2012 Kentucky Senate election

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2012 Kentucky Senate election
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19 out of 38 seats in the Kentucky Senate
20 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Robert Stivers R. J. Palmer
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since2 November 20124 January 2011
Leader's seat 25th - Manchester 28th - Winchester
Last election22 [a] 15
Seats after23 [a] 14
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote352,728370,011
Percentage48.65%51.03%
Senate President before election

David L. Williams
Republican

Elected Senate President

Robert Stivers
Republican

The 2012 Kentucky Senate election was held on 6 November 2012 to determine which party would control the Kentucky Senate for the following two years in the 2013 Kentucky General Assembly. All odd-numbered seats were up for election, which consisted of half of the 38 senate seats and the primary was held on 22 May 2012. Prior to the election 22 seats were held by Republicans and 15 were held by Democrats, while one was held by Independent senator Bob Leeper, who caucused with the Republicans. The general election saw the Republicans increase their majority by a single seat. [1]

Contents

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [2] Safe R24 October 2012

Retirements

  1. 1st District: Kenneth W. Winters (R) retired.
  2. 15th District: Vernie McGaha (R) retired.
  3. 23rd District: Jack Westwood (R) retired.

Incumbents defeated

  1. 3rd District: Joey Pendleton (D) lost re-election to Whitney Westerfield.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 3, 0.82% (gain)
  2. District 21, 7.64%

Results

1st District

1st District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stanley H. Humphries 28,338 59.31%
Democratic Carroll Hubbard 19,44540.69%
Total votes47,783 100.0%
Republican hold

3rd District

3rd District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Whitney Westerfield 18,457 50.41%
Democratic Joey Pendleton (incumbent)18,16049.59%
Total votes36,617 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

5th District

5th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carroll Gibson (incumbent) 32,028 100.0%
Total votes32,028 100.0%
Republican hold

7th District

7th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Julian Carroll (incumbent) 33,404 59.00%
Republican Frank Haynes23,21341.00%
Total votes56,617 100.0%
Democratic hold

9th District

9th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David P. Givens (incumbent) 33,874 100.0%
Total votes33,874 100.0%
Republican hold

11th District

11th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Schickel (incumbent) 46,962 100.0%
Total votes46,962 100.0%
Republican hold

13th District

13th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kathy Stein (incumbent) 30,365 100.0%
Total votes30,365 100.0%
Democratic hold

15th District

15th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Girdler 36,946 100.0%
Total votes36,946 100.0%
Republican hold

17th District

17th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Damon Thayer (incumbent) 35,343 66.35%
Democratic David Holcomb17,92633.65%
Total votes53,269 100.0%
Republican hold

19th District

19th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Morgan McGarvey (incumbent) 39,327 100.0%
Total votes39,327 100.0%
Democratic hold

21st District

21st District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Albert Robinson 20,490 53.82%
Democratic Amie Hacker17,58346.18%
Total votes38,073 100.0%
Republican hold

23rd District

23rd District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Christian McDaniel 23,993 59.98%
Democratic James Noll16,01040.02%
Total votes40,003 100.0%
Republican hold

25th District

25th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Stivers (incumbent) 21,198 63.95%
Democratic Ralph Hoskins11,94936.05%
Total votes33,147 100.0%
Republican hold

27th District

27th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walter Blevins (incumbent) 24,977 63.51%
Republican Tony Downey14,35036.49%
Total votes39,327 100.0%
Democratic hold

29th District

29th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Johnny Ray Turner (incumbent) 24,644 100.0%
Total votes24,644 100.0%
Democratic hold

31st District

31st District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ray Jones II (incumbent) 25,303 100.0%
Total votes25,303 100.0%
Democratic hold

33rd District

33rd District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gerald Neal (incumbent) 33,986 93.68%
Independent Norris Shelton2,2916.32%
Total votes36,277 100.0%
Democratic hold

35th District

35th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Denise Harper Angel (incumbent) 32,126 100.0%
Total votes32,126 100.0%
Democratic hold

37th District

37th District election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Perry B. Clark (incumbent) 24,806 58.58%
Republican Chris Thieneman 17,53641.42%
Total votes42,342 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. 1 2 Independent senator Bob Leeper caucused with the Republicans.

References

  1. ↑ "Kentucky State Senate elections, 2012". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Daigneau, Elizabeth; Jacobson, Louis (2012-10-23). "The Latest Chamber-by-Chamber Analysis of the 2012 State Legislative Elections". Governing. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
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