2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election

Not to be confused with 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky.

2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election

November 3, 2020
All 100 seats in the Kentucky House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader David Osborne Joni Jenkins Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 8, 2018 December 20, 2019 Leader's seat 59th 44th Last election 61 39 Seats before 62 38 Seats won 75 25 Seat change 13 13 Popular vote 1,225,446 706,246 Percentage 62.64% 36.10%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election David Osborne Republican Elected Speaker David Osborne Republican

Elections to the Kentucky House of Representatives were held on November 3, 2020.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Safe R	October 21, 2020

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 45, 2.2%
2. District 48, 2.2% gain
3. District 88, 3%
4. District 10, 4.2% gain
5. District 56, 4.6%
6. District 67, 5.6%
7. District 13, 7.4% gain
8. District 32, 7.4%
9. District 11, 8% gain
10. District 33, 8.2%
11. District 100, 8.8% gain
12. District 37, 9%
13. District 8, 9.6%

Results

District 1

District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Rudy (incumbent)	17,836	100.0%
Total votes			17,836	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 2

District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Heath (incumbent)	15,484	83.2%
	Libertarian	Joshua Gilpin	3,118	16.8%
Total votes			18,602	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 3

District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Bridges (incumbent)	11,334	59.9%
	Democratic	Corbin Snardon	7,593	40.1%
Total votes			18,927	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 4

District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Bechler (incumbent)	14,696	72.6%
	Democratic	Alonzo Pennington	4,565	22.6%
	Independent	Austin Valentine Jr.	979	4.8%
Total votes			20,240	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 5

District 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Beth Imes	14,855	68.8%
	Democratic	Shannon Davis Roberts	6,726	31.2%
Total votes			21,581	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 6

District 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Freeland (incumbent)	16,562	71.9%
	Democratic	Al Cunningham	6,487	28.1%
Total votes			23,049	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 7

District 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Suzanne Miles (incumbent)	18,847	100.0%
Total votes			18,847	100.0%

District 8

District 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walker Thomas (incumbent)	7,303	54.8%
	Democratic	Pam Dossett	6,023	45.2%
Total votes			13,326	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 9

District 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Myron Dossett (incumbent)	13,244	100.0%
Total votes			13,244	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 10

District 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Josh Calloway	11,624	52.1%
	Democratic	Dean Schamore (incumbent)	10,692	47.9%
Total votes			22,316	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 11

District 11

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jonathan Dixon	10,825	54.0%
	Democratic	Rob Wiederstein (incumbent)	9,223	46.0%
Total votes			20,048	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 12

District 12

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Gooch (incumbent)	16,891	76.5%
	Democratic	Arthur "Art" Mclaughlin	5,177	23.5%
Total votes			22,068	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 13

District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	DJ Johnson	9,485	53.7%
	Democratic	Jim Glenn (incumbent)	8,167	46.3%
Total votes			17,652	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

District 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Lewis	19,304	100.0%
Total votes			19,304	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 15

District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Melinda Gibbons Prunty (incumbent)	13,423	67.4%
	Democratic	Crystal Chappell	6,485	32.6%
Total votes			19,908	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 16

District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Petrie (incumbent)	15,585	100.0%
Total votes			15,858	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 17

District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Sheldon (incumbent)	21,348	100.0%
Total votes			21,348	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 18

District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samara Heavrin (incumbent)	16,409	83.0%
	Libertarian	Jacob Clark	3,354	17.0%
Total votes			19,763	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 19

District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Meredith (incumbent)	14,638	69.4%
	Democratic	Daniel Wayne Johnson	6,469	30.6%
Total votes			21,107	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 20

District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patti Minter (incumbent)	9,568	69.9%
	Independent	Leanette Lopez	4,114	30.1%
Total votes			13,682	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 21

District 21

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bart Rowland (incumbent)	15,433	80.5%
	Democratic	John W. Pennington	3,734	19.5%
Total votes			19,167	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 22

District 22

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shawn McPherson	14,517	69.3%
	Democratic	David R. Young	6,427	30.7%
Total votes			20,944	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 23

District 23

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Riley (incumbent)	15,398	77.1%
	Democratic	Steve Jones	4,226	21.2%
	Libertarian	Tim Filback	354	1.8%
Total votes			19,978	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 24

District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brandon Reed (incumbent)	14,326	65.9%
	Democratic	Terry Mills	7,406	34.1%
Total votes			21,732	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 25

District 25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim DuPlessis (incumbent)	16,968	100.0%
Total votes			16,968	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 26

District 26

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Webber (incumbent)	15,590	80.3%
	Libertarian	Randall Daniel	3,818	19.7%
Total votes			19,408	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 27

District 27

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nancy Tate (incumbent)	11,179	58.3%
	Democratic	Brian T. Chism	7,998	41.7%
Total votes			19,177	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 28

District 28

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Miller (incumbent)	12,187	100.0%
Total votes			12,187	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 29

District 29

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Bratcher (incumbent)	15,298	55.6%
	Democratic	Suzanne Kugler	12,201	44.4%
Total votes			27,499	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 30

District 30

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Burch (incumbent)	14,521	100.0%
Total votes			14,521	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 31

District 31

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josie Raymond (incumbent)	15,775	100.0%
Total votes			15,775	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 32

District 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tina Bojanowski (incumbent)	13,047	53.7%
	Republican	G. Hunt Rounsavall Jr.	11,244	46.3%
Total votes			24,291	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 33

District 33

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Nemes (incumbent)	15,186	54.1%
	Democratic	Margaret S. Plattner	12,861	45.9%
Total votes			27,967	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 34

District 34

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Lou Marzian	21,263	100.0%
Total votes			21,263	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 35

District 35

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Willner (incumbent)	14,224	100.0%
Total votes			14,224	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 36

District 36

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry T. Miller (incumbent)	20,480	60.6%
	Democratic	Jeff Grammer	13,293	39.4%
Total votes			33,773	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 37

District 37

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffery Donohue (incumbent)	8,661	54.5%
	Republican	Jimmy Maricle	7,238	45.5%
Total votes			15,899	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 38

District 38

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	McKenzie Cantrell (incumbent)	10,779	100.0%
Total votes			10,779	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 39

District 39

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Lockett	13,485	61.1%
	Democratic	Carolyn Dupont	8,574	38.9%
Total votes			22,059	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 40

District 40

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nima Kulkarni (incumbent)	12,446	100.0%
Total votes			12,446	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 41

District 41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Attica Scott (incumbent)	13,993	100.0%
Total votes			13,993	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 42

District 42

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reginald Meeks (incumbent)	17,917	100.0%
Total votes			17,917	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 43

District 43

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pamela Stevenson	14,825	100.0%
Total votes			14,825	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 44

District 44

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joni Jenkins	14,205	100.0%
Total votes			14,205	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 45

District 45

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Killian Timoney	14,236	51.1%
	Democratic	Shirley Flynn Mitchell	13,626	48.9%
Total votes			27,862	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 46

District 46

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Gentry (incumbent)	11,470	59.6%
	Republican	Bob DeVore	7,787	40.4%
Total votes			19,257	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 47

District 47

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Felicia Rabourn	13,953	69.4%
	Democratic	Jack Couch	6,163	30.6%
Total votes			20,116	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 48

District 48

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Fleming	15,677	51.1%
	Democratic	Maria Sorolis (incumbent)	15,014	48.9%
Total votes			30,691	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 49

District 49

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Huff	15,828	72.6%
	Democratic	Jonathan Cacciatore	5,339	24.5%
	Libertarian	Mitch Rushing	639	2.9%
Total votes			21,806	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 50

District 50

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chat McCoy (incumbent)	16,695	73.3%
	Democratic	Kory Miller	6,074	26.7%
Total votes			22,769	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 51

District 51

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John "Bam" Carney (incumbent)	16,461	78.6%
	Democratic	Richard Steele	4,492	21.4%
Total votes			20,953	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 52

District 52

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken UpChurch (incumbent)	16,375	100.0%
Total votes			16,375	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 53

District 53

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Tipton	20,087	76.6%
	Democratic	Dustin Burley	6,126	23.4%
Total votes			26,213	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 54

District 54

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Elliott (incumbent)	14,144	66.5%
	Democratic	Lydia Coffey	7,141	33.5%
Total votes			21,285	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 55

District 55

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kim King (incumbent)	20,375	99.8%
	Write-In	Dylan Franz	46	0.2%
Total votes			20,421	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 56

District 56

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Fister	12,487	52.3%
	Democratic	Lamar Allen	11,375	47.7%
Total votes			23,862	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 57

District 57

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Derrick Graham	13,202	61.4%
	Republican	Gary Reed Stratton	8,301	38.6%
Total votes			21,503	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 58

District 58

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer Decker	15,263	65.7%
	Democratic	Will Barnett	7,983	34.3%
Total votes			23,246	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 59

District 59

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Osborne (incumbent)	21,687	100.0%
Total votes			21,687	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 60

District 60

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sal Santoro (incumbent)	23,703	100.0%
Total votes			23,703	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 61

District 61

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Savannah Maddox (incumbent)	20,460	98.7%
	Write-In	Debby Lucas Angel	279	1.3%
Total votes			20,739	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 62

District 62

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phillip Pratt (incumbent)	17,470	69.0%
	Democratic	David Mayo	7,854	31.0%
Total votes			25,324	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 63

District 63

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kim Banta (incumbent)	17,344	67.7%
	Democratic	Ashley Williams	8,287	32.3%
Total votes			25,631	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 64

District 64

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kimberly Poore Moser (incumbent)	18,612	72.5%
	Democratic	Larry Varney	7,069	27.5%
Total votes			25,681	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 65

District 65

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles "Buddy" Wheatley (incumbent)	9,446	60.5%
	Republican	J. Davis	6,173	39.5%
Total votes			15,619	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 66

District 66

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	C. Ed Massey (incumbent)	17,872	68.9%
	Democratic	Roberto Henriquez	6,714	25.9%
	Libertarian	Cristi Kendrick	1,341	5.2%
Total votes			25,927	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 67

District 67

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rachel Roberts	9,009	52.3%
	Republican	LeAnna Homandberg	8,034	46.7%
	Write-In	Mark Schroer	174	1.0%
Total votes			17,217	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 68

District 68

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Fischer (incumbent)	19,122	67.1%
	Democratic	Nancy Bardgett	9,358	32.9%
Total votes			28,480	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 69

District 69

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Koenig (incumbent)	11,720	59.9%
	Democratic	Ryan Neaves	6,967	35.6%
	Libertarian	Bill Mitchell	884	4.5%
Total votes			19,571	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 70

District 70

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Lawerence	12,999	64.6%
	Democratic	Craig Miller	7,133	35.4%
Total votes			20,132	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 71

District 71

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Josh Bray	19,879	100.0%
Total votes			19,879	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 72

Republican Party of Kentucky

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew Koch (incumbent)	13,268	65.4%
	Democratic	Todd Neace	7,024	34.6%
Total votes			20,292	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 73

District 73

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Dotson	11,923	56.9%
	Democratic	Kenny Blair	6,441	30.7%
	Write-In	Jada Brady	2,589	12.4%
Total votes			20,953	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 74

District 74

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Hale (incumbent)	15,230	72.4%
	Democratic	Jeff Spradling	5,814	27.6%
Total votes			21,044	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 75

District 75

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kelly Flood (incumbent)	13,070	100.0%
Total votes			13,070	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 76

District 76

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruth Ann Palumbo (incumbent)	16,159	100.0%
Total votes			16,159	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 77

District 77

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown Jr. (incumbent)	15,052	100.0%
Total votes			15,052	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 78

District 78

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Hart (incumbent)	14,392	83.1%
	Libertarian	James Toller	2,922	16.9%
Total votes			17,314	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 79

District 79

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Westrom (incumbent)	13,866	63.9%
	Republican	Jon Larson	7,838	36.1%
Total votes			21,704	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 80

District 80

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Meade (incumbent)	16,393	100.0%
Total votes			16,393	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 81

District 81

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Deanna Frazier (incumbent)	12,019	56.9%
	Democratic	Mike Eaves	9,100	43.1%
Total votes			21,119	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 82

District 82

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Regina Huff (incumbent)	17,139	100.0%
Total votes			17,139	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 83

District 83

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Josh Branscum	19,498	100.0%
Total votes			19,498	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 84

District 84

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Fugate (incumbent)	12,098	73.5%
	Democratic	Kenneth R. Hall	4,356	26.5%
Total votes			16,454	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 85

District 85

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shane Baker	18,706	100.0%
Total votes			18,706	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 86

District 86

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Smith	16,677	100.0%
Total votes			16,677	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 87

District 87

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Bowling (incumbent)	12,581	100.0%
Total votes			12,581	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 88

District 88

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cherlynn Stevenson (incumbent)	16,025	51.5%
	Republican	Aaron Yates	15,093	48.5%
Total votes			31,118	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 89

District 89

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Goforth (incumbent)	14,995	70.9%
	Democratic	Mike VanWinkle	6,030	28.5%
	Write-In	Stacy C. Abner	134	0.6%
	Write-In	Philip Eric Robinson	1	0.0%
Total votes			21,160	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 90

District 90

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Derek Lewis (incumbent)	12,656	74.4%
	Democratic	Ralph Hoskin	4,361	25.6%
Total votes			17,017	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 91

District 91

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Wesley	12,274	70.8%
	Democratic	Paula Clemons-Combs	5,073	29.2%
Total votes			17,347	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 92

District 92

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Blanton (incumbent)	11,447	71.6%
	Democratic	Ancel Smith	4,531	28.4%
Total votes			15,978	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 93

District 93

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norma Kirk-McCormick	9,045	63.1%
	Democratic	Rod Varney	5,289	36.9%
Total votes			14,334	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 94

District 94

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angie Hatton (incumbent)	10,531	100.0%
Total votes			10,531	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 95

District 95

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ashley Tackett Laferty (incumbent)	10,720	60.0%
	Republican	William Matt Reynolds	7,149	40.0%
Total votes			17,869	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 96

District 96

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick Flannery	12,592	68.6%
	Democratic	Kathy Hinkle (incumbent)	5,759	31.4%
Total votes			18,351	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 97

District 97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobby McCool (incumbent)	14,459	78.5%
	Democratic	Will Hurst	3,971	21.5%
Total votes			18,430	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 98

District 98

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny Bentley (incumbent)	16,536	100.0%
Total votes			16,536	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 99

District 99

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard White (incumbent)	12,101	64.6%
	Democratic	William H. "Bill" Redwine	6,629	35.4%
Total votes			18,730	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 100

District 100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Sharp	10,558	54.4%
	Democratic	Terri Clark (incumbent)	8,865	45.6%
Total votes			19,423	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic