2016 Kentucky Senate election

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2016 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 Ray Jones
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 8, 2013January 6, 2015
Leader's seat 25th – Manchester 31st – Pikeville
Last election2612
Seats before27 [a] 11
Seats won2711
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Seats up118
Races won118
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2016 Kentucky Senate election popular vote.svg
Results:
     Republican hold     Democratic hold
Popular vote:
     60–70%     70–80%     >90%
     60–70%     80–90%     >90%
Senate President before election

Robert Stivers
Republican

Elected Senate President

Robert Stivers
Republican

The 2016 Kentucky Senate election was held on November 8, 2016. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 17. Half of the senate (all odd-numbered seats) were up for election. Republicans maintained their majority in the chamber without gaining or losing any seats.

Contents

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

Overview

Kentucky Senate diagram, 2016-18.svg
PartyCandidatesVotes%Seats
OpposedUnopposedBeforeWonAfter+/−
Republican 67420,57856.12271127-
Democratic 66328,91543.8811811-
Total1213749,493100.00381938±0
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

Retiring incumbents

A total of two senators retired, neither of whom ran for other offices.

Republican

  1. 5th: Carroll Gibson (Leitchfield): Retired. [1]
  2. 15th: Chris Girdler (Somerset): Retired. [2]

Incumbents defeated

No incumbents lost renomination or reelection.

Summary by district

Certified results by the Kentucky Secretary of State are available online for the primary election and general election.

† – Incumbent not seeking re-election

District Incumbent PartyElectedParty
1 Stan Humphries Rep Stan Humphries Rep
3 Whitney H. Westerfield Rep Whitney H. Westerfield Rep
5 Carroll Gibson†Rep Stephen L. Meredith Rep
7 Julian M. Carroll Dem Julian M. Carroll Dem
9 David P. Givens Rep David P. Givens Rep
11 John Schickel Rep John Schickel Rep
13 Reggie Thomas Dem Reggie Thomas Dem
15 Chris Girdler†Rep Rick Girdler Rep
17 Damon Thayer Rep Damon Thayer Rep
19 Morgan McGarvey Dem Morgan McGarvey Dem
21 Albert Robinson Rep Albert Robinson Rep
23 Chris McDaniel Rep Chris McDaniel Rep
25 Robert Stivers Rep Robert Stivers Rep
27 Stephen West Rep Stephen West Rep
29 Johnny Ray Turner Dem Johnny Ray Turner Dem
31 Ray Jones Dem Ray Jones Dem
33 Gerald A. Neal Dem Gerald A. Neal Dem
35 Denise Harper Angel Dem Denise Harper Angel Dem
37 Perry B. Clark Dem Perry B. Clark Dem

Closest races

There were no seats where the margin of victory was under 10%.

Special elections

District 27 special

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Results by county:
  West
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Caudill
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%

Steve West was elected in March 2015 following the resignation of Walter Blevins.

2015 Kentucky Senate 27th district special election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve West 5,337 54.4
Democratic Kelly Caudill4,47145.6
Total votes9,808 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 1

Incumbent senator Stan Humphries won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 1st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stan Humphries (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes36,264 100.0
Republican hold

District 3

Incumbent senator Whitney H. Westerfield won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 3rd district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Whitney H. Westerfield (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes28,655 100.0
Republican hold

District 5

Incumbent senator Carroll Gibson did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Stephen L. Meredith.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Leslie J. Stith
Eliminated in primary
  • Ricky Alvey

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Leslie J. Stith 5,470 52.3
Democratic Ricky Alvey4,99047.7
Total votes10,460 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 5th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen L. Meredith 31,096 63.3
Democratic Leslie J. Stith18,00636.7
Total votes49,102 100.0
Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent senator Julian M. Carroll won reelection unopposed.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 7th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Julian M. Carroll (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes39,851 100.0
Democratic hold

District 9

Incumbent senator David P. Givens won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 9th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David P. Givens (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes37,791 100.0
Republican hold

District 11

Incumbent senator John Schickel won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Josh L. Turner.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Josh L. Turner

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Schickel (incumbent) 4,804 80.9
Republican Josh L. Turner1,13719.1
Total votes5,941 100.0

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 11th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Schickel (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes47,552 100.0
Republican hold

District 13

Incumbent senator Reggie Thomas won reelection unopposed.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 13th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Reggie Thomas (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes33,373 100.0
Democratic hold

District 15

Incumbent senator Chris Girdler did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Rick Girdler.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Michael Keck
  • Don Moss
  • Joshua Nichols

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Girdler 3,395 31.7
Republican Don Moss2,63824.7
Republican Michael Keck2,44922.9
Republican Joshua Nichols2,21420.7
Total votes10,696 100.0

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 15th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Girdler Unopposed
Total votes39,614 100.0
Republican hold

District 17

Incumbent senator Damon Thayer won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Charlie Hoffman.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 17th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Damon Thayer (incumbent) 36,656 67.9
Democratic Charlie Hoffman 17,30232.1
Total votes53,958 100.0
Republican hold

District 19

Incumbent senator Morgan McGarvey won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Larry West.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Larry West

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 19th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Morgan McGarvey (incumbent) 39,026 61.7
Republican Larry West24,21438.3
Total votes63,240 100.0
Democratic hold

District 21

Incumbent senator Albert Robinson won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Janice Odom

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Michael Bryant

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Albert Robinson (incumbent) 5,005 55.4
Republican Michael Bryant4,03444.6
Total votes9,039 100.0

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 21st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Albert Robinson (incumbent) 33,770 75.1
Democratic Janice Odom11,18524.9
Total votes44,955 100.0
Republican hold

District 23

Incumbent senator Chris McDaniel won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 23rd district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris McDaniel (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes37,409 100.0
Republican hold

District 25

Incumbent senator Robert Stivers won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 25th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Stivers (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes30,577 100.0
Republican hold

District 27

Incumbent senator Stephen West won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Charles L. Linville III.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Charles L. Linville III

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 27th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen West (incumbent) 30,548 67.5
Democratic Charles L. Linville III14,68132.5
Total votes45,229 100.0
Republican hold

District 29

Incumbent senator Johnny Ray Turner won reelection unopposed.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 29th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Johnny Ray Turner (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes26,890 100.0
Democratic hold

District 31

Incumbent senator Ray Jones won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Glenn Martin Hammond.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Glenn Martin Hammond

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ray Jones (incumbent) 9,527 71.1
Democratic Glenn Martin Hammond3,87028.9
Total votes13,397 100.0

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ray Jones (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes26,598 100.0
Democratic hold

District 33

Incumbent senator Gerald A. Neal won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gerald A. Neal (incumbent) 9,013 48.4
Democratic Joan A. "Toni" Stringer5,94531.9
Democratic Charles Booker 3,68119.7
Total votes18,639 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Shenita Rickman
Eliminated in primary
  • John Yuen

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shenita Rickman 537 51.8
Republican John Yuen49948.2
Total votes1,036 100.0

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 33rd district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gerald A. Neal (incumbent) 34,588 84.3
Republican Shenita Rickman6,43215.7
Total votes41,020 100.0
Democratic hold

District 35

Incumbent senator Denise Harper Angel won reelection unopposed.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 35th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Denise Harper Angel (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes35,860 100.0
Democratic hold

District 37

Incumbent senator Perry B. Clark won reelection unopposed.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

2016 Kentucky Senate 37th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Perry B. Clark (incumbent) Unopposed
Total votes31,555 100.0
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. ↑ Republican Steve West was elected in March 2015 to fill the vacant seat of Democrat Walter Blevins.

References

  1. ↑ "Kentucky Senate - Republicans keep lopsided control of Kentucky Senate". The Lexington Herald-Leader . November 9, 2016. p. 5A. The seat was open because Republican Sen. Carroll Gibson, who had held it for more than a decade, did not seek re-election.
  2. ↑ "Primary - 15th district". The Lexington Herald-Leader . May 15, 2016. p. 3C. Four men are seeking the Republican nomination to replace Sen. Chris Girdler in the 15th District, ... Girdler did not seek re-election.

See also

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