2014 Kentucky House of Representatives election

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives election
← 2012 November 4, 2014 2016 →
All 100 seats in the Kentucky House of Representatives ; 51 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold Republican gain; Popular vote:; 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Speaker before election; Greg Stumbo ; Democratic	Elected Speaker ; Greg Stumbo ; Democratic

Last updated December 20, 2025

The 2014 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 4, 2014. The Democratic and Republican primary elections were held on May 20. Democrats maintained their majority in the chamber without gaining or losing any seats. This is the most recent election where Democrats won a majority in the chamber, following their loss in the 2016 election.

Overview
Retirements
Democratic
Republican
Incumbents defeated
In the primary election
In the general election
Redistricting
Summary by district
Closest races
Special elections
District 52 special
District 56 special
District 7 special
District 1
Republican primary
General election
District 2
Republican primary 2
Democratic primary
General election 2
District 3
Democratic primary 2
Republican primary 3
General election 3
District 4
Republican primary 4
Democratic primary 3
General election 4
District 5
Republican primary 5
General election 5
District 6
Democratic primary 4
Republican primary 6
General election 6
District 7
Republican primary 7
Democratic primary 5
General election 7
District 8
Democratic primary 6
General election 8
District 9
Republican primary 8
General election 9
District 10
Republican primary 9
Democratic primary 7
General election 10
District 11
Democratic primary 8
Republican primary 10
General election 11
District 12
Democratic primary 9
Republican primary 11
General election 12
District 13
Democratic primary 10
Republican primary 12
General election 13
District 14
Democratic primary 11
Republican primary 13
General election 14
District 15
Democratic primary 12
General election 15
District 16
Democratic primary 13
Independent candidates
General election 16
District 17
Republican primary 14
General election 17
District 18
Republican primary 15
General election 18
District 19
Republican primary 16
Democratic primary 14
General election 19
District 20
Democratic primary 15
Republican primary 17
General election 20
District 21
Republican primary 18
Democratic primary 16
General election 21
District 22
Democratic primary 17
General election 22
District 23
Democratic primary 18
Republican primary 19
General election 23
District 24
Democratic primary 19
Republican primary 20
General election 24
District 25
Democratic primary 20
Republican primary 21
General election 25
District 26
Republican primary 22
Democratic primary 21
General election 26
District 27
Democratic primary 22
Republican primary 23
General election 27
District 28
Democratic primary 23
General election 28
District 29
Republican primary 24
Democratic primary 24
General election 29
District 30
Democratic primary 25
General election 30
District 31
Democratic primary 26
Republican primary 25
General election 31
District 32
Republican primary 26
Democratic primary 27
General election 32
District 33
Republican primary 27
General election 33
District 34
Democratic primary 28
Republican primary 28
General election 34
District 35
Democratic primary 29
Republican primary 29
General election 35
District 36
Republican primary 30
Democratic primary 30
General election 36
District 37
Democratic primary 31
General election 37
District 38
Democratic primary 32
General election 38
District 39
Democratic primary 33
Republican primary 31
General election 39
District 40
Democratic primary 34
Republican primary 32
General election 40
District 41
Democratic primary 35
General election 41
District 42
Democratic primary 36
Republican primary 33
General election 42
District 43
Democratic primary 37
Republican primary 34
General election 43
District 44
Democratic primary 38
General election 44
District 45
Republican primary 35
General election 45
District 46
Democratic primary 39
Republican primary 36
General election 46
District 47
Democratic primary 40
General election 47
District 48
Republican primary 37
Democratic primary 41
General election 48
District 49
Republican primary 38
Democratic primary 42
General election 49
District 50
Republican primary 39
Democratic primary 43
General election 50
District 51
Republican primary 40
General election 51
District 52
Republican primary 41
General election 52
District 53
Republican primary 42
Democratic primary 44
General election 53
District 54
Republican primary 43
General election 54
District 55
Republican primary 44
Democratic primary 45
General election 55
District 56
Democratic primary 46
Republican primary 45
General election 56
District 57
Democratic primary 47
General election 57
District 58
Republican primary 46
General election 58
District 59
Republican primary 47
Democratic primary 48
General election 59
District 60
Republican primary 48
General election 60
District 61
Republican primary 49
General election 61
District 62
Republican primary 50
Democratic primary 49
General election 62
District 63
Republican primary 51
General election 63
District 64
Republican primary 52
General election 64
District 65
Democratic primary 50
General election 65
District 66
Republican primary 53
General election 66
District 67
Democratic primary 51
General election 67
District 68
Republican primary 54
Democratic primary 52
General election 68
District 69
Republican primary 55
General election 69
District 70
Democratic primary 53
General election 70
District 71
Republican primary 56
General election 71
District 72
Democratic primary 54
Republican primary 57
General election 72
District 73
Republican primary 58
Democratic primary 55
General election 73
District 74
Democratic primary 56
Republican primary 59
General election 74
District 75
Democratic primary 57
General election 75
District 76
Democratic primary 58
Republican primary 60
General election 76
District 77
Democratic primary 59
General election 77
District 78
Democratic primary 60
Republican primary 61
General election 78
District 79
Democratic primary 61
Republican primary 62
General election 79
District 80
Republican primary 63
General election 80
District 81
Democratic primary 62
Republican primary 64
General election 81
District 82
Republican primary 65
General election 82
District 83
Republican primary 66
General election 83
District 84
Democratic primary 63
General election 84
District 85
Republican primary 67
General election 85
District 86
Republican primary 68
General election 86
District 87
Democratic primary 64
General election 87
District 88
Republican primary 69
Democratic primary 65
General election 88
District 89
Republican primary 70
Democratic primary 66
General election 89
District 90
Republican primary 71
Independent candidates 2
General election 90
District 91
Republican primary 72
Democratic primary 67
General election 91
District 92
Democratic primary 68
General election 92
District 93
Democratic primary 69
General election 93
District 94
Democratic primary 70
General election 94
District 95
Democratic primary 71
General election 95
District 96
Republican primary 73
Democratic primary 72
General election 96
District 97
Democratic primary 73
Republican primary 74
General election 97
District 98
Democratic primary 74
General election 98
District 99
Democratic primary 75
General election 99
District 100
Democratic primary 76
General election 100
See also
Notes
References

Overview

Party		Candidates		Votes	%	Seats

Party		Opposed	Unopposed	Votes	%	Before	Won	+/−
	Democratic	51	25	615,266	48.94	54	54	-
	Republican	51	23	635,192	50.53	46	46	-
	Independent	2	0	6,656	0.53	0	0	-
Total		104	48	1,257,114	100.00	100	100	±0
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

Retirements

A total of seven representatives (three Democrats and four Republicans) retired, four of whom (one Democrat and three Republicans) retired to run for other offices.

Democratic

39th: Robert Damron (Nicholasville): Retired to run for Judge/Executive of Jessamine County.
71st: John Stacy (West Liberty): Retired.
77th: Jesse Crenshaw (Lexington): Retired.

Republican

10th: Ben Waide (Madisonville): Retired to run for Judge/Executive of Hopkins County.
17th: C. B. Embry (Morgantown): Retired to run for the Kentucky Senate.
18th: Dwight Butler (Harned): Retired.
32nd: Julie Raque Adams (Louisville): Retired to run for the Kentucky Senate.

Incumbents defeated

One incumbent lost renomination in the primary election and three incumbents lost reelection in the general election.

In the primary election

Democrats

One Democrat lost renomination.

93rd: Keith Hall (first elected in 2000) lost renomination to Chris Harris, who won the general election.

Republicans

No Republicans lost renomination.

In the general election

Democrats

Two Democrats lost reelection to Republicans.

25th: Jimmie Lee (first elected in 1992) lost to Jim DuPlessis.
74th: Richard Henderson (first elected in 2006) lost to David Hale.

Republicans

One Republican lost reelection to a Democrat.

91st: Toby Herald (first elected in 2012) lost to Cluster Howard.

Redistricting

2014 was the first election following the redistricting of the house in 2013, which moved eight incumbents into different districts. Three districts had two incumbents grouped together, while three districts had no incumbent.

District	Incumbent before redistricting	Incumbent(s) after redistricting
9th	Myron Dossett	Myron Dossett Ben Waide
10th	Ben Waide	Dwight Butler
17th	C. B. Embry	Jim DeCesare C. B. Embry
18th	Dwight Butler	Tim Moore
21st	Jim DeCesare	Bart Rowland
26th	Tim Moore	Russell Webber
36th	Jonathan Shell	Open seat
49th	Russell Webber	Open seat
53rd	Bart Rowland	Open seat
71st	John Stacy	Jonathan Shell
97th	Hubert Collins	Hubert Collins John Stacy

Summary by district

(*) – Incumbent redistricted to another district
† – Incumbent did not seek reelection

District	Incumbent		Elected
1	Steven Rudy	Rep	Steven Rudy	Rep
2	Richard Heath	Rep	Richard Heath	Rep
3	Gerald Watkins	Dem	Gerald Watkins	Dem
4	Lynn Bechler	Rep	Lynn Bechler	Rep
5	Kenny Imes	Rep	Kenny Imes	Rep
6	Will Coursey	Dem	Will Coursey	Dem
7	Suzanne Miles	Rep	Suzanne Miles	Rep
8	John Tilley	Dem	John Tilley	Dem
9	Myron Dossett	Rep	Myron Dossett	Rep
10	Ben Waide*†	Rep	Dean Schamore	Dem
11	David Watkins	Dem	David Watkins	Dem
12	Jim Gooch Jr.	Dem	Jim Gooch Jr.	Dem
13	Jim Glenn	Dem	Jim Glenn	Dem
14	Tommy Thompson	Dem	Tommy Thompson	Dem
15	Brent Yonts	Dem	Brent Yonts	Dem
16	Martha Jane King	Dem	Martha Jane King	Dem
17	C. B. Embry†	Rep	Jim DeCesare	Rep
18	Dwight Butler*†	Rep	Tim Moore	Rep
19	Michael Meredith	Rep	Michael Meredith	Rep
20	Jody Richards	Dem	Jody Richards	Dem
21	Jim DeCesare*	Rep	Bart Rowland	Rep
22	Wilson Stone	Dem	Wilson Stone	Dem
23	Johnny Bell	Dem	Johnny Bell	Dem
24	Terry Mills	Dem	Terry Mills	Dem
25	Jimmie Lee	Dem	Jim DuPlessis	Rep
26	Tim Moore*	Rep	Russell Webber	Rep
27	Jeff Greer	Dem	Jeff Greer	Dem
28	Charles Miller	Dem	Charles Miller	Dem
29	Kevin Bratcher	Rep	Kevin Bratcher	Rep
30	Tom Burch	Dem	Tom Burch	Dem
31	Steve Riggs	Dem	Steve Riggs	Dem
32	Julie Raque Adams†	Rep	Phil Moffett	Rep
33	Ronald Crimm	Rep	Ronald Crimm	Rep
34	Mary Lou Marzian	Dem	Mary Lou Marzian	Dem
35	Jim Wayne	Dem	Jim Wayne	Dem
36	Jonathan Shell*	Rep	Jerry T. Miller	Rep
37	Jeffery Donohue	Dem	Jeffery Donohue	Dem
38	Denver Butler	Dem	Denver Butler	Dem
39	Robert Damron†	Dem	Russ Meyer	Dem
40	Dennis Horlander	Dem	Dennis Horlander	Dem
41	Tom Riner	Dem	Tom Riner	Dem
42	Reginald Meeks	Dem	Reginald Meeks	Dem
43	Darryl Owens	Dem	Darryl Owens	Dem
44	Joni Jenkins	Dem	Joni Jenkins	Dem
45	Stan Lee	Rep	Stan Lee	Rep
46	Larry Clark	Dem	Larry Clark	Dem
47	Rick Rand	Dem	Rick Rand	Dem
48	Bob DeWeese	Rep	Bob DeWeese	Rep
49	Russell Webber*	Rep	Linda H. Belcher	Dem
50	David Floyd	Rep	David Floyd	Rep
51	John Carney	Rep	John Carney	Rep
52	Ken Upchurch	Rep	Ken Upchurch	Rep
53	Bart Rowland*	Rep	James Tipton	Rep
54	Mike Harmon	Rep	Mike Harmon	Rep
55	Kim King	Rep	Kim King	Rep
56	James Kay	Dem	James Kay	Dem
57	Derrick Graham	Dem	Derrick Graham	Dem
58	Brad Montell	Rep	Brad Montell	Rep
59	David W. Osborne	Rep	David W. Osborne	Rep
60	Sal Santoro	Rep	Sal Santoro	Rep
61	Brian Linder	Rep	Brian Linder	Rep
62	Ryan Quarles	Rep	Ryan Quarles	Rep
63	Diane St. Onge	Rep	Diane St. Onge	Rep
64	Thomas Kerr	Rep	Thomas Kerr	Rep
65	Arnold Simpson	Dem	Arnold Simpson	Dem
66	Addia Wuchner	Rep	Addia Wuchner	Rep
67	Dennis Keene	Dem	Dennis Keene	Dem
68	Joseph Fischer	Rep	Joseph Fischer	Rep
69	Adam Koenig	Rep	Adam Koenig	Rep
70	Mike Denham	Dem	Mike Denham	Dem
71	John Stacy*†	Dem	Jonathan Shell	Rep
72	Sannie Overly	Dem	Sannie Overly	Dem
73	Donna Mayfield	Rep	Donna Mayfield	Rep
74	Richard Henderson	Dem	David Hale	Rep
75	Kelly Flood	Dem	Kelly Flood	Dem
76	Ruth Ann Palumbo	Dem	Ruth Ann Palumbo	Dem
77	Jesse Crenshaw†	Dem	George Brown Jr.	Dem
78	Tom McKee	Dem	Tom McKee	Dem
79	Susan Westrom	Dem	Susan Westrom	Dem
80	David Meade	Rep	David Meade	Rep
81	Rita Smart	Dem	Rita Smart	Dem
82	Regina Bunch	Rep	Regina Bunch	Rep
83	Jeff Hoover	Rep	Jeff Hoover	Rep
84	Fitz Steele	Dem	Fitz Steele	Dem
85	Tommy Turner	Rep	Tommy Turner	Rep
86	Jim Stewart	Rep	Jim Stewart	Rep
87	Rick Nelson	Dem	Rick Nelson	Dem
88	Robert Benvenuti	Rep	Robert Benvenuti	Rep
89	Marie Rader	Rep	Marie Rader	Rep
90	Tim Couch	Rep	Tim Couch	Rep
91	Toby Herald	Rep	Cluster Howard	Dem
92	John Short	Dem	John Short	Dem
93	Keith Hall	Dem	Chris Harris	Dem
94	Leslie A. Combs	Dem	Leslie A. Combs	Dem
95	Greg Stumbo	Dem	Greg Stumbo	Dem
96	Jill York	Rep	Jill York	Rep
97	Hubert Collins	Dem	Hubert Collins	Dem
98	Tanya Pullin	Dem	Tanya Pullin	Dem
99	Rocky Adkins	Dem	Rocky Adkins	Dem
100	Kevin Sinnette	Dem	Kevin Sinnette	Dem

Closest races

Fourteen races were decided by 10% or lower.

District	Winner	Margin
91st	Democratic (flip)	0.10%
25th	Republican (flip)	1.79%
13th	Democratic	4.56%
29th	Republican	4.97%
74th	Republican (flip)	5.65%
49th	Democratic (flip)	5.84%
50th	Republican	6.63%
32nd	Republican	6.69%
7th	Republican	7.07%
3rd	Democratic	7.23%^[b]
10th	Democratic (flip)	7.26%^[c]
78th	Democratic	8.03%
23rd	Democratic	8.64%
24th	Democratic	9.22%

Special elections

District 52 special

Ken Upchurch was elected in February 2013 after the winner of the 2012 election, Sara Beth Gregory, declined her seat in order to serve in the Kentucky Senate.

2013 Kentucky House of Representatives 52nd district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Upchurch	1,666	59.1
	Democratic	Harvey Shearer	1,153	40.9
Total votes			2,819	100.0
	Republican hold

District 56 special

James Kay was elected in June 2013 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Carl Rollins in April 2013.

2013 Kentucky House of Representatives 56th district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Kay	3,925	44.0
	Republican	Lyen Crews	3,065	34.4
	Independent	John-Mark B. Hack	1,925	21.6
Total votes			8,915	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7 special

Suzanne Miles was elected in December 2013 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Arnold in September 2013.

2013 Kentucky House of Representatives 7th district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Suzanne Miles	3,548	50.8
	Democratic	Kim Humphrey	3,436	49.2
Total votes			6,984	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 1

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Steven Rudy, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 1st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Jack Rudy (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			13,017	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Richard Heath, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jesse Wright

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 2nd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Heath (incumbent)	9,181	59.5
	Democratic	Jesse Wright	6,258	40.5
Total votes			15,439	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Gerald Watkins, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Randy Bridges

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 3rd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald Watkins (incumbent)	7,153	53.6
	Republican	Randy Bridges	6,188	46.4
Total votes			13,341	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Lynn Bechler, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jarrod H. Jackson

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 4th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Bechler (incumbent)	8,328	55.2
	Democratic	Jarrod H. Jackson	6,748	44.8
Total votes			15,076	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Kenny Imes, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 5th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenny Imes (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			12,241	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Will Coursey, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Keith Travis

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 6th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Will R. Coursey (incumbent)	10,041	56.5
	Republican	Keith Travis	7,745	43.5
Total votes			17,786	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Suzanne Miles, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

John Warren

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 7th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Suzanne Miles (incumbent)	8,343	53.5
	Democratic	John Warren	7,241	46.5
Total votes			15,584	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

John Tilley, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 8th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Tilley (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			7,400	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 9

Incumbent Republican representative Myron Dossett won reelection. Representative Ben Waide was redistricted into the 9th district from the 10th district but declined to seek reelection.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Myron Dossett, incumbent representative

Declined

Ben Waide, representative from the 10th district (2011–2015)

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 9th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Myron B. Dossett (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			7,770	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

Incumbent Republican representative Ben Waide was redistricted to the 9th district. Representative Dwight Butler was redistricted into the 10th district from the 18th district but declined to seek reelection.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Alan Claypool

Eliminated in primary

Brian Key
Jerry Lloyd Lucas

Declined

Dwight Butler, representative from the 18th district (1995–2015)

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Claypool	1,807	51.4
	Republican	Jerry Lloyd Lucas	1,359	38.6
	Republican	Brian Key	352	10.0
Total votes			3,518	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Dean Schamore

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 10th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dean Schamore	8,099	53.6
	Republican	Alan Claypool	7,002	46.4
Total votes			15,101	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 11

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

David Watkins, incumbent representative

Eliminated in primary

James Buckmaster

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David A. Watkins (incumbent)	2,746	61.4
	Democratic	James Buckmaster	1,725	38.6
Total votes			4,471	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Paul A. DeSpain

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 11th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David A. Watkins (incumbent)	8,435	63.5
	Republican	Paul A. DeSpain	4,856	36.5
Total votes			13,291	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jim Gooch Jr., incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Dianne Burns Mackey

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 12th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Gooch Jr. (incumbent)	9,465	60.0
	Republican	Dianne Burns Mackey	6,320	40.0
Total votes			15,785	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jim Glenn, incumbent representative

Eliminated in primary

J. D. Warfield

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Glenn (incumbent)	2,378	79.7
	Democratic	J. D. Warfield	606	20.3
Total votes			2,984	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Alan Braden

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 13th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Glenn (incumbent)	6,253	52.3
	Republican	Alan Braden	5,708	47.7
Total votes			11,961	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 14

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tommy Thompson, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Marian Turley

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 14th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tommy Thompson (incumbent)	10,202	61.8
	Republican	Marian Turley	6,315	38.2
Total votes			16,517	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Brent Yonts, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 15th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brent Yonts (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			10,393	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Martha Jane King, incumbent representative

Independent candidates

Jason Petrie

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 16th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martha Jane King (incumbent)	6,804	59.5
	Independent	Jason Petrie	4,632	40.5
Total votes			11,436	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 17

Incumbent Republican representative C. B. Embry declined to seek reelection. Representative Jim DeCesare was redistricted into the 17th district from the 21st district.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jim DeCesare, representative from the 21st district (2005–2015)

Declined

C. B. Embry, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 17th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim DeCesare	Unopposed
Total votes			12,105	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Incumbent Republican representative Dwight Butler was redistricted to the 10th district. Representative Tim Moore was redistricted into the 18th district from the 26th district.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tim Moore, representative from the 26th district (2007–2015)

Eliminated in primary

Stephen Meredith

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Moore	3,104	52.9
	Republican	Stephen L. Meredith	2,762	47.1
Total votes			5,866	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 18th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Moore	Unopposed
Total votes			10,636	100.0
	Republican hold

District 19

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Michael Meredith, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

John Wayne Smith

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 19th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Lee Meredith (incumbent)	8,165	62.4
	Democratic	John Wayne Smith	4,914	37.6
Total votes			13,079	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jody Richards, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jenean Hampton

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 20th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jody Richards (incumbent)	6,237	63.3
	Republican	Jenean M. Hampton	3,610	36.7
Total votes			9,847	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

Incumbent Republican representative Jim DeCesare was redistricted to the 17th district. Representative Bart Rowland was redistricted into the 21st district from the 53rd district.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bart Rowland, representative from the 53rd district (2012–2015)

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Joe Choate

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 21st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bart Rowland	8,613	57.4
	Democratic	Joe Choate	6,391	42.6
Total votes			15,004	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Wilson Stone, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 22nd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wilson Stone (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			9,893	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Johnny Bell, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jeff Jobe

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 23rd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Johnny W. Bell (incumbent)	7,504	54.3
	Republican	Jeff Jobe	6,310	45.7
Total votes			13,814	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Terry Mills, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

J. Alex LaRue

Eliminated in primary

Richard Treitz

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Alex LaRue	1,400	54.6
	Republican	Richard Treitz	1,166	45.4
Total votes			2,566	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 24th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Mills (incumbent)	8,254	54.6
	Republican	J. Alex LaRue	6,860	45.4
Total votes			15,114	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jimmie Lee, incumbent representative

Eliminated in primary

Glenn Fonda

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmie Lee (incumbent)	3,295	80.9
	Democratic	Glenn Fonda	780	19.1
Total votes			4,075	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jim DuPlessis

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 25th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim DuPlessis	7,058	50.9
	Democratic	Jimmie Lee (incumbent)	6,810	49.1
Total votes			13,868	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 26

Incumbent Republican representative Tim Moore was redistricted to the 18th district. Representative Russell Webber was redistricted into the 26th district from the 49th district.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Russell Webber, representative from the 49th district (2013–2015)

Eliminated in primary

Alex Wimsatt

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Webber	1,642	68.3
	Republican	Alex Wimsatt	763	31.7
Total votes			2,405	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

J. Scott Wantland

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 26th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Webber	6,941	58.3
	Democratic	J. Scott Wantland	4,972	41.7
Total votes			11,913	100.0
	Republican hold

District 27

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jeff Greer, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rachelle Frazier

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 27th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Greer (incumbent)	7,036	56.8
	Republican	Rachelle Frazier	5,346	43.2
Total votes			12,382	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Charles Miller, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 28th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles W. Miller (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			7,941	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Kevin Bratcher, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Dave Stengel, Commonwealth's Attorney of the 30th Kentucky Circuit Court (1996–2013) and representative from the 29th district (1993–1996)

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 29th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin D. Bratcher (incumbent)	8,892	52.5
	Democratic	Dave Stengel	8,050	47.5
Total votes			16,942	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tom Burch, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 30th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Burch (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			9,647	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 31

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Steve Riggs, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Nicholas X. Simon

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 31st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Riggs (incumbent)	9,315	60.7
	Republican	Nicholas X. Simon	6,037	39.3
Total votes			15,352	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 32

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Phil Moffett, candidate for governor in 2011

Eliminated in primary

Shellie May

Declined

Julie Raque Adams, incumbent representative

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Moffett	2,036	53.1
	Republican	Shellie May	1,797	46.9
Total votes			3,833	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ashley Miller

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 32nd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Moffett	9,078	53.3
	Democratic	Ashley Miller	7,939	46.7
Total votes			17,017	100.0
	Republican hold

District 33

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ronald Crimm, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 33rd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Crimm (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			13,751	100.0
	Republican hold

District 34

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Mary Lou Marzian, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Michael McNair

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 34th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Lou Marzian (incumbent)	13,830	69.2
	Republican	Michael McNair	6,160	30.8
Total votes			19,990	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jim Wayne, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Carl Nett

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 35th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Wayne (incumbent)	7,781	58.3
	Republican	Carl Nett	5,566	41.7
Total votes			13,347	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

Incumbent Republican representative Jonathan Shell was redistricted to the 71st district, leaving the 36th district without an incumbent.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jerry T. Miller

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Debbie Barber

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 36th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry T. Miller	13,162	68.8
	Democratic	Debbie Barber	5,975	31.2
Total votes			19,137	100.0
	Republican hold

District 37

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jeffery Donohue, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 37th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffery M. Donohue (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			5,355	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 38

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Denver Butler, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 38th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Denver "Denny" Butler (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			7,320	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 39

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Russ Meyer

Declined

Robert Damron, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jonah Mitchell

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 39th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russ Meyer	7,836	55.6
	Republican	Jonah Mitchell	6,246	44.4
Total votes			14,082	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 40

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Dennis Horlander, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ronald Seiter

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 40th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis L. Horlander (incumbent)	7,427	73.5
	Republican	Ronald Seiter	2,679	26.5
Total votes			10,106	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 41

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tom Riner, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 41st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Riner (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			9,583	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 42

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Reginald Meeks, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

James F. Howland

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 42nd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reginald K. Meeks (incumbent)	11,296	87.9
	Republican	James F. Howland	1,558	12.1
Total votes			12,854	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 43

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Darryl Owens, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Corley Everett

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 43rd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darryl T. Owens (incumbent)	9,864	74.6
	Republican	Corley Everett	3,367	25.4
Total votes			13,231	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 44

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Joni Jenkins, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 44th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joni Jenkins (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			9,339	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 45

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Stan Lee, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 45th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stan Lee (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			13,716	100.0
	Republican hold

District 46

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Larry Clark, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

David Rainey

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 46th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Clark (incumbent)	8,288	65.0
	Republican	David Rainey	4,454	35.0
Total votes			12,742	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 47

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rick Rand, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 47th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rick W. Rand (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			11,826	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 48

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bob DeWeese, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Gretchen Hunt

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 48th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob M. DeWeese (incumbent)	11,371	57.0
	Democratic	Gretchen Hunt	8,562	43.0
Total votes			19,933	100.0
	Republican hold

District 49

Incumbent Republican representative Russell Webber was redistricted to the 26th district, leaving the 49th district without an incumbent.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Michael J. Nemes, representative from the 38th district (2011–2013)

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Linda H. Belcher, representative from the 49th district (2009–2013)

Eliminated in primary

Jonathan Cacciatore

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Howlett Belcher	2,353	82.5
	Democratic	Jonathan Cacciatore	499	17.5
Total votes			2,852	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 49th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Howlett Belcher	6,675	52.9
	Republican	Michael J. Nemes	5,938	47.1
Total votes			12,613	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 50

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

David Floyd, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Audrey Haydon

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 50th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Floyd (incumbent)	7,933	53.3
	Democratic	Audrey Haydon	6,947	46.7
Total votes			14,880	100.0
	Republican hold

District 51

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

John Carney, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 51st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John "Bam" Carney (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			13,537	100.0
	Republican hold

District 52

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ken Upchurch, incumbent representative

Eliminated in primary

Jessica A. Burke

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Upchurch (incumbent)	4,959	64.0
	Republican	Jessica A. Burke	2,792	36.0
Total votes			7,751	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 52nd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Upchurch (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			11,023	100.0
	Republican hold

District 53

Incumbent Republican representative Bart Rowland was redistricted to the 21st district, leaving the 53rd district without an incumbent.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

James Tipton

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Kent Stevens, representative from the 55th district (2009–2011)

Eliminated in primary

Donna Crain Drury
Stewart Gritton

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kent Stevens	3,363	56.3
	Democratic	Stewart Gritton	1,423	23.8
	Democratic	Donna Crain Drury	1,190	19.9
Total votes			5,976	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 53rd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. Tipton	9,836	57.4
	Democratic	Kent Stevens	7,291	42.6
Total votes			17,127	100.0
	Republican hold

District 54

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Mike Harmon, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 54th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Harmon (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			10,850	100.0
	Republican hold

District 55

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Kim King, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jacqueline Coleman

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 55th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kim King (incumbent)	11,110	65.2
	Democratic	Jacqueline Coleman	5,927	34.8
Total votes			17,037	100.0
	Republican hold

District 56

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

James Kay, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ryan Schwartz

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 56th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Kay (incumbent)	9,668	59.8
	Republican	Ryan Schwartz	6,498	40.2
Total votes			16,166	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 57

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Derrick Graham, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 57th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Derrick W. Graham (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			13,384	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 58

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Brad Montell, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 58th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Montell (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			11,674	100.0
	Republican hold

District 59

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

David W. Osborne, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

James Victor Ewen

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 59th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David W. Osborne (incumbent)	12,235	73.3
	Democratic	James Victor Ewen	4,447	26.7
Total votes			16,682	100.0
	Republican hold

District 60

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Sal Santoro, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 60th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sal Santoro (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			11,506	100.0
	Republican hold

District 61

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Brian Linder, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 61st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian E. Linder (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			10,931	100.0
	Republican hold

District 62

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ryan Quarles, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Chuck Tackett

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 62nd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan F. Quarles (incumbent)	9,163	58.7
	Democratic	Chuck Tackett	6,439	41.3
Total votes			15,602	100.0
	Republican hold

District 63

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Diane St. Onge, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 63rd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane St. Onge (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			12,618	100.0
	Republican hold

District 64

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Thomas Kerr, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 64th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Robert Kerr (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			10,670	100.0
	Republican hold

District 65

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Arnold Simpson, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 65th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arnold R. Simpson (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			6,209	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 66

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Addia Wuchner, incumbent representative

Eliminated in primary

David Martin

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Addia Kathryn Wuchner (incumbent)	2,875	60.7
	Republican	David Martin	1,861	39.3
Total votes			4,736	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 66th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Addia Kathryn Wuchner (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			11,091	100.0
	Republican hold

District 67

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Dennis Keene, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 67th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Keene (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			7,350	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 68

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Joseph Fischer, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Shae Hornback

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 68th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph M. Fischer (incumbent)	12,606	73.5
	Democratic	Shae Hornback	4,535	26.5
Total votes			17,141	100.0
	Republican hold

District 69

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Adam Koenig, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 69th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Koenig (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			8,475	100.0
	Republican hold

District 70

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Mike Denham, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 70th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mitchel B. "Mike" Denham (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			11,362	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 71

Incumbent Democratic representative John Stacy was redistricted to the 97th district. Representative Jonathan Shell was redistricted into the 71st district from the 36th district.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jonathan Shell, representative from the 36th district (2013–2015)

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 71st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jonathan Shell	Unopposed
Total votes			11,915	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 72

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Sannie Overly, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Dwaine Curran

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 72nd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sannie Overly (incumbent)	8,846	64.9
	Republican	Dwaine Curran	4,794	35.1
Total votes			13,640	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 73

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Donna Mayfield, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bonnie R. Hummel

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 73rd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donna Mayfield (incumbent)	8,590	60.3
	Democratic	Bonnie R. Hummel	5,656	39.7
Total votes			14,246	100.0
	Republican hold

District 74

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Richard Henderson, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

David Hale

Eliminated in primary

Woody Wells

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Hale	1,387	71.5
	Republican	Woody Wells	552	28.5
Total votes			1,939	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 74th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Hale	8,346	52.8
	Democratic	Richard Henderson (incumbent)	7,453	47.2
Total votes			15,799	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 75

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Kelly Flood, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 75th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kelly Flood (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			8,407	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 76

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ruth Ann Palumbo, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Richard Marris

Eliminated in primary

Lavinia Theodoli Spirito

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Marris	1,402	60.5
	Republican	Lavinia Theodoli Spirito	915	39.5
Total votes			2,317	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 76th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruth Ann Palumbo (incumbent)	8,138	59.1
	Republican	Richard Marris	5,622	40.9
Total votes			13,760	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 77

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

George Brown Jr.

Eliminated in primary

Michael Haskins

Declined

Jesse Crenshaw, incumbent representative

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George A. Brown Jr.	2,403	62.0
	Democratic	Michael Haskins	1,474	38.0
Total votes			3,877	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 77th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George A. Brown Jr.	Unopposed
Total votes			8,749	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 78

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tom McKee, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Mark Hart

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 78th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. McKee (incumbent)	6,519	54.0
	Republican	Mark Hart	5,550	46.0
Total votes			12,069	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 79

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Susan Westrom, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ken Kearns II

Eliminated in primary

George G. Myers

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Kearns II	1,234	56.2
	Republican	George G. Myers	960	43.8
Total votes			2,194	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 79th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Westrom (incumbent)	8,473	61.4
	Republican	Ken Kearns II	5,321	38.6
Total votes			13,794	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 80

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

David Meade, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 80th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Meade (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			10,057	100.0
	Republican hold

District 81

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rita Smart, incumbent representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

C. Wesley Morgan

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 81st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rita H. Smart (incumbent)	7,318	58.6
	Republican	C. Wesley Morgan	5,167	41.4
Total votes			12,485	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 82

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Regina Bunch, incumbent representative

Eliminated in primary

Eskridge Andy Shelton

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Regina Petrey Bunch (incumbent)	5,330	58.7
	Republican	Eskridge Andy Shelton	3,754	41.3
Total votes			9,084	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 82nd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Regina Petrey Bunch (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			9,544	100.0
	Republican hold

District 83

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jeff Hoover, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 83rd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Hoover (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			13,667	100.0
	Republican hold

District 84

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Fitz Steele, incumbent representative

Eliminated in primary

Neal Feltner

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fitz Steele (incumbent)	6,538	71.6
	Democratic	Neal Feltner	2,588	28.4
Total votes			9,126	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 84th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fitz Steele (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			11,234	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 85

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tommy Turner, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 85th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommy Turner (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			11,601	100.0
	Republican hold

District 86

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jim Stewart, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 86th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Stewart (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			11,362	100.0
	Republican hold

District 87

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rick Nelson, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 87th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rick Nelson (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			9,742	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 88

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Robert Benvenuti, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Creasa E. Reed

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 88th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert J. Benvenuti III (incumbent)	11,592	64.2
	Democratic	Creasa E. Reed	6,473	35.8
Total votes			18,065	100.0
	Republican hold

District 89

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Marie Rader, incumbent representative

Eliminated in primary

Michael Bryant
Gerardo Serrano

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marie L. Rader (incumbent)	4,881	65.4
	Republican	Michael Bryant	2,042	27.3
	Republican	Gerardo Serrano	544	7.3
Total votes			7,467	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Joey Jayson Taylor II

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 89th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marie L. Rader (incumbent)	9,677	70.2
	Democratic	Joey Jayson Taylor II	4,116	29.8
Total votes			13,793	100.0
	Republican hold

District 90

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tim Couch, incumbent representative

Independent candidates

Darrell D. Mills

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 90th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Couch (incumbent)	10,335	83.6
	Independent	Darrell D. Mills	2,024	16.4
Total votes			12,359	100.0
	Republican hold

District 91

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Toby Herald, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Cluster Howard

Eliminated in primary

Arch Johnson Jr.

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cluster Howard	3,796	53.1
	Democratic	Arch Johnson Jr.	3,350	46.9
Total votes			7,146	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 91st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cluster Howard	6,937	50.1
	Republican	Gary "Toby" Herald (incumbent)	6,923	49.9
Total votes			13,860	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 92

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

John Short, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 92nd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John W. Short (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			9,477	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 93

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Chris Harris

Eliminated in primary

Keith Hall, incumbent representative

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Harris	3,851	51.4
	Democratic	W. Keith Hall (incumbent)	3,642	48.6
Total votes			7,493	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 93rd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Harris	Unopposed
Total votes			8,517	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 94

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Leslie A. Combs, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 94th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leslie A. Combs (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			10,187	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 95

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Greg Stumbo, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 95th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gregory D. Stumbo (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			10,602	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 96

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jill York, incumbent representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Barry Webb

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 96th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jill York (incumbent)	7,541	55.7
	Democratic	Barry Webb	5,991	44.3
Total votes			13,532	100.0
	Republican hold

District 97

Incumbent Democratic representative Hubert Collins won reelection. Representative John Stacy was redistricted into the 97th district from the 71st district but declined to seek reelection.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Hubert Collins, incumbent representative

Eliminated in primary

Sid Allen

Declined

John Stacy, representative from the 71st district (1993–2015)

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hubert Collins (incumbent)	4,784	60.5
	Democratic	Sid Allen	3,127	39.5
Total votes			7,911	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bobby McCool

Eliminated in primary

Dewie Ison
Scott Wells

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobby W. McCool	1,610	46.2
	Republican	William Scott Wells	1,480	42.4
	Republican	Dewie Ison	398	11.4
Total votes			3,488	100.0

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 97th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hubert Collins (incumbent)	8,915	63.2
	Republican	Bobby W. McCool	5,199	36.8
Total votes			14,114	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 98

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tanya Pullin, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 98th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tanya Pullin (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			9,961	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 99

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rocky Adkins, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 99th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rocky Adkins (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			9,572	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Kevin Sinnette, incumbent representative

General election

Results

2014 Kentucky House of Representatives 100th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin P. Sinnette (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			10,072	100.0
	Democratic hold

Notes

↑ Republicans flipped a seat in a December 2013 special election following the resignation of John Arnold.
↑ This seat was the tipping point seat for a Democratic majority.
↑ This seat was the tipping point seat for a Republican majority.

References

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Official 2014 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky Secretary of State. Retrieved August 1, 2025.

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[1] Republicans flipped a seat in a December 2013 special election following the resignation of John Arnold.

[2] This seat was the tipping point seat for a Democratic majority.

[3] This seat was the tipping point seat for a Republican majority.

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2014 Kentucky House of Representatives election

Contents

Overview

Retirements

Democratic

Republican

Incumbents defeated

In the primary election

Democrats

Republicans

In the general election

Democrats

Republicans

Redistricting

Summary by district

Closest races

Special elections

District 52 special

District 56 special

District 7 special

District 1

Republican primary

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Nominee

General election

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District 2

Republican primary

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Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

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General election

Results

District 3

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

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General election

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District 4

Republican primary

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Democratic primary

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General election

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District 5

Republican primary

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General election

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District 6

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

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Nominee

General election

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District 7

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

District 8

Democratic primary

Candidates