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2016 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 Jeff Hoover Greg Stumbo
(lost reelection)
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 46 54
Seats before 47[a] 53[b]
Seats won 64 36
Seat change Increase 17 Decrease 17
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election

Greg Stumbo
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Jeff Hoover
Republican

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The 2016 Kentucky House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2016, as part of the biennial United States elections. All 100 of Kentucky's state representatives were up for reelection. In Kentucky, members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms. Accordingly, they are up for reelection in both presidential and midterm election years.

Republicans gained 17 seats in the election, winning the chamber outright. This ended nearly 100 years of Democratic control of the house, as the last time that Republicans won a majority was in 1919.[2] Republicans performed well in rural districts and flipped many seats held by Democrats, including Democratic Speaker Greg Stumbo who lost reelection.[3] Together with Republican governor Matt Bevin, this was the first time in history that Republicans gained a trifecta in the state.

A numbered map of the house districts at the time can be viewed here.

Retiring incumbents

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Brad Montell resigned in October 2016. Thomas Kerr resigned in September 2016.

Democratic

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  1. 23rd: Johnny Bell: Retired.
  2. 46th: Larry Clark: Retired.
  3. 70th: Mike Denham: Retired.
  4. 94th: Leslie A. Combs: Retired.

Republican

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  1. 48th: Bob DeWeese: Retired.
  2. 50th: David Floyd: Retired.

Defeated incumbents

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In primary elections

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Democratic

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  1. 41st: Tom Riner (first elected in 1981) lost renomination to Attica Scott, who won the general election.

Republican

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  1. 33rd: Ronald Crimm (first elected in 1996) lost renomination to Jason Nemes, who won the general election.

In general elections

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Democratic

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  1. 8th: Jeffrey R. Taylor (elected in March 2016) lost to Walker Thomas.
  2. 11th: David Watkins (first elected in 2006) lost to Robby Mills.
  3. 13th: Jim Glenn (first elected in 2006) lost to DJ Johnson.
  4. 14th: Tommy Thompson (first elected in 2002) lost to Matt Castlen.
  5. 15th: Brent Yonts (first elected in 1996) lost to Melinda Gibbons Prunty.
  6. 16th: Martha Jane King (first elected in 2008) lost to Jason Petrie.
  7. 24th: Terry Mills (first elected in 2010) lost to Brandon Reed.
  8. 49th: Linda H. Belcher (first elected in 2008) lost to Dan Johnson.
  9. 62nd: Chuck Tackett (elected in March 2016) lost to Phillip Pratt.
  10. 78th: Tom McKee (first elected in 1996) lost to Mark Hart.
  11. 81st: Rita Smart (first elected in 2010) lost to C. Wesley Morgan.
  12. 84th: Fitz Steele (first elected in 2008) lost to Chris Fugate.
  13. 91st: Cluster Howard (first elected in 2014) lost to Toby Herald.
  14. 92nd: John Short (first elected in 2010) lost to John Blanton.
  15. 95th: Greg Stumbo (first elected in 1979) lost to Larry L. Brown.
  16. 97th: Hubert Collins (first elected in 1990) lost to Scott Wells.
  17. 98th: Lew Nicholls (elected in March 2016) lost to Danny Bentley.

Republican

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  1. 38th: Denver Butler (first elected in 2012) lost to McKenzie Cantrell.

Closest races

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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 81, 0.42% gain
  2. District 49, 0.84% gain
  3. District 100, 0.88%
  4. District 94, 1.46%
  5. District 13, 1.58% gain
  6. District 38, 1.74% gain
  7. District 93, 2.76%
  8. District 87, 3.00%
  9. District 92, 3.04% gain
  10. District 11, 3.24% gain
  11. District 8, 3.74% gain
  12. District 37, 4.02%
  13. District 6, 4.76%
  14. District 95, 5.90% gain
  15. District 28, 6.54%
  16. District 27, 7.68%
  17. District 24, 8.14% gain
  18. District 98, 8.22% gain
  19. District 72, 8.50%
  20. District 78, 8.88% gain

Results by district

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District Democratic Republican Total
% Vote % Vote
1 29.80% 5,963 70.20% 14,046 20,009
2 39.53% 7,647 60.47% 11,699 19,346
3 55.36% 9,869 44.64% 7,958 17,827
4 0.00% 0 100.00% 15,065 15,065
5 30.88% 6,153 69.12% 13,770 19,923
6 52.38% 11,399 43.16% 9,393 21,764
7 37.01% 7,750 62.99% 13,189 20,939
8 48.13% 6,103 51.87% 6,577 12,680
9 0.00% 0 100.00% 11,425 11,425
10 55.19% 10,712 44.81% 8,698 19,410
11 48.38% 9,117 51.62% 9,728 18,845
12 38.80% 8,059 61.20% 12,711 20,770
13 49.21% 8,170 50.79% 8,434 16,604
14 36.45% 7,775 63.55% 13,554 21,329
15 42.93% 7,973 57.07% 10,597 18,570
16 34.60% 5,788 65.40% 10,938 16,726
17 0.00% 0 100.00% 17,761 17,761
18 0.00% 0 100.00% 14,996 14,996
19 31.07% 5,614 68.93% 12,455 18,069
20 58.23% 8,561 41.77% 6,140 14,701
21 0.00% 0 100.00% 13,728 13,728
22 100.00% 12,115 0.00% 0 12,115
23 38.46% 7,154 61.54% 11,445 18,599
24 45.93% 8,972 8,972 10,563 19,535
25 27.57% 5,187 72.43% 13,629 18,816
26 0.00% 0 100.00% 14,565 14,565
27 53.84% 9,056 46.16% 7,763 16,819
28 53.27% 8,953 46.73% 7,854 16,807
29 0.00% 0 100.00% 17,535 17,535
30 76.79% 12,678 23.21% 3,833 16,511
31 57.89% 12,085 42.11% 8,792 20,877
32 0.00% 0 100.00% 15,243 15,243
33 44.39% 11,291 55.61% 14,146 25,437
34 100.00% 19,596 0.00% 0 19,596
35 100.00% 13,913 0.00% 0 13,913
36 0.00% 0 100.00% 21,458 21,458
37 52.01% 7,387 47.99% 6,817 14,204
38 50.87% 7,600 49.13% 7,341 14,941
39 55.84% 10,839 44.16% 8,572 19,411
40 73.55% 11,038 26.45% 3,970 15,008
41 100.00% 13,257 0.00% 0 13,257
42 87.26% 15,896 12.74% 2,320 18,216
43 76.18% 13,173 23.82% 4,120 17,293
44 100.00% 13,538 0.00% 0 13,538
45 39.39% 9,991 60.61% 15,375 25,366
46 55.31% 9,939 44.69% 8,032 17,971
47 100.00% 13,033 0.00% 0 13,033
48 42.81% 11,302 57.19% 15,097 26,399
49 49.58% 9,186 50.42% 9,342 18,528
50 36.37% 7,457 63.63% 13,048 20,505
51 0.00% 0 100.00% 16,344 16,344
52 0.00% 0 100.00% 13,376 13,376
53 27.58% 6,127 72.42% 16,091 22,218
54 33.13% 6,245 66.87% 12,607 18,852
55 24.99% 5,597 75.01% 16,797 22,394
56 59.63% 12,590 40.37% 8,525 21,115
57 100.00% 15,747 0.00% 0 15,747
58 38.66% 7,894 61.34% 12,527 20,421
59 0.00% 0 100.00% 19,159 19,159
60 0.00% 0 100.00% 19,737 19,737
61 24.39% 4,958 75.61% 15,373 20,331
62 42.31% 9,288 57.69% 12,662 21,950
63 0.00% 0 100.00% 18,728 18,728
64 30.90% 6,807 69.10% 15,220 22,027
65 100.00% 10,099 0.00% 0 10,099
66 0.00% 0 100.00% 18,743 18,743
67 100.00% 9,232 0.00% 0 9,232
68 0.00% 0 100.00% 20,003 20,003
69 0.00% 0 100.00% 13,892 13,892
70 56.18% 10,049 43.82% 7,839 17,888
71 0.00% 0 100.00% 16,951 16,951
72 54.25% 9,668 45.75% 8,154 17,822
73 39.60% 7,464 60.40% 11,385 18,849
74 42.77% 8,142 57.23% 10,894 19,036
75 61.61% 9,816 38.39% 6,116 15,932
76 100.00% 15,028 0.00% 0 15,028
77 100.00% 13,245 0.00% 0 13,245
78 45.56% 7,562 54.44% 9,035 16,597
79 59.36% 11,909 40.64% 8,155 20,064
80 0.00% 0 100.00% 13,698 13,698
81 49.79% 8,980 50.21% 9,056 18,036
82 21.53% 3,639 78.47% 13,265 16,904
83 0.00% 0 100.00% 16,813 16,813
84 36.91% 6,012 63.09% 10,278 16,290
85 0.00% 0 100.00% 15,858 15,858
86 0.00% 0 100.00% 14,497 14,497
87 51.50% 7,224 48.50% 6,804 14,028
88 0.00% 0 100.00% 20,242 20,242
89 0.00% 0 100.00% 15,479 15,479
90 0.00% 0 100.00% 12,758 12,758
91 44.79% 7,161 55.21% 8,828 15,989
92 48.48% 7,287 51.52% 7,745 15,032
93 51.38% 7,363 48.62% 6,968 14,331
94 50.73% 8,393 49.27% 8,153 16,546
95 47.05% 8,466 52.95% 9,528 17,994
96 41.95% 6,760 58.05% 9,353 16,113
97 42.28% 6,978 57.72% 9,525 16,503
98 45.89% 8,330 54.11% 9,823 18,153
99 66.00% 11,143 34.00% 5,741 16,884
100 50.44% 9,215 49.56% 9,055 18,270
Totals[4] 39.93% 695,707 60.01% 1,045,502 1,742,181

References

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  1. ^ a b Gerth, Joseph (March 9, 2016). "Democrats retain control of Kentucky House". Louisville Courier Journal. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  2. ^ Beam, Adam (January 3, 2017). "After 95 years, GOP takes control of Kentucky legislature". The Associated Press. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "House Speaker Stumbo loses to Brown in election upset". WKYT. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "Kentucky State Board of Elections" (PDF).

Notes

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  1. ^ Two democratic incumbents switched parties after the 2014 election.[1]
  2. ^ Democrats flipped a seat in a March 2016 special election following the resignation of Ryan Quarles.[1]
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