2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election

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Not to be confused with 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky.

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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

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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%

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Results:
Democratic hold Democratic gain
Republican hold Republican gain

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| 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]

Source  | Ranking  | As of

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Sabato's Crystal Ball[1] | Safe R  | May 19, 2022

### 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]

1. ^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.

## See also[edit]

* Elections in Kentucky

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