1988 Kentucky elections

none February 2026 February 2026 1988 Kentucky elections Kentucky yes 1987 Kentucky elections 1987 1989 Kentucky elections 1989 A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 8, 1988. The primary election for all offices was held on May 24, 1988. Federal offices United States President 1988 United States presidential election in Kentucky In 1988, Kentucky had 9 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Republican candidate George H. W. Bush won with 56 percent of the vote. United States House of Representatives In 1988, Kentucky had seven congressional districts, electing four Democrats and two Republicans. State offices Kentucky Senate The Kentucky Senate consists of 38 members. In 1988, half of the chamber (all odd-numbered districts) was up for election. Democrats maintained their majority, gaining one seat. Kentucky House of Representatives thumb|250px|Results by district All 100 seats in the Kentucky House of Representatives were up for election in 1988. Democrats maintained their majority, gaining one seat. Kentucky Supreme Court 1988 Kentucky Supreme Court 7th district election Kentucky presidential no 1986 Kentucky Supreme Court election 1986 1980 Kentucky Supreme Court election 1980 November 8, 1988 District 7 1990 Kentucky Supreme Court election 1990 1993 Kentucky Supreme Court special election 1993 (special) c0c0c0 Dan Jack Combs 63,861 57.35% c0c0c0 James B. Stephenson 47,494 42.65% 210px County resultsCombs: #81d0d0 50–60% #53bfbf 60–70% #1eafaf 70–80%Stephenson: #d79346 50–60% Justice James B. Stephenson Dan Jack Combs The Kentucky Supreme Court consists of seven justices elected in non-partisan elections to staggered eight-year terms. District 7 was up for election in 1988.Kentucky Election Schedule https://elect.ky.gov/Resources/Documents/2021%20-%202030%20ELECTION%20SCHEDULE.pdf Kentucky Secretary of State February 4, 2026 District 7 1988 Kentucky Supreme Court 7th district election1988 Kentucky Supreme Court Election Results https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/1980-1989/1988/res_88GenSuprm.pdf Kentucky State Board of Elections Dan Jack Combs 63,861 57.35 James B. Stephenson (incumbent) 47,494 42.65 111,355 100.0 Local offices School boards Local school board members are elected to staggered four-year terms, with half up for election in 1988. Ballot measures Amendment 1 Text Shall Section 226 of the constitution be amended to provide that the General Assembly may establish a Kentucky State lottery; may establish a state lottery to be conducted in cooperation with other states; and that any lottery so established shall be operated by or on behalf of the Commonwealth of Kentucky? Results thumb|250px|Results by county: #B6C8D9 Yes #B6C8D9 50–60% #7D9CBB 60–70% #47729E 70–80% #DEDEBD No #DEDEBD 50–60% #BCBC83 60–70% Amendment 11988 Kentucky Constitutional Amendments Election Results https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/1980-1989/1988/88constamen.txt Kentucky State Board of Elections 694577 446937 Amendment 2 Text Shall Section 19 of the constitution be amended to provide that in any instrument heretofore or hereafter executed purporting to sever the surface and mineral estates or to grant a mineral estate or a right to extract minerals, which fails to state in specific terms the method of coal extraction to be employed, or where said instrument contains language subordinating the surface estate to the mineral estate, it shall be held, in the absence of clear evidence to the contrary, that the intention of the parties to the instrument was that the coal be extracted only by the methods of commercial coal extraction commonly known to be in use in the area affected at the time the instrument was executed, and that the mineral estate be dominant to the surface estate for the purposes of coal extraction by only the methods of commercial coal extraction commonly known to be in use in the area affected at the time the instrument was executed? Results thumb|250px|Results by county: #B6C8D9 Yes #B6C8D9 50–60% #7D9CBB 60–70% #47729E 70–80% #28497C 80–90% #2B2457 >90% Amendment 2 882960 187119 See also Elections in Kentucky Politics of Kentucky Political party strength in Kentucky References Kentucky Category:Long stubs with short prose