Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2018

Elections in Kentucky, 2018

* General election: Nov. 6
* Voter registration deadline: Oct. 9
* Early voting: N/A
* Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6

* Online registration: Yes
* Same-day registration: No
* Voter ID: Photo or non-photo ID required
* Poll times: 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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2018 Kentucky
House elections

General| November 6, 2018
Primary| May 22, 2018
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Republicans held their supermajority in the 2018 elections for Kentucky House of Representatives, winning 61 seats to Democrats' 39 seats. All 100 House seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans held 62 seats to Democrats' 37 with one vacant seat.

The Republican Party maintained its trifecta in Kentucky in 2018 by holding its majorities in the state Senate and House. The governor's seat, held by Matt Bevin (R), was not up for election.

The Kentucky House of Representatives was one of 87 state legislative chambers holding elections in 2018. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Kentucky state representatives serve two-year terms, with all seats up for election every two years.

HIGHLIGHTS

* Republicans won control of the state House from Democrats in the 2016 elections. In 2016, Republicans gained 17 seats. After the 2016 elections, Republicans controlled the chamber by a 64-36 margin. To retake control of the chamber in 2018, Democrats needed to gain 15 seats. Before the 2016 elections, the last time Republicans controlled the House was in 1920.

* Prior to the 2018 elections, Republicans held a 62-37 majority with one vacancy, two more than the 60 seats required for a three-fifths supermajority. Democrats needed to gain three seats to break the Republican supermajority. A supermajority is required to refer constitutional amendments to the ballot and pass tax increases in the legislature. Only 51 votes in the House are required to override a veto.

* One House district in Kentucky intersects with a Pivot County. District 99 is one of 710 state legislative districts that intersect with one or more Pivot Counties. These 206 Pivot Counties voted for Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Read more below.

* Kentucky became a Republican trifecta in 2017 after Republicans took control of the state House in the 2016 elections. The state Senate and the governor's mansion were already controlled by Republicans prior to the 2016 elections. Prior to the November 2018 election, Kentucky was one of 26 Republican state government trifectas. Click here to read more about trifectas.

## Contents

* 1 Post-election analysis
* 1.1 National background
* 2 Candidates
* 3 General election
* 3.1 Write-in candidates
* 4 Primary election
* 4.1 Margins of victory
* 4.2 Seats flipped
* 4.3 Incumbents retiring
* 4.4 Process to become a candidate
* 4.4.1 Political party primary candidates
* 4.4.2 Political organization convention candidates
* 4.4.3 Petition candidates
* 4.4.4 Write-in candidates
* 4.4.5 All candidates
* 4.4.6 Qualifications
* 4.4.7 Salaries and per diem
* 4.4.8 When sworn in
* 4.5 Kentucky political history
* 4.5.1 Party control
* 4.5.1.1 2018
* 4.5.1.2 2016
* 4.5.2 Trifectas
* 4.6 Wave election analysis
* 4.7 Competitiveness
* 4.7.1 Results from 2016
* 4.7.2 Historical context
* 4.8 Pivot Counties
* 4.8.1 Presidential results by legislative district
* 4.9 See also
* 4.10 External links
* 4.11 Footnotes

## Post-election analysis[edit]

See also: State legislative elections, 2018

The Republican Party maintained supermajority status in both chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly in the 2018 election. In the state Senate, 19 out of 38 seats were up for election. Republicans increased their supermajority in the Kentucky State Senate from 27-11 to 28-10. One Democratic incumbent was defeated in the general election.

The Kentucky House of Representatives held elections for all 100 seats. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives was reduced from 62-37 to 61-39. One seat was vacant before the election. One Democratic incumbent and three Republican incumbents were defeated in the primary. Eight incumbents were defeated in the general election; two Democrats and six Republicans.

### National background[edit]

On November 6, 2018, 87 of the nation's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly scheduled elections for 6,073 of 7,383 total seats, meaning that nearly 82 percent of all state legislative seats were up for election.

* Entering the 2018 election, Democrats held 42.6 percent, Republicans held 56.8 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.6 percent of the seats up for regular election.
* Following the 2018 election, Democrats held 47.3 percent, Republicans held 52.3 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.4 percent of the seats up for regular election.
* A total of 469 incumbents were defeated over the course of the election cycle, with roughly one-third of them defeated in the primary.

Want more information?

* Incumbents defeated in 2018's state legislative elections
* 2018 election analysis: Partisan balance of state legislative chambers
* 2018 election analysis: Number of state legislators by party
* 2018 election analysis: State legislative supermajorities

## Candidates[edit]

See also: Statistics on state legislative candidates, 2018

The candidate list below is based on a candidate filing list provided by the Kentucky Secretary of State on January 31, 2018. The filing deadline for the May primary was on January 30, 2018. (I) denotes an incumbent.[1]

# General election[edit]

#### Kentucky House of Representatives General Election 2018

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.

Office |  Democratic |  Republican | Other
District 1 |

Desiree Owen

Steven Rudy (i)

District 2 |

Charlotte Goddard

Richard Heath (i)

District 3 |

Martha Emmons

Randy Bridges

District 4 |

Abigail Barnes

Lynn Bechler (i)

District 5 |

David Ramey

Larry Elkins

District 6 |

Linda Story Edwards

Chris Freeland

District 7 |

Joy Gray

Suzanne Miles (i)

District 8 |

Jeff Taylor

Walker Thomas (i)

District 9 |

William Coleman

Myron Dossett (i)

District 10 |

Dean Schamore (i)

Josh Calloway

District 11 |

Robert Wiederstein

James Buckmaster

District 12 |

Bruce Kunze

Jim Gooch Jr. (i)

District 13 |

James Glenn Jr.

D.J. Johnson (i)

District 14 |

Elizabeth Belcher

Scott Lewis

District 15 |

Brent Yonts

Melinda Gibbons Prunty (i)

District 16 |  |

Jason Petrie (i)

District 17 |

Malcolm Cherry

Steve Sheldon

District 18 |

Donielle Lovell

Tim Moore (i)

District 19 |

William Fishback

Michael Meredith (i)

District 20 |

Patti Minter

Benjamin Lawson

District 21 |

Jarrett Cox

Bart Rowland (i)

District 22 |

Wilson Stone (i)

Brian Gann

District 23 |

LaToya Drake

Steve Riley (i)

District 24 |

Terry Mills

Brandon Reed (i)

District 25 |

Tom Williamson

Jim DuPlessis (i)

District 26 |  |

Russell Webber (i)

District 27 |

Jeff Greer (i)

Nancy Tate

District 28 |

Charles Miller (i)

|  |

District 29 |

Ronel Brown

Kevin Bratcher (i)

District 30 |

Thomas Burch (i)

Christina O'Connor

District 31 |

Josie Raymond

Leigh Boland Jones

District 32 |

Tina Bojanowski

Phil Moffett (i)

District 33 |

Rob Walker

Jason Michael Nemes (i)

District 34 |

Mary Lou Marzian (i)

Robert James Douglas

District 35 |

Lisa Willner

Donna Lawlor

District 36 |

Maurice Sweeney

Jerry T. Miller (i)

District 37 |

Jeffery M. Donohue (i)

Katharine Sweeton-Windsor

District 38 |

McKenzie Cantrell (i)

Karl Licht

District 39 |

Russ Meyer (i)

|  |

District 40 |

Nima Kulkarni

Joshua Neubert

District 41 |

Attica Scott (i)

|  |

District 42 |

Reginald Meeks (i)

Judy Stallard

District 43 |

Charles Booker

Everett Corley

John Hicks (Libertarian Party)

District 44 |

Joni Jenkins (i)

Margaret Adkins

District 45 |

Josh Hicks

Stan Lee (i)

District 46 |

Alan Gentry (i)

James Stansbury

District 47 |

Rick Rand (i)

Mark Gilkison

District 48 |

Maria Sorolis

Ken Fleming (i)

District 49 |

Linda Belcher (i)

Thomas Huff

District 50 |

James DeWeese

Chad McCoy (i)

District 51 |  |

John Carney (i)

District 52 |

Dean Sumpter

Ken Upchurch (i)

District 53 |

Dustin Burley

James A. Tipton (i)

District 54 |  |

Daniel Elliott (i)

District 55 |

Cathy Carter

Kim King (i)

District 56 |

Joe Graviss

Daniel Fister

District 57 |

Derrick Graham (i)

Calen Studler

District 58 |

Bobby Lacer

Rob Rothenburger (i)

District 59 |

Diane Seaman

David Osborne (i)

Samantha Gerges (Independent)

District 60 |

Jesse Parks

Sal Santoro (i)

District 61 |

Darrell Link

Savannah Maddox

District 62 |

Jennifer Urie

Phillip Pratt (i)

District 63 |

Josh Blair

Diane St. Onge (i)

District 64 |

Larry Varney

Kimberly Poore Moser (i)

District 65 |

Charles Wheatley

Jordan Huizenga

Alyssa Dara McDowell (Independent)

District 66 |

Roberto Henriquez

C. Ed Massey

Alexis Hannan III (Libertarian Party)
Stacie Earl (Independent)

District 67 |

Dennis Keene (i)

Bob Schrage

District 68 |

Jason Kilmer

Joseph Fischer (i)

District 69 |

Col Owens

Adam Koenig (i)

District 70 |

John Sims Jr. (i)

|  |

District 71 |

Mary Renfro

R. Travis Brenda

District 72 |

Emily Ferguson

Matthew Koch

Ann Cormican (Libertarian Party)

District 73 |

Pat Banks

Les Yates

District 74 |

James Davis

David Hale (i)

District 75 |

Kelly Flood (i)

|  |

District 76 |

Ruth Palumbo (i)

Richard Marrs

District 77 |

George A. Brown Jr. (i)

Marianne Weiss

District 78 |

Gregory Coulson

Mark Hart (i)

District 79 |

Susan Westrom (i)

Joshua Irvin

District 80 |  |

David Meade (i)

District 81 |

Morgan Eaves

Deanna Frazier

District 82 |

Stefanie Kingsley

Regina Huff (i)

District 83 |  |

Jeffrey Hoover (i)

District 84 |

Tom Pope

Chris Fugate (i)

District 85 |  |

Thomas Turner (i)

District 86 |

Debra Ferguson Payne

Jim Stewart III (i)

District 87 |

Dustin Allen

Adam Bowling

District 88 |

Cherlynn Stevenson

William Farmer Jr.

District 89 |

Kelly Smith

Robert Goforth (i)

District 90 |  |

Derek Lewis

District 91 |

Cluster Howard

Toby Herald (i)

District 92 |

Ryan Mosley

John Blanton (i)

District 93 |

Chris Harris (i)

Norma Kirk-McCormick

District 94 |

Angie Hatton (i)

|  |

District 95 |

Ashley Tackett Laferty

Larry Brown (i)

District 96 |

Kathy Hinkle

Jill York (i)

District 97 |

Craig Lindon

Bobby McCool

District 98 |

R. B. McKenzie

Danny Bentley (i)

District 99 |

Rocky Adkins (i)

|  |

District 100 |

Terri Branham Clark

Brian Clark

### Write-in candidates[edit]

* Robert Nelson, District 16
* Scott Hrebicik, District 26
* Richard Ramirez, District 40
* Richard Steele, District 51
* Lydia Coffey, District 54
* Brett Wesseling, District 66
* Mona Hampton-Eldridge, District 85

# Primary election[edit]

Kentucky House of Representatives primary election candidates

District |

Democrat

Republican

| Other
1  |  Desiree Owen a |  Steven Rudy (I) a |
2  |  Charlotte Goddard a |  Richard Heath (I) a |
3  |  Martha Emmons a |  Randy Bridges: 1,101 a
Joni Hogancamp: 729  |
4  |  Abigail Barnes a |  Lynn Bechler: 1,371 (I) a
Fred Stubblefield: 1,184  |
5  |  David Ramey a |  Larry Elkins a |
6  |  Al Cunningham: 2,127
Linda Story Edwards: 2,935 a
Drew Williams: 1,467  |  Randall Fox: 863
Chris Freeland: 1,490 a |
7  |  Joy Gray a |  Suzanne Miles (I) a |
8  |  Jeff Taylor a |  Walker Thomas (I) a |
9  |  William Coleman a |  Myron Dossett (I) a |
10  |  Dean Schamore (I) a |  Josh Calloway a |
11  |  Robert Wiederstein a |  James Buckmaster a |
12  |  Bruce Kunze a |  Jim Gooch Jr. (I) a |
13  |  James Glenn Jr. a |  D.J. Johnson (I) a |
14  |  Elizabeth Belcher a |  Jordan Lanham: 1,991
Scott Lewis: 2,555 a |
15  |  Brent Yonts a |  Melinda Gibbons Prunty (I) a |
16  |  No candidate |  Jason Petrie (I) a |
17  |  Malcolm Cherry a |  Joey Franzell: 1,061
David Graham: 929
Steve Sheldon: 3,159 a
Michael Wilson: 1,162  |
18  |  Donielle Lovell a |  Tim Moore (I) a |
19  |  William Fishback: 1,228 a
Daniel Wayne Johnson: 634
Jacob Moore: 518  |  Michael Meredith: 2,821 (I) a
Brian Kent Strow: 1,508  |
20  |  Rick DuBose: 870
Patti Minter: 1,333 a
Brian Nash: 281
Ashlea Shepherd Porter: 360
Eldon John Renaud: 208  |  Todd Alcott: 766
Troy Brooks: 347
Benjamin Lawson: 923 a |
21  |  Jarrett Cox a |  Bart Rowland (I) a |
22  |  Wilson Stone (I) a |  Brian Gann a |
23  |  LaToya Drake a |  Steve Riley (I) a |
24  |  Terry Mills a |  Brandon Reed (I) a |
25  |  Tom Williamson: 1,941 a
Matt Wyatt: 1,452  |  Jim DuPlessis (I) a |
26  |  No candidate |  Russell Webber (I) a |
27  |  Jeff Greer (I) a |  Rachelle Frazier: 1,097
Nancy Tate: 1,355 a |
28  |  Charles Miller (I) a |  No candidate |
29  |  Ronel Brown a |  Kevin Bratcher (I) a |
30  |  Thomas Burch: 2,179 (I) a
Warren Greer: 946
James Penny: 783  |  Christina O'Connor a |
31  |  Josie Raymond a |  Leigh Boland Jones a |
32  |  Tina Bojanowski a |  Phil Moffett: 1,608 (I) a
Alan Steiden: 578  |
33  |  Ashley May Nash: 1,732
Rob Walker: 2,435 a |  Jason Michael Nemes (I) a |
34  |  Mary Lou Marzian (I) a |  Robert James Douglas a |
35  |  Richard Becker: 1,407
Jack Walker: 671
Lisa Willner: 2,788 a |  Donna Lawlor a |
36  |  Jeff Grammer: 1,021
John Thomas Miller Jr.: 630
Maurice Sweeney: 1,218 a |  Jerry T. Miller (I) a |
37  |  Jeffery M. Donohue (I) a |  Katharine Sweeton-Windsor a |
38  |  McKenzie Cantrell (I) a |  Karl Licht a |
39  |  Russ Meyer (I) a |  No candidate |
40  |  Dennis Horlander: 894 (I)
Logan Gatti: 541
Kelly Gibson: 447
Nima Kulkarni: 1,642 a |  Joshua Neubert a |
41  |  Attica Scott (I) a |  No candidate |
42  |  Reginald Meeks: 4,708 (I) a
Matt Osborne: 1,085  |  Judy Stallard a |
43  |  Jackson Andrews: 295
Phil Baker: 929
Charles Booker: 1,481 a
Dre Dawson: 116
Mark Mitchell: 581
Kathleen Parks: 507
Pamela Stevenson: 1,104  |  Everett Corley: 444 a
Denise Raine: 435  |
44  |  Joni Jenkins (I) a |  Margaret Adkins a |
45  |  Josh Hicks a |  Stan Lee (I) a |
46  |  Alan Gentry (I) a |  James Stansbury a |
47  |  Rick Rand (I) a |  Mark Gilkison a |
48  |  Maria Sorolis a |  Ken Fleming (I) a |
49  |  Linda Belcher (I) a |  Thomas Huff a |
50  |  James DeWeese: 3,992 a
Kory Miller: 1,442  |  Chad McCoy (I) a |
51  |  No candidate |  John Carney (I) a |
52  |  Dean Sumpter a |  Ken Upchurch (I) a |
53  |  Dustin Burley a |  James A. Tipton (I) a |
54  |  No candidate |  Daniel Elliott (I) a |
55  |  Cathy Carter a |  Kim King (I) a |
56  |  Joe Graviss a |  Daniel Fister a |
57  |  Derrick Graham (I) a |  Calen Studler a |
58  |  Bobby Lacer a |  Rob Rothenburger (I) a |
59  |  Diane Seaman a |  David Osborne (I) a |
60  |  Jesse Parks: 903 a
Roger Rankin: 522  |  Sal Santoro (I) a |
61  |  Susan Back: 1,533
Darrell Link: 1,745 a |  Michael Fletcher: 1,484
Savannah Maddox: 2,485 a |
62  |  Adam Sovkoplas: 1,253
Jennifer Urie: 3,703 a |  Phillip Pratt (I) a |
63  |  Josh Blair a |  Diane St. Onge (I) a |
64  |  Larry Varney a |  Kimberly Poore Moser (I) a |
65  |  Charles Wheatley a |  Jordan Huizenga a |
66  |  Roberto Henriquez a |  C. Ed Massey a |
67  |  Dennis Keene (I) a |  Bob Schrage a |
68  |  Jason Kilmer a |  Joseph Fischer (I) a |
69  |  Ryan Neaves: 622
Col Owens: 938 a |  Adam Koenig (I) a |
70  |  John Sims Jr. (I) a |  No candidate |
71  |  Mary Renfro a |  R. Travis Brenda: 4,239 a
Jonathan Shell: 4,118 (I) |
72  |  Emily Ferguson a |  Matthew Koch a |
73  |  Pat Banks: 2,698 a
Rory Houlihan: 1,803  |  Les Yates a |
74  |  James Davis: 5,337 a
Brian Derickson: 3,166  |  David Hale (I) a |
75  |  Kelly Flood (I) a |  No candidate |
76  |  Ruth Palumbo (I) a |  Richard Marrs a |
77  |  George A. Brown Jr. (I) a |  Marianne Weiss a |
78  |  Gregory Coulson a |  Mark Hart (I) a |
79  |  Susan Westrom (I) a |  Joshua Irvin a |
80  |  No candidate |  David Meade (I) a |
81  |  Morgan Eaves a |  Deanna Frazier: 1,477 a
C. Wesley Morgan: 1,124 (I) |
82  |  Stefanie Kingsley a |  Matthew Anderson: 3,841
Regina Huff: 4,961 (I) a |
83  |  No candidate |  Jeffrey Hoover (I) a |
84  |  Tom Pope a |  Chris Fugate (I) a |
85  |  No candidate |  Thomas Turner (I) a |
86  |  Debra Ferguson Payne a |  Don Rose: 2,422
Jim Stewart III: 6,077 (I) a |
87  |  Dustin Allen a |  Adam Bowling a |
88  |  Josh Mers: 1,716
Cherlynn Stevenson: 2,862 a
Gail Swanson: 1,037  |  Ashley Boggs Bruggeman: 1,065
William Farmer Jr.: 1,844 a
Jennifer McVay Martin: 1,396  |
89  |  Kelly Smith a |  Robert Goforth: 4,762 a
Keith Hays: 3,311  |
90  |  No candidate |  Tim Couch: 5,511 (I)
Derek Lewis: 6,574 a |
91  |  Cluster Howard: 5,700 a
Bruce Shouse: 1,660  |  Robert Goe: 2,180
Toby Herald: 2,967 (I) a |
92  |  Ryan Mosley a |  John Blanton (I) a |
93  |  Chris Harris (I) a |  Norma Kirk-McCormick a |
94  |  Angie Hatton (I) a |  No candidate |
95  |  Ashley Tackett Laferty a |  Larry Brown (I) a |
96  |  Kathy Hinkle a |  Charles Clark: 1,216
Jill York: 2,454 (I) a |
97  |  Issac Allen: 2,873
Craig Lindon: 4,547 a |  Russell Halsey: 1,767
Bobby McCool: 1,949 a |
98  |  R. B. McKenzie a |  Danny Bentley (I) a |
99  |  Rocky Adkins (I) a |  No candidate |
100  |  Terri Branham Clark: 2,450 a
Ann Brown Perkins: 2,434  |  Brian Clark a |
Notes |  • An (I) denotes an incumbent.
|  • Candidate lists can change frequently throughout an election season. Ballotpedia staff update this list monthly. To suggest changes, click here to email our State Legislature Project.

## Margins of victory[edit]

See also: Margin of victory analysis for the 2018 state legislative elections

A margin of victory (MOV) analysis for the 2018 Kentucky House of Representatives races is presented in this section. MOV represents the percentage of total votes that separated the winner and the second-place finisher. For example, if the winner of a race received 47 percent of the vote and the second-place finisher received 45 percent of the vote, the MOV is 2 percent.

The table below presents the following figures for each party:

* Elections won
* Elections won by less than 10 percentage points
* Elections won without opposition
* Average margin of victory[2]

Kentucky House of Representatives: 2018 Margin of Victory Analysis

Party |  Elections won |  Elections won by less than 10% |  Unopposed elections |  Average margin of victory[2]
Democratic | 39 | 12 | 7 | 22.8%
Republican | 61 | 10 | 8 | 24.8%
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A
Total | 100 | 22 | 15 | 23.8%

The margin of victory in each race is presented below. The list is sorted from the closest MOV to the largest (including unopposed races).

Kentucky House of Representatives: 2018 Margin of Victory by District

District |  Winning Party |  Losing Party |  Margin of Victory
Kentucky House of Representatives District 13 |  Democratic |  Republican | 0.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 96 |  Democratic |  Republican | 0.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 27 |  Republican |  Democratic | 0.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 91 |  Democratic |  Republican | 0.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 81 |  Republican |  Democratic | 0.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 88 |  Democratic |  Republican | 0.2%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 |  Democratic |  Republican | 1.4%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 33 |  Republican |  Democratic | 2.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 45 |  Republican |  Democratic | 2.3%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 74 |  Republican |  Democratic | 2.5%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 10 |  Democratic |  Republican | 3.3%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 72 |  Republican |  Democratic | 4.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 8 |  Republican |  Democratic | 4.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 22 |  Democratic |  Republican | 5.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 3 |  Republican |  Democratic | 6.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 29 |  Republican |  Democratic | 6.7%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 20 |  Democratic |  Republican | 7.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 15 |  Republican |  Democratic | 7.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 32 |  Democratic |  Republican | 7.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 11 |  Democratic |  Republican | 7.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 100 |  Democratic |  Republican | 7.8%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 47 |  Democratic |  Republican | 9.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 50 |  Republican |  Democratic | 10.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 98 |  Republican |  Democratic | 10.8%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 69 |  Republican |  Democratic | 10.8%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 84 |  Republican |  Democratic | 11.3%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24 |  Republican |  Democratic | 13.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 92 |  Republican |  Democratic | 14.3%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 56 |  Democratic |  Republican | 15.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 95 |  Democratic |  Republican | 15.4%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 97 |  Republican |  Democratic | 15.5%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 62 |  Republican |  Democratic | 15.7%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 5 |  Republican |  Democratic | 16.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 36 |  Republican |  Democratic | 16.5%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 37 |  Democratic |  Republican | 17.2%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 25 |  Republican |  Democratic | 17.9%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 49 |  Republican |  Democratic | 18.8%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 78 |  Republican |  Democratic | 19.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 31 |  Democratic |  Republican | 19.4%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 63 |  Republican |  Democratic | 19.5%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 67 |  Democratic |  Republican | 19.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 65 |  Democratic |  Republican | 21.4%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 68 |  Republican |  Democratic | 21.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 93 |  Democratic |  Republican | 22.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 19 |  Republican |  Democratic | 23.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 46 |  Democratic |  Republican | 23.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 7 |  Republican |  Democratic | 23.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 59 |  Republican |  Democratic | 24.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 38 |  Democratic |  Republican | 25.5%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 4 |  Republican |  Democratic | 26.9%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 12 |  Republican |  Democratic | 27.5%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 66 |  Republican |  Democratic | 28.5%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 73 |  Republican |  Democratic | 28.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 58 |  Republican |  Democratic | 28.7%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 6 |  Republican |  Democratic | 29.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 57 |  Democratic |  Republican | 29.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 76 |  Democratic |  Republican | 30.4%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 55 |  Republican |  Democratic | 31.4%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 60 |  Republican |  Democratic | 32.8%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 64 |  Republican |  Democratic | 33.4%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 1 |  Republican |  Democratic | 34.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 79 |  Democratic |  Republican | 34.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 61 |  Republican |  Democratic | 35.5%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 35 |  Democratic |  Republican | 36.2%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 17 |  Republican |  Democratic | 37.2%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 18 |  Republican |  Democratic | 37.2%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 44 |  Democratic |  Republican | 37.3%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 2 |  Republican |  Democratic | 37.7%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 9 |  Republican |  Democratic | 39.6%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 14 |  Republican |  Democratic | 41.7%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 53 |  Republican |  Democratic | 42.3%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 21 |  Republican |  Democratic | 42.3%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 23 |  Republican |  Democratic | 44.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 52 |  Republican |  Democratic | 45.9%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 40 |  Democratic |  Republican | 48.3%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 34 |  Democratic |  Republican | 49.8%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 87 |  Republican |  Democratic | 50.2%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 30 |  Democratic |  Republican | 51.0%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 89 |  Republican |  Democratic | 51.5%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 77 |  Democratic |  Republican | 51.9%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 82 |  Republican |  Democratic | 52.5%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 43 |  Democratic |  Republican | 55.2%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 71 |  Republican |  Democratic | 56.9%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 86 |  Republican |  Democratic | 59.1%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 42 |  Democratic |  Republican | 77.7%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 16 |  Republican | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 26 |  Republican | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 28 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 39 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 41 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 51 |  Republican | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 70 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 75 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 80 |  Republican | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 83 |  Republican | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 85 |  Republican | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 94 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 99 |  Democratic | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 54 |  Republican | None | Unopposed
Kentucky House of Representatives District 90 |  Republican | None | Unopposed

## Seats flipped[edit]

See also: State legislative seats that changed party control, 2018

The below map displays each seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives which changed partisan hands as a result of the 2018 elections, shaded according to the partisan affiliation of the winner in 2018. Hover over a shaded district for more information.

State legislative seats flipped in 2018, Kentucky House of Representatives

District  |  Incumbent  |  2018 winner  |  Direction of flip
Kentucky House of Representatives District 11 |  Robby Mills |  Robert Wiederstein | R to D
Kentucky House of Representatives District 13 |  D.J. Johnson |  James Glenn Jr. | R to D
Kentucky House of Representatives District 27 |  Jeff Greer |  Nancy Tate | D to R
Kentucky House of Representatives District 3 |  Gerald Watkins |  Randy Bridges | D to R
Kentucky House of Representatives District 32 |  Phil Moffett |  Tina Bojanowski | R to D
Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 |  Ken Fleming |  Maria Sorolis | R to D
Kentucky House of Representatives District 49 |  Linda Belcher |  Thomas Huff | D to R
Kentucky House of Representatives District 6 |  Will Coursey |  Chris Freeland | D to R
Kentucky House of Representatives District 72 |  Sannie Overly |  Matthew Koch | D to R
Kentucky House of Representatives District 87 |  Rick Nelson |  Adam Bowling | D to R
Kentucky House of Representatives District 88 |  Robert J. Benvenuti III |  Cherlynn Stevenson | R to D
Kentucky House of Representatives District 91 |  Toby Herald |  Cluster Howard | R to D
Kentucky House of Representatives District 95 |  Larry Brown |  Ashley Tackett Laferty | R to D
Kentucky House of Representatives District 96 |  Jill York |  Kathy Hinkle | R to D

## Incumbents retiring[edit]

Twenty incumbents did not run for re-election in 2018.[3] Those incumbents were:

Name  |  Party  |  Current Office

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Gerald Watkins |  Democratic |  House District 3
Kenny Imes |  Republican |  House District 5
Will Coursey |  Democratic |  House District 6
Robby Mills |  Republican |  House District 11
Matt Castlen |  Republican |  House District 14
Jim DeCesare |  Republican |  House District 17
Jody Richards |  Democratic |  House District 20
Steven Riggs |  Democratic |  House District 31
Jim Wayne |  Democratic |  House District 35
Darryl Owens |  Democratic |  House District 43
James L. Kay II |  Democratic |  House District 56
Brian E. Linder |  Republican |  House District 61
Arnold Simpson |  Democratic |  House District 65
Addia Wuchner |  Republican |  House District 66
Sannie Overly |  Democratic |  House District 72
Donna Mayfield |  Republican |  House District 73
Rick Nelson |  Democratic |  House District 87
Robert J. Benvenuti III |  Republican |  House District 88
Scott Wells |  Republican |  House District 97
Kevin Sinnette |  Democratic |  House District 100

## Process to become a candidate[edit]

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Kentucky

See statutes: Chapter 118 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes

There are three methods by which a candidate can gain ballot access in Kentucky: by political party primary, by political organization convention, and by petition. A candidate must be registered with a political party if he or she wishes to run in the political party primary. If a candidate seeks nomination by a political organization, either by petition or convention, he or she must be registered with that organization. An independent candidate must be registered as an independent in order to use that designation on his or her nominating petition.[4][5]

### Political party primary candidates[edit]

A political party candidate is granted general election ballot access by winning his or her party's primary election. The candidate must file a notification and declaration form with the Kentucky Secretary of State. This form must be signed by the candidate and by no less than two registered voters from the same party as the candidate and from the same district in which the candidate is running. This form cannot be signed earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the election in which the candidate is running. The notification and declaration form must be filed by 4 p.m. on the last Tuesday in January preceding the primary election. A candidate defeated at the primary election is not permitted to run in the general election, with the exception of candidates running in a presidential preference primary.[6][7][8][9]

### Political organization convention candidates[edit]

A political organization candidate is nominated at his or her political organization's convention. Only registered voters of the political organization can attend and vote at the convention. The Kentucky Statutes do not stipulate the time at which a convention must be held; however, it must be held prior to the filing deadline in order to complete all necessary paperwork. A candidate running for state executive office or state legislative office must first file a statement of candidacy form with the Kentucky Secretary of State. This form must be filed by 4 p.m. on April 1 (or the next business day if April 1 falls on a weekend or holiday). No charge is assessed for the filing of this form. The candidate must file nomination papers, including the nomination certificate from the convention, by the second Tuesday in August preceding the general election in which the candidate is running.[10][11][12][13]

### Petition candidates[edit]

Political organization, political group, and independent candidates may all run for office as petition candidates. A candidate running for state executive office or state legislative office must first file a statement of candidacy form with the Kentucky Secretary of State. This form must be filed by 4 p.m. on April 1 (or the next business day if April 1 falls on a weekend or holiday). No charge is assessed for the filing of this form. A petition signed by the candidate and by registered voters in the district from which the candidate seeks nomination must be filed with the Kentucky Secretary of State. Candidates may begin gathering signatures after the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the general election in which the candidate is running.[5][10][12]

Petitions must be filed by the second Tuesday in August preceding the general election. Signature requirements vary according to the office being sought. Examples are provided in the table below.[4][5][13]

Signature requirements for petition candidates in Kentucky

Office sought  |  Number of signatures required
Kentucky state executive office |  5,000
Member of the United States Congress |  400
Member of the Kentucky General Assembly |  100

### Write-in candidates[edit]

Though write-in candidates' names are not printed on the ballot, they may be written in by a voter. In order for a write-in vote to be counted, the write-in candidate must file a declaration of intent with the Kentucky Secretary of State by the fourth Friday in October preceding the general election. A candidate can be a write-in for only one office and will be considered ineligible for write-in status if he or she has already been placed on the ballot by a different method.[14]

### All candidates[edit]

Any registered voter may challenge the "good faith of a candidate” at any time before the election. No specific challenge period is designated in the Kentucky Statutes.[15]

A candidate may only run for one office at a time, as his or her name cannot appear on the ballot more than once.[16]

All candidates are subject to filing fees. These fees are outlined in the table below. The Kentucky Secretary of State accepts personal checks, campaign account checks, cash, or money orders for payment of filing fees.[4][17][18]

Filing fees for candidates in Kentucky

Office sought  |  Filing fee
Member of the United States Congress |  $500.00
Governor of Kentucky |  $500.00
Kentucky Attorney General |  $500.00
Kentucky Secretary of State |  $500.00
Kentucky Auditor |  $500.00
Kentucky Treasurer |  $500.00
Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture |  $500.00
Kentucky Senator |  $200.00
Kentucky Representative |  $200.00
Write-in candidate  |  $50.00

### Qualifications[edit]

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

To be eligible to serve in the Kentucky House of Representatives, a candidate must be:[19]

* At least 24 years of age at the time of the election
* A citizen of Kentucky
* Resided in the state 2 years preceding the election
* Resided in the district for the last year

### Salaries and per diem[edit]

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislators

Salary| Per diem
$188.22/calendar day| $166.10/day

### When sworn in[edit]

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Kentucky legislators assume office the first day of January after their election.

## Kentucky political history[edit]

See also: Partisan composition of state houses and State government trifectas

### Party control[edit]

#### 2018[edit]

In the 2018 elections, the Republican majority in the Kentucky House of Representatives was reduced from 62-37 to 61-39.

Kentucky House of Representatives

Party  |  As of November 6, 2018  |  After November 7, 2018
|  Democratic Party |  37  |  39
|  Republican Party |  62 |  61
|  Vacancy  |  1  |  0
Total |  100 |  100

#### 2016[edit]

In the 2016 elections, Republicans won control of the Kentucky House of Representatives for the first time since 1920. Republicans picked up 17 seats in the November general election, giving the GOP a 28-seat majority.

Kentucky House of Representatives

Party  |  As of November 7, 2016  |  After November 8, 2016
|  Democratic Party |  53 |  36
|  Republican Party |  46  |  64
|  Vacancy  |  1  |  0
Total |  100 |  100

### Trifectas[edit]

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Republicans in Kentucky gained a state government trifecta as a result of the 2016 elections. Democrats held a trifecta from 1992 to 1999.

Kentucky Party Control: 1992-2021
Eight years of Democratic trifectas • Three years of Republican trifectas
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Senate |  D |  D |  D |  D |  D |  D |  D |  D |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R |  R
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## Wave election analysis[edit]

See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)

The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?

Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.

Applying this definition to state legislative elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 494 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.

The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 10 state legislative waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.

State legislative wave elections

Year | President | Party | Election type | State legislative seats change | Elections analyzed[20]
1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -1,022 | 7,365
1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -907 | 6,907
1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[21] | -782 | 7,561
1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -769 | 7,179
1958 | Eisenhower | R | Second midterm | -702 | 7,627
2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -702 | 7,306
1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[22] | -695 | 7,481
1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -654 | 6,835
1930 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -640 | 7,361
1954 | Eisenhower | R | First midterm | -494 | 7,513

## Competitiveness[edit]

Every year, Ballotpedia uses official candidate lists from each state to examine the competitiveness of every state legislative race in the country. Nationally, there has been a steady decline in electoral competitiveness since 2010. Most notable is that the number of districts with general election competition has dropped by more than 10 percent.

### Results from 2016[edit]

Below is Ballotpedia's 2016 competitiveness analysis. Click here to read the full study »

### Historical context[edit]

See also: Competitiveness in State Legislative Elections: 1972-2014

Uncontested elections: In 2014, 32.8 percent of Americans lived in states with an uncontested state senate election. Similarly, 40.4 percent of Americans lived in states with uncontested house elections. Primary elections were uncontested even more frequently, with 61 percent of people living in states with no contested primaries. Uncontested elections often occur in locations that are so politically one-sided that the result of an election would be a foregone conclusion regardless of whether it was contested or not.

Open seats: In most cases, an incumbent will run for re-election, which decreases the number of open seats available. In 2014, 83 percent of the 6,057 seats up for election saw the incumbent running for re-election. The states that impose term limits on their legislatures typically see a higher percentage of open seats in a given year because a portion of incumbents in each election are forced to leave office. Overall, the number of open seats decreased from 2012 to 2014, dropping from 21.2 percent in 2012 to 17.0 percent in 2014.

Incumbent win rates: Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014 documented the high propensity for incumbents to win re-election in state legislative elections. In fact, since 1972, the win rate for incumbents had not dropped below 90 percent—with the exception of 1974, when 88 percent of incumbents were re-elected to their seats. Perhaps most importantly, the win rate for incumbents generally increased over time. In 2014, 96.5 percent of incumbents were able to retain their seats. Common convention holds that incumbents are able to leverage their office to maintain their seat. However, the high incumbent win rate may actually be a result of incumbents being more likely to hold seats in districts that are considered safe for their party.

Marginal primaries: Often, competitiveness is measured by examining the rate of elections that have been won by amounts that are considered marginal (5 percent or less). During the 2014 election, 90.1 percent of primary and general election races were won by margins higher than 5 percent. Interestingly, it is usually the case that only one of the two races—primary or general—will be competitive at a time. This means that if a district's general election is competitive, typically one or more of the district's primaries were won by more than 5 percent. The reverse is also true: If a district sees a competitive primary, it is unlikely that the general election for that district will be won by less than 5 percent. Primaries often see very low voter turnout in comparison to general elections. In 2014, there were only 27 million voters for state legislative primaries, but approximately 107 million voters for the state legislative general elections.

## Pivot Counties[edit]

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 120 Kentucky counties—0.83 percent—is a pivot county. Pivot counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 pivot counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008

County  |  Trump margin of victory in 2016  |  Obama margin of victory in 2012  |  Obama margin of victory in 2008
Elliott County, Kentucky | 44.13% | 2.50% | 25.17%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Kentucky with 62.5 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 32.7 percent. In presidential elections between 1792 and 2016, Kentucky voted Democratic 45.6 percent of the time and Republican 26.3 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Kentucky voted Republican all five times.[23]

#### Presidential results by legislative district[edit]

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Kentucky. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[24][25]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 18 out of 100 state House districts in Kentucky with an average margin of victory of 24.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 18 out of 100 state House districts in Kentucky with an average margin of victory of 25 points. Clinton won one district controlled by a Republican heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 82 out of 100 state House districts in Kentucky with an average margin of victory of 32.8 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 82 out of 100 state House districts in Kentucky with an average margin of victory of 42 points. Trump won 20 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 presidential results by state House district

District |  Obama |  Romney |  2012 Margin |  Clinton |  Trump |  2016 Margin |  Party Control
1  |  28.28%  |  70.29%  | R+42  |  21.07%  |  75.71%  | R+54.6  | R
2  |  28.39%  |  70.02%  | R+41.6  |  19.66%  |  76.54%  | R+56.9  | R
3  |  40.47%  |  57.82%  | R+17.3  |  36.33%  |  58.93%  | R+22.6  | D
4  |  28.50%  |  70.01%  | R+41.5  |  19.59%  |  76.79%  | R+57.2  | R
5  |  34.38%  |  63.66%  | R+29.3  |  28.15%  |  66.52%  | R+38.4  | R
6  |  32.05%  |  66.22%  | R+34.2  |  22.63%  |  73.37%  | R+50.7  | D
7  |  34.35%  |  64.05%  | R+29.7  |  25.60%  |  69.99%  | R+44.4  | R
8  |  45.14%  |  53.78%  | R+8.6  |  40.22%  |  56.32%  | R+16.1  | R
9  |  29.19%  |  69.46%  | R+40.3  |  22.92%  |  73.34%  | R+50.4  | R
10  |  40.43%  |  57.99%  | R+17.6  |  29.06%  |  66.06%  | R+37  | D
11  |  43.65%  |  55.17%  | R+11.5  |  34.91%  |  60.53%  | R+25.6  | R
12  |  31.04%  |  67.42%  | R+36.4  |  20.94%  |  75.28%  | R+54.3  | R
13  |  46.17%  |  51.87%  | R+5.7  |  39.24%  |  54.05%  | R+14.8  | R
14  |  31.99%  |  66.02%  | R+34  |  22.42%  |  73.01%  | R+50.6  | R
15  |  35.13%  |  63.22%  | R+28.1  |  23.89%  |  72.90%  | R+49  | R
16  |  31.83%  |  66.81%  | R+35  |  24.20%  |  72.59%  | R+48.4  | R
17  |  29.65%  |  69.19%  | R+39.5  |  26.55%  |  68.13%  | R+41.6  | R
18  |  30.68%  |  67.92%  | R+37.2  |  21.96%  |  74.00%  | R+52  | R
19  |  36.66%  |  61.97%  | R+25.3  |  28.23%  |  67.66%  | R+39.4  | R
20  |  47.55%  |  50.21%  | R+2.7  |  47.28%  |  45.81%  | D+1.5  | D
21  |  29.72%  |  68.87%  | R+39.2  |  19.57%  |  77.59%  | R+58  | R
22  |  30.68%  |  68.01%  | R+37.3  |  22.20%  |  73.97%  | R+51.8  | D
23  |  32.54%  |  65.99%  | R+33.5  |  23.11%  |  72.94%  | R+49.8  | R
24  |  35.21%  |  63.25%  | R+28  |  24.18%  |  72.15%  | R+48  | R
25  |  36.11%  |  62.25%  | R+26.1  |  29.69%  |  64.91%  | R+35.2  | R
26  |  32.43%  |  66.01%  | R+33.6  |  25.01%  |  70.56%  | R+45.6  | R
27  |  42.17%  |  56.05%  | R+13.9  |  30.64%  |  64.67%  | R+34  | D
28  |  44.94%  |  53.71%  | R+8.8  |  37.86%  |  57.69%  | R+19.8  | D
29  |  39.17%  |  59.62%  | R+20.5  |  38.23%  |  56.76%  | R+18.5  | R
30  |  71.73%  |  26.98%  | D+44.8  |  69.58%  |  25.88%  | D+43.7  | D
31  |  50.04%  |  48.33%  | D+1.7  |  50.75%  |  43.48%  | D+7.3  | D
32  |  43.38%  |  55.29%  | R+11.9  |  47.38%  |  46.66%  | D+0.7  | R
33  |  41.13%  |  57.48%  | R+16.3  |  43.59%  |  50.25%  | R+6.7  | R
34  |  59.79%  |  37.94%  | D+21.9  |  65.14%  |  28.16%  | D+37  | D
35  |  56.21%  |  41.52%  | D+14.7  |  53.85%  |  39.87%  | D+14  | D
36  |  32.23%  |  66.72%  | R+34.5  |  35.92%  |  58.96%  | R+23  | R
37  |  49.68%  |  48.67%  | D+1  |  44.50%  |  49.97%  | R+5.5  | D
38  |  54.21%  |  44.14%  | D+10.1  |  48.62%  |  46.39%  | D+2.2  | D
39  |  33.35%  |  64.62%  | R+31.3  |  30.32%  |  63.52%  | R+33.2  | D
40  |  67.80%  |  30.82%  | D+37  |  64.07%  |  31.32%  | D+32.8  | D
41  |  76.55%  |  21.94%  | D+54.6  |  75.28%  |  19.22%  | D+56.1  | D
42  |  85.66%  |  12.50%  | D+73.2  |  84.31%  |  10.77%  | D+73.5  | D
43  |  76.26%  |  23.02%  | D+53.2  |  74.36%  |  21.81%  | D+52.6  | D
44  |  60.58%  |  38.30%  | D+22.3  |  55.32%  |  41.13%  | D+14.2  | D
45  |  37.40%  |  60.69%  | R+23.3  |  41.04%  |  51.95%  | R+10.9  | R
46  |  54.38%  |  44.35%  | D+10  |  50.32%  |  44.79%  | D+5.5  | D
47  |  40.04%  |  58.29%  | R+18.3  |  25.17%  |  70.32%  | R+45.2  | D
48  |  41.16%  |  57.55%  | R+16.4  |  46.46%  |  48.29%  | R+1.8  | R
49  |  32.77%  |  65.53%  | R+32.8  |  23.27%  |  72.25%  | R+49  | D
50  |  41.07%  |  57.59%  | R+16.5  |  30.97%  |  64.66%  | R+33.7  | R
51  |  26.66%  |  72.21%  | R+45.5  |  19.84%  |  76.57%  | R+56.7  | R
52  |  22.27%  |  76.72%  | R+54.4  |  15.23%  |  82.44%  | R+67.2  | R
53  |  30.93%  |  67.34%  | R+36.4  |  21.74%  |  73.75%  | R+52  | R
54  |  30.10%  |  68.30%  | R+38.2  |  26.05%  |  69.78%  | R+43.7  | R
55  |  28.09%  |  70.49%  | R+42.4  |  23.18%  |  70.94%  | R+47.8  | R
56  |  42.41%  |  55.60%  | R+13.2  |  40.91%  |  52.53%  | R+11.6  | D
57  |  50.60%  |  47.40%  | D+3.2  |  45.10%  |  49.31%  | R+4.2  | D
58  |  35.55%  |  63.19%  | R+27.6  |  30.51%  |  64.14%  | R+33.6  | R
59  |  30.49%  |  67.97%  | R+37.5  |  30.74%  |  63.05%  | R+32.3  | R
60  |  27.40%  |  70.85%  | R+43.4  |  24.75%  |  69.46%  | R+44.7  | R
61  |  30.41%  |  68.03%  | R+37.6  |  21.75%  |  73.63%  | R+51.9  | R
62  |  37.00%  |  61.15%  | R+24.2  |  31.04%  |  63.50%  | R+32.5  | R
63  |  31.20%  |  66.99%  | R+35.8  |  31.78%  |  61.61%  | R+29.8  | R
64  |  31.06%  |  67.21%  | R+36.2  |  26.56%  |  67.11%  | R+40.5  | R
65  |  56.23%  |  41.12%  | D+15.1  |  50.32%  |  42.57%  | D+7.8  | D
66  |  28.55%  |  69.70%  | R+41.2  |  25.31%  |  68.35%  | R+43  | R
67  |  48.32%  |  49.06%  | R+0.7  |  44.07%  |  48.71%  | R+4.6  | D
68  |  31.30%  |  66.80%  | R+35.5  |  29.27%  |  64.48%  | R+35.2  | R
69  |  38.90%  |  58.93%  | R+20  |  34.35%  |  58.94%  | R+24.6  | R
70  |  35.60%  |  62.91%  | R+27.3  |  23.57%  |  72.93%  | R+49.4  | D
71  |  22.53%  |  75.99%  | R+53.5  |  18.98%  |  77.49%  | R+58.5  | R
72  |  40.10%  |  58.03%  | R+17.9  |  32.18%  |  63.34%  | R+31.2  | D
73  |  32.99%  |  65.40%  | R+32.4  |  28.17%  |  67.15%  | R+39  | R
74  |  36.76%  |  61.45%  | R+24.7  |  26.75%  |  69.75%  | R+43  | R
75  |  56.44%  |  40.17%  | D+16.3  |  59.29%  |  32.42%  | D+26.9  | D
76  |  54.20%  |  43.37%  | D+10.8  |  54.52%  |  39.06%  | D+15.5  | D
77  |  70.90%  |  26.97%  | D+43.9  |  67.96%  |  26.00%  | D+42  | D
78  |  35.41%  |  62.52%  | R+27.1  |  25.41%  |  70.22%  | R+44.8  | R
79  |  52.52%  |  44.89%  | D+7.6  |  54.48%  |  38.07%  | D+16.4  | D
80  |  25.27%  |  73.15%  | R+47.9  |  18.88%  |  77.48%  | R+58.6  | R
81  |  41.73%  |  55.80%  | R+14.1  |  39.31%  |  54.03%  | R+14.7  | R
82  |  20.17%  |  78.63%  | R+58.5  |  14.96%  |  82.26%  | R+67.3  | R
83  |  18.35%  |  80.19%  | R+61.8  |  13.46%  |  83.72%  | R+70.3  | R
84  |  18.79%  |  79.76%  | R+61  |  17.84%  |  79.62%  | R+61.8  | R
85  |  16.98%  |  81.77%  | R+64.8  |  13.26%  |  83.41%  | R+70.1  | R
86  |  21.03%  |  77.60%  | R+56.6  |  14.55%  |  82.39%  | R+67.8  | R
87  |  21.56%  |  76.86%  | R+55.3  |  15.69%  |  81.91%  | R+66.2  | D
88  |  37.91%  |  60.16%  | R+22.3  |  42.13%  |  50.98%  | R+8.8  | R
89  |  21.00%  |  77.27%  | R+56.3  |  17.30%  |  78.99%  | R+61.7  | R
90  |  14.04%  |  84.43%  | R+70.4  |  11.55%  |  85.97%  | R+74.4  | R
91  |  26.26%  |  71.89%  | R+45.6  |  21.15%  |  75.56%  | R+54.4  | R
92  |  26.17%  |  71.86%  | R+45.7  |  20.45%  |  76.99%  | R+56.5  | R
93  |  22.68%  |  75.61%  | R+52.9  |  15.01%  |  82.81%  | R+67.8  | D
94  |  20.88%  |  76.88%  | R+56  |  17.76%  |  78.99%  | R+61.2  | D
95  |  30.76%  |  66.72%  | R+36  |  23.50%  |  73.36%  | R+49.9  | R
96  |  33.82%  |  63.97%  | R+30.1  |  20.35%  |  76.02%  | R+55.7  | R
97  |  25.32%  |  72.56%  | R+47.2  |  17.72%  |  79.37%  | R+61.6  | R
98  |  39.52%  |  58.63%  | R+19.1  |  25.37%  |  71.06%  | R+45.7  | R
99  |  40.29%  |  57.31%  | R+17  |  28.36%  |  67.88%  | R+39.5  | D
100  |  41.11%  |  56.89%  | R+15.8  |  29.95%  |  65.87%  | R+35.9  | D
Total |  37.81%  |  60.51%  | R+22.7  |  32.69%  |  62.54%  | R+29.8  |  \-
Source: Daily Kos

## See also[edit]

* Kentucky House of Representatives
* Kentucky State Legislature
* State legislative elections, 2018
* Kentucky state legislative Democratic primaries, 2018
* Kentucky state legislative Republican primaries, 2018

## External links[edit]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State," accessed January 31, 2018
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Excludes unopposed elections
3. ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kentucky Secretary of State Website, "FAQs," accessed January 15, 2014
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 315," accessed January 15, 2014
6. ↑ Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 105," accessed January 15, 2014
7. ↑ Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 125," accessed January 15, 2014
8. ↑ Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 165," accessed January 14, 2015
9. ↑ Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 345," accessed January 15, 2014
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 325," accessed January 15, 2014
11. ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "Register to Vote," accessed January 23, 2014
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 367," accessed January 15, 2014
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 365," accessed January 15, 2014
14. ↑ Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 117, Section 265," accessed January 16, 2014
15. ↑ Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 176," accessed January 23, 2014
16. ↑ Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 405," accessed January 15, 2014
17. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State Website, "Becoming a Candidate," accessed January 15, 2014
18. ↑ Kentucky Statutes, "Chapter 118, Section 255,"accessed January 15, 2014
19. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Becoming a Candidate," accessed August 21, 2014
20. ↑ The number of state legislative seats available for analysis varied, with as many as 7,795 and as few as 6,835.
21. ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
22. ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
23. ↑ 270towin.com, "Kentucky," accessed June 1, 2017
24. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
25. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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Current members of the Kentucky House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:David Osborne

Representatives

District 1

Steven Rudy (R)

District 2

Richard Heath (R)

District 3

Randy Bridges (R)

District 4

Lynn Bechler (R)

District 5

Mary Imes (R)

District 6

Chris Freeland (R)

District 7

Suzanne Miles (R)

District 8

Walker Thomas (R)

District 9

Myron Dossett (R)

District 10

Josh Calloway (R)

District 11

Jonathan Dixon (R)

District 12

Jim Gooch (R)

District 13

D.J. Johnson (R)

District 14

Scott Lewis (R)

District 15

Melinda Prunty (R)

District 16

Jason Petrie (R)

District 17

Steve Sheldon (R)

District 18

Samara Heavrin (R)

District 19

Michael Meredith (R)

District 20

Patti Minter (D)

District 21

Bart Rowland (R)

District 22

Shawn McPherson (R)

District 23

Steve Riley (R)

District 24

Brandon Reed (R)

District 25

Jim DuPlessis (R)

District 26

Russell Webber (R)

District 27

Nancy Tate (R)

District 28

Charles Miller (D)

District 29

Kevin Bratcher (R)

District 30

Thomas Burch (D)

District 31

Josie Raymond (D)

District 32

Tina Bojanowski (D)

District 33

Jason Nemes (R)

District 34

Mary Marzian (D)

District 35

Lisa Willner (D)

District 36

Jerry Miller (R)

District 37

Jeffery Donohue (D)

District 38

McKenzie Cantrell (D)

District 39

Matt Lockett (R)

District 40

Nima Kulkarni (D)

District 41

Attica Scott (D)

District 42

Reginald Meeks (D)

District 43

Pamela Stevenson (D)

District 44

Joni Jenkins (D)

District 45

Killian Timoney (R)

District 46

Alan Gentry (D)

District 47

Felicia Rabourn (R)

District 48

Ken Fleming (R)

District 49

Thomas Huff (R)

District 50

Chad McCoy (R)

District 51

Vacant

District 52

Ken Upchurch (R)

District 53

James Tipton (R)

District 54

Daniel Elliott (R)

District 55

Kim King (R)

District 56

Daniel Fister (R)

District 57

Derrick Graham (D)

District 58

Jennifer Decker (R)

District 59

David Osborne (R)

District 60

Sal Santoro (R)

District 61

Savannah Maddox (R)

District 62

Phillip Pratt (R)

District 63

Kimberly Banta (R)

District 64

Kimberly Moser (R)

District 65

Charles Wheatley (D)

District 66

C. Massey (R)

District 67

Rachel Roberts (D)

District 68

Joseph Fischer (R)

District 69

Adam Koenig (R)

District 70

William Lawrence (R)

District 71

Josh Bray (R)

District 72

Matthew Koch (R)

District 73

Ryan Dotson (R)

District 74

David Hale (R)

District 75

Kelly Flood (D)

District 76

Ruth Palumbo (D)

District 77

George Brown (D)

District 78

Mark Hart (R)

District 79

Susan Westrom (D)

District 80

David Meade (R)

District 81

Deanna Frazier (R)

District 82

Regina Huff (R)

District 83

Joshua Branscum (R)

District 84

Chris Fugate (R)

District 85

Shane Baker (R)

District 86

Tom Smith (R)

District 87

Adam Bowling (R)

District 88

Cherlynn Stevenson (D)

District 89

Vacant

District 90

Derek Lewis (R)

District 91

Billy Wesley (R)

District 92

John Blanton (R)

District 93

Norma Kirk-McCormick (R)

District 94

Angie Hatton (D)

District 95

Ashley Tackett Laferty (D)

District 96

Patrick Flannery (R)

District 97

Bobby McCool (R)

District 98

Danny Bentley (R)

District 99

Richard White (R)

District 100

Scott Sharp (R)

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