2022 Kentucky Senate election

2022 Kentucky Senate 20th district election
	Precinct results; Williams: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%; Barton: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
Senator before election; Paul Hornback; Republican	Elected Senator ; Gex Williams; Republican

2022 Kentucky Senate election
19 out of 38 seats in the Kentucky Senate; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Republican hold Republican gain; Democratic hold; No election; Popular vote:; 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90% ; 60–70% >90%
Senate President before election; Robert Stivers; Republican	Elected Senate President ; Robert Stivers; Republican

The 2022 Kentucky Senate election was held on November 8, 2022. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 17. Half of the senate (all even-numbered seats) were up for election. Republicans increased their majority in the chamber, gaining one seat.

A numbered map of the senate districts can be viewed here.

Overview

Party		Candidates		Votes	%	Seats

Party		Opposed	Unopposed	Votes	%	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Republican	10	8	500,535	75.48	30	17	31	+1
	Democratic	8	1	160,236	24.16	8	2	7	-1
	Write-in	2	0	2,348	0.35	0	0	0	-
Total		20	9	663,119	100.00	38	19	38	±0
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

Retiring incumbents

A total of five senators (one Democrat and four Republicans) retired, none of whom ran for other offices.^[1] Additionally, C. B. Embry resigned from the chamber in September 2022.

Democratic

10th: Dennis Parrett (Elizabethtown): Retired.

Republican

8th: Matt Castlen (Owensboro): Retired.
12th: Alice Forgy Kerr (Lexington): Retired.
20th: Paul Hornback (Shelbyville): Retired.
24th: Wil Schroder (Wilder): Retired.

Defeated incumbents

No incumbents lost renomination or reelection.

Summary by district

Certified results by the Kentucky Secretary of State are available online for the primary election and general election.

District	Incumbent		Elected
2	Danny Carroll	Rep	Danny Carroll	Rep
4	Robby Mills	Rep	Robby Mills	Rep
6	Vacant		Lindsey Tichenor	Rep
8	Matt Castlen	Rep	Gary Boswell	Rep
10	Dennis Parrett	Dem	Matthew Deneen	Rep
12	Alice Forgy Kerr	Rep	Amanda Mays Bledsoe	Rep
14	Jimmy Higdon	Rep	Jimmy Higdon	Rep
16	Max Wise	Rep	Max Wise	Rep
18	Robin L. Webb	Dem	Robin L. Webb	Dem
20	Paul Hornback	Rep	Gex Williams	Rep
22	Donald Douglas	Rep	Donald Douglas	Rep
24	Wil Schroder	Rep	Shelley Funke Frommeyer	Rep
26	Karen Berg	Dem	Karen Berg	Dem
28	Ralph Alvarado	Rep	Ralph Alvarado	Rep
30	Brandon Smith	Rep	Brandon Smith	Rep
32	Mike Wilson	Rep	Mike Wilson	Rep
34	Jared Carpenter	Rep	Jared Carpenter	Rep
36	Julie Raque Adams	Rep	Julie Raque Adams	Rep
38	Mike Nemes	Rep	Mike Nemes	Rep

Crossover seats

Democratic

Two districts voted for Donald Trump in 2020 but had Democratic incumbents:

District		Incumbent
#	Trump margin of victory in 2020	Member	Party	Incumbent margin of victory in 2018
10	R+24.20	Dennis Parrett	Democratic	Unopposed
18	R+44.78	Robin L. Webb	Democratic	D+15.54

Republican

None.

Closest races

There were no seats where the margin of victory was under 10%.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe R	May 19, 2022

Special elections

District 22 special

Donald Douglas was elected in November 2021 following the death of Tom Buford.

2021 Kentucky Senate 22nd district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Douglas	9,733	71.5
	Democratic	Helen Bukulmez	3,725	27.4
	Write-in	Sindicat Dunn	150	1.1
Total votes			13,608	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

Incumbent senator Danny Carroll won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Danny Carroll, incumbent senator

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 2nd district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny Carroll	Unopposed
Total votes			34,951	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Incumbent senator Robby Mills won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bruce Pritchett

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Robby Mills, incumbent senator

Eliminated in primary

Roxan Lynn Ashby

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robby Mills	4,007	78.0
	Republican	Roxan Lynn Ashby	1,132	22.0
Total votes			5,139	100.0

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 4th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robby Mills	25,141	66.6
	Democratic	Bruce Pritchett	12,585	33.4
Total votes			37,726	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Incumbent senator C. B. Embry resigned from the senate in September 2022. He was succeeded by Republican Lindsey Tichenor.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Lindsey Tichenor

Eliminated in primary

Bill Ferko

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lindsey Tichenor	6,601	54.0
	Republican	Bill Ferko	5,616	46.0
Total votes			12,217	100.0

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 6th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lindsey Tichenor	31,111	94.5
	Write-in	Brian J. Easley	1,797	5.5
Total votes			32,908	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Incumbent senator Matt Castlen did not seek reelection.^[1] He was succeeded by Republican Gary Boswell.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Gary Boswell

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 8th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Boswell	Unopposed
Total votes			29,630	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

Incumbent Democratic senator Dennis Parrett did not seek reelection.^[1] He was succeeded by Republican Matthew Deneen. This was the only seat to change parties in 2022.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Matthew Deneen

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 10th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew Deneen	Unopposed
Total votes			23,606	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 12

Incumbent senator Alice Forgy Kerr did not seek reelection.^[1] She was succeeded by Republican Amanda Mays Bledsoe.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bill O’Brien

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Amanda Mays Bledsoe

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 12th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amanda Mays Bledsoe	29,181	60.5
	Democratic	Bill O’Brien	19,046	39.5
Total votes			48,227	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

Incumbent senator Jimmy Higdon won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jimmy Higdon, incumbent senator

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 14th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Higdon	Unopposed
Total votes			33,142	100.0
	Republican hold

District 16

Incumbent senator Max Wise won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Max Wise, incumbent senator

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 16th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Max Wise	Unopposed
Total votes			31,887	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Incumbent senator Robin L. Webb won reelection unopposed.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Robin L. Webb, incumbent senator

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 18th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robin L. Webb	Unopposed
Total votes			23,308	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

Incumbent senator Paul Hornback did not seek reelection.^[1] He was succeeded by Republican Gex Williams.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Teresa Azbill Barton

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Gex Williams

Eliminated in primary

Phyllis Sparks
Calen Studler
Mike Templeman

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gex Williams	3,332	42.3
	Republican	Phyllis Sparks	1,836	23.3
	Republican	Calen Studler	1,452	18.4
	Republican	Mike Templeman	1,263	16.0
Total votes			7,883	100.0

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 20th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gex Williams	22,166	56.3
	Democratic	Teresa Azbill Barton	17,206	43.7
Total votes			39,372	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Incumbent senator Donald Douglas won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Chuck Eddy

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Donald Douglas, incumbent senator

Eliminated in primary

Andrew Cooperrider

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Douglas	6,114	55.8
	Republican	Andrew Cooperrider	4,840	44.2
Total votes			10,954	100.0

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 22nd district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Douglas	23,486	59.7
	Democratic	Chuck Eddy	15,843	40.3
Total votes			39,329	100.0
	Republican hold

District 24

Incumbent senator Wil Schroder did not seek reelection.^[1] He was succeeded by Republican Shelley Funke Frommeyer.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rene Heinrich

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Shelley Funke Frommeyer

Eliminated in primary

Jessica Neal
Chris Robinson

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelley Funke Frommeyer	4,094	38.6
	Republican	Jessica Neal	3,787	35.7
	Republican	Chris Robinson	2,731	25.7
Total votes			10,612	100.0

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 24th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelley Funke Frommeyer	27,346	61.7
	Democratic	Rene Heinrich	16,960	38.3
Total votes			44,306	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

Incumbent senator Karen Berg won reelection, defeating Republican James Peden.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Karen Berg, incumbent senator

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

James Peden

Eliminated in primary

Everett Corley
Mark Hignite Downer

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Peden	2,774	42.6
	Republican	Mark Hignite Downer	2,368	36.4
	Republican	Everett Corley	1,370	21.0
Total votes			6,512	100.0

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 26th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Berg	28,850	60.5
	Republican	James Peden	18,859	39.5
Total votes			47,709	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

Incumbent senator Ralph Alvarado won reelection, defeating write-in candidate Joshua D. Buckman.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ralph Alvarado, incumbent senator

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 28th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Alvarado	27,097	98.0
	Write-in	Joshua D. Buckman	551	2.0
Total votes			27,648	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

Incumbent senator Brandon Smith won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Sid Allen.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Sid Allen

Eliminated in primary

Terry V. Salyer

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sid Allen	7,148	56.7
	Democratic	Terry V. Salyer	5,468	43.3
Total votes			12,616	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Brandon Smith, incumbent senator

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 30th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brandon Smith	25,581	73.7
	Democratic	Sid Allen	9,116	26.3
Total votes			34,697	100.0
	Republican hold

District 32

Incumbent senator Mike Wilson won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Mike Wilson, incumbent senator

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 32nd district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Wilson	Unopposed
Total votes			28,682	100.0
	Republican hold

District 34

Incumbent senator Jared Carpenter won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Susan Cintra

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jared Carpenter, incumbent senator

Eliminated in primary

Rhonda Goode

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jared Carpenter	6,086	75.6
	Republican	Rhonda Goode	1,964	24.4
Total votes			8,050	100.0

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 34th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jared Carpenter	25,049	59.1
	Democratic	Susan Cintra	17,322	40.9
Total votes			42,371	100.0
	Republican hold

District 36

Incumbent senator Julie Raque Adams won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Julie Raque Adams, incumbent senator

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 36th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julie Raque Adams	Unopposed
Total votes			36,851	100.0
	Republican hold

District 38

Incumbent senator Mike Nemes won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Mike Nemes, incumbent senator

General election

Results

2022 Kentucky Senate 38th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Nemes	Unopposed
Total votes			26,769	100.0
	Republican hold

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Clark, Jess (April 15, 2022). "Here are the 20 lawmakers retiring from the Ky. General Assembly". The Courier Journal. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.

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