2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election

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2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election

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All 100 seats in the Kentucky House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader David Osborne Joni Jenkins (retired) Party Republican Democratic Leader since November 5, 2017 December 20, 2019 Leader's seat 59th 44th Last election 75 25 Seats won 80 20 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 904,742 377,745 Percentage 70.41% 29.398%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election David Osborne Republican Elected Speaker David Osborne Republican

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Elections to the Kentucky House of Representatives were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections.

Retirements[edit]

Democrats[edit]

1. District 38: McKenzie Cantrell retired to run for Kentucky Court of Appeals from the 4th Appellate District.
2. District 41: Attica Scott retired to run for U.S. representative from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district.
3. District 44: Joni Jenkins retired.
4. District 75: Kelly Flood retired.

Republicans[edit]

1. District 15: Melinda Gibbons Prunty retired.
2. District 17: Steve Sheldon retired.
3. District 21: Bart Rowland retired.
4. District 25: Jim DuPlessis retired.
5. District 36: Jerry T. Miller retired.
6. District 68: Joseph Fischer retired to run for Kentucky Supreme Court from District 6.
7. District 82: Regina Bunch retired.

Incumbents defeated[edit]

In primaries[edit]

Democrats[edit]

1. District 30: Tom Burch lost renomination to Daniel Grossberg.
2. District 41: Mary Lou Marzian lost renomination to fellow incumbent Josie Raymond in a redistricting race.
3. District 79: Susan Westrom lost renomination to Chad Aull.

Republicans[edit]

1. District 12: Lynn Bechler lost renomination to fellow incumbent Jim Gooch in a redistricting race.
2. District 50: Chad McCoy lost renomination to Candy Massaroni.
3. District 60: Sal Santoro lost renomination to Marianne Proctor.
4. District 66: C. Ed Massey lost renomination to Steve Rawlings.
5. District 69: Adam Koenig lost renomination to Steven Doan.
6. District 97: Norma Kirk-McCormick lost renomination to fellow incumbent Bobby McCool in a redistricting race.

Predictions[edit]

Closest races[edit]

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 88, 0.22%
2. District 65, 2.08% (gain)
3. District 38, 2.96%
4. District 31, 4.04%
5. District 93, 7.68%
6. District 48, 8.3%

References[edit]

See also[edit]

• Elections in Kentucky