)
      James BornheimerDEM114,82231.1%
      +1.4
      ▶
      NJ-19(JP)
      George J OtlowskiDEM93,98536.0%
      +3.4
      ▶
      NJ-20(JP)
      C Louis BassanoREP114,17327.9%
      +2.0
      ▶
      NJ-21(JP)
      Raymond J LesniakDEM74,96936.3%
      +0.1
      ▶
      NJ-22(JP)
      Donald DifrancescoREP100,82927.8%
      +0.9
      ▶
      NJ-23
      James J Barry Jr.REP108,25430.0%
      R+8.0
      ▶
      NJ-24(JP)
      Barbara A CurranREP101,76334.1%
      +1.4
      ▶
      NJ-25(JP)
      Jane BurgioREP110,59031.5%
      +3.7
      ▶
      NJ-26(JP)
      Richard J CodeyDEM70,53136.3%
      +3.1
      ▶
      NJ-27
      Carl A OrechioREP99,57927.1%
      R+1.8
      ▶
      NJ-28(JP)
      Peter ShapiroDEM58,09835.6%
      +3.8
      ▶
      NJ-29(JP)
      Willie B BrownDEM34,29945.4%
      +1.3
      ▶
      NJ-30(JP)
      Michael F AdubatoDEM74,55126.4%
      +0.7
      ▶
      NJ-31(JP)
      Patrick C PasculliDEM76,67133.4%
      +1.4
      ▶
      NJ-32(JP)
      Thomas F Cowan Sr.DEM77,45434.2%
      +0.2
      ▶
      NJ-33(JP)
      Christopher J JackmanDEM67,12035.3%
      +0.2
      ▶
      NJ-34
      William J BateDEM81,78130.7%
      D+8.1
      ▶
      NJ-35(JP)
      Vincent PellecchiaDEM55,78228.0%
      +1.5
      ▶
      NJ-36(JP)
      Robert P HollenbeckDEM95,41530.0%
      +3.2
      ▶
      NJ-37(JP)
      Byron BaerDEM104,90431.5%
      +0.2
      ▶
      NJ-38(JP)
      Paul ContilloDEM86,27727.3%
      +0.6
      ▶
      NJ-39(JP)
      Harold MartinDEM107,64826.1%
      +0.1
      ▶
      NJ-40(JP)
      W Cary EdwardsREP100,20928.5%
      +1.0
      Virginia52 districts
      District ▲WinnerPartyVotes%Margin
      ▶
      VA-01(JP)
      Ford C QuillenDEM39,38438.0%
      +0.6
      ▶
      VA-02(JP)
      William L LemmonDEM40,57832.2%
      +0.9
      ▶
      VA-03(JP)
      C D DunfordDEM34,38735.2%
      +0.1
      ▶
      VA-04
      A A CampbellDEM7,56899.9%
      D+99.9
      ▶
      VA-05
      C Jefferson StaffordREP14,42854.9%
      R+9.9
      ▶
      VA-06(JP)
      W Ward TeelREP44,99528.2%
      +0.9
      ▶
      VA-07
      A Victor ThomasDEM21,46253.3%
      D+6.7
      ▶
      VA-08
      Raymond R RobrechtREP31,82851.2%
      R+2.5
      ▶
      VA-09
      Lacey E PutneyOTH37,27835.5%
      D+31.0
      ▶
      VA-10
      William T WilsonDEM13,29259.9%
      D+19.9
      ▶
      VA-11
      Joan S JonesDEM42,33829.1%
      D+8.3
      ▶
      VA-12
      Joseph P CrouchREP11,93255.2%
      R+10.4
      ▶
      VA-13(JP)
      Mary Sue TerryDEM73,04722.8%
      +0.3
      ▶
      VA-14
      Calvin W FowlerDEM7,124100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      VA-15
      A R Giesen Jr.REP45,68034.1%
      R+9.0
      ▶
      VA-16(JP)
      I Clinton MillerREP47,17039.6%
      +1.6
      ▶
      VA-17
      Raymond R Guest Jr.REP25,66052.9%
      R+5.9
      ▶
      VA-18
      Vincent F CallahanREP333,50312.9%
      R+0.7
      ▶
      VA-19(JP)
      Warren E BarryREP272,13512.7%
      +0.7
      ▶
      VA-20(JP)
      David G BrickleyDEM91,77020.0%
      +0.7
      ▶
      VA-21
      Gary R MyersREP34,62035.6%
      D+28.8
      ▶
      VA-22(JP)
      Mary A MarshallDEM108,14121.1%
      +2.0
      ▶
      VA-23
      Elise B HeinzDEM57,07953.1%
      D+6.2
      ▶
      VA-24(JP)
      Lewis Perley Fickett Jr.DEM50,41426.5%
      +3.6
      ▶
      VA-25
      George P Beard Jr.REP14,64850.1%
      R+0.3
      ▶
      VA-26(JP)
      Thomas J Michie Jr.DEM28,18452.8%
      +5.7
      ▶
      VA-27
      Claude W AndersonDEM8,72199.9%
      D+99.9
      ▶
      VA-28
      Franklin M SlaytonDEM6,78399.9%
      D+99.9
      ▶
      VA-29
      Lewis W Parker Jr.DEM5,61699.9%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      VA-30
      Norman SisiskyDEM5,557100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      VA-31
      Eva F ScottOTH6,691100.0%
      R+0.0
      ▶
      VA-32
      V Earl DickinsonDEM9,69299.9%
      D+99.9
      ▶
      VA-33(JP)
      George E Allen Jr.DEM186,02819.6%
      +1.1
      ▶
      VA-34(JP)
      Ralph L Axselle Jr.DEM134,58028.1%
      +9.5
      ▶
      VA-35
      Gerald L BalilesDEM66,703100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      VA-36
      George W JonesREP36,86056.8%
      R+13.7
      ▶
      VA-37
      C Hardaway MarksDEM6,09099.9%
      D+99.9
      ▶
      VA-38(JP)
      Frederick H CreekmoreDEM20,67653.2%
      +6.4
      ▶
      VA-39(JP)
      Thomas W Moss Jr.DEM238,48113.1%
      +0.2
      ▶
      VA-40(JP)
      Owen B PickettDEM106,16125.3%
      +4.0
      ▶
      VA-41(JP)
      Johnny S JoannouDEM18,73751.4%
      +2.9
      ▶
      VA-42
      Joseph William Obrien Jr.DEM51,281100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      VA-43
      J Samuel GlasscockDEM6,404100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      VA-44
      J Paul Councill Jr.DEM6,755100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      VA-45
      L Ray AshworthDEM6,79799.9%
      D+99.9
      ▶
      VA-46
      Robert S BloxomREP12,00268.0%
      R+68.0
      ▶
      VA-47
      Calvin G SanfordREP14,39053.8%
      R+7.6
      ▶
      VA-48
      John Warren CookeDEM10,152100.0%
      D+100.0
      ▶
      VA-49(JP)
      Alan A DiamonsteinDEM70,52529.2%
      +0.4
      ▶
      VA-50(JP)
      Richard M BagleyDEM44,96237.8%
      +5.8
      ▶
      VA-51
      George W GraysonDEM16,93464.0%
      D+28.0
      ▶
      VA-52
      S Wallace StieffenDEM36,96257.2%
      D+14.4
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