2006 Kentucky Senate election

2006 Kentucky Senate election

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19 out of 38 seats in the Kentucky Senate 20 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader David L. Williams Ed Worley Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 5, 1999 January 6, 2003 Leader's seat 16th - Burkesville 34th - Richmond Last election 22 [a] 16 Seats after 22 [a] 16 Seat change
Senate President before election David L. Williams Republican Elected Senate President David L. Williams Republican

The 2006 Kentucky Senate election was held on November 7, 2006, to determine which party would control the Kentucky Senate for the following two years in the 2007 Kentucky General Assembly. All even-numbered seats were up for election, which consisted of half of the 38 senate seats and the primary was held on May 23, 2006. Prior to the election 21 seats were held by Republicans and 16 were held by Democrats, while one was held by Independent senator Bob Leeper, who caucused with the Republicans. The general election saw both parties holding on to the same amount of seats as the previous election, meaning that Republicans retained control of the Kentucky Senate. ^[1]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing [2]	Likely R	November 4, 2006

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 2, 0.16%
2. District 18, 5.64%

Results

2nd District

2nd District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bob Leeper (incumbent)	15,497	41.08%
	Democratic	Carroll Hubbard	15,439	40.92%
	Republican	Neil F. Archer	6,792	18.00%
Total votes			37,728	100.0%
	Independent hold

4th District

4th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dorsey Ridley (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Democratic hold

6th District

6th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Rhoads (incumbent)	22,514	69.74%
	Republican	Dan McGary	9,768	30.26%
Total votes			32,282	100.0%
	Democratic hold

8th District

8th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Boswell (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Democratic hold

10th District

10th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth Tori (incumbent)	16,556	57.11%
	Democratic	Douglas H. Goodman	12,434	42.89%
Total votes			28,990	100.0%
	Republican hold

12th District

12th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alice Forgy Kerr (incumbent)	20,545	56.60%
	Democratic	James E. Keller	15,751	43.40%
Total votes			36,296	100.0%
	Republican hold

14th District

14th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Kelly (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Republican hold

16th District

16th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David L. Williams (incumbent)	21,578	71.81%
	Democratic	Dough Shelton	8,472	28.19%
Total votes			30,050	100.0%
	Republican hold

18th District

18th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charlie Borders (incumbent)	17,489	52.82%
	Democratic	Carol Rice Allen	15,619	47.18%
Total votes			33,108	100.0%
	Republican hold

20th District

20th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Tapp (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Republican hold

22nd District

22nd District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Buford (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Republican hold

24th District

24th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Katie Kratz Stine (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Republican hold

26th District

26th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ernie Harris (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Republican hold

28th District

28th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	R. J. Palmer (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Democratic hold

30th District

30th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Mongiardo (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Democratic hold

32nd District

32nd District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Guthrie (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Republican hold

34th District

34th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Worley (incumbent)	16,567	55.69%
	Republican	Barry Metcalf	12,263	41.23%
	Independent	Donald VanWinkle	916	3.08%
Total votes			29,746	100.0%
	Democratic hold

36th District

36th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julie Denton (incumbent)		100.0%
Total votes				100.0%
	Republican hold

38th District

38th District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Seum (incumbent)	22,452	57.49%
	Democratic	Robert G. M. Valenza	16,603	42.51%
Total votes			39,055	100.0%
	Republican hold

Notes

1. Independent senator Bob Leeper caucused with the Republicans.

References

1. "Kentucky State Senate elections, 2006". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
2. Jacobson, Louis (November 4, 2006). "State Legislature Ratings". www.insideelections.com. Retrieved 2025-11-24.