2020 Kentucky Senate election

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2020 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
  3x4.svg Morgan McGarvey.jpg
Leader Robert Stivers Morgan McGarvey
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat25th—Manchester 19th—Louisville
Seats before2810
Seats won308
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote532,182340,022
Percentage59.03%37.72%
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2020 Kentucky Senate election popular vote.svg
Results:
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     Democratic hold
     No election
Popular vote:
     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     >90%
     60–70%     >90%
President of the Senate before election

Robert Stivers
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Robert Stivers
Republican

The 2020 Kentucky State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Kentucky voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts – the 19 odd-numbered state senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Kentucky Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle.

Contents

A statewide map of the 38 state Senate districts in the 2020 elections is provided by the Kentucky General Assembly here.

Republicans expanded their majority in the chamber following the 2020 elections, picking up 2 seats.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [1] Safe ROctober 21, 2020

Summary of results

State Senate District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
1stStan HumphriesRepJason HowellRep
3rdWhitney WesterfieldRepWhitney WesterfieldRep
5thStephen MeredithRepStephen MeredithRep
7thJulian CarrollDem Adrienne Southworth Rep
9thDavid GivensRepDavid GivensRep
11thJohn SchickelRepJohn SchickelRep
13thReggie ThomasDemReggie ThomasDem
15thRick GirdlerRepRick GirdlerRep
17thDamon ThayerRepDamon ThayerRep
19th Morgan McGarvey Dem Morgan McGarvey Dem
21stAlbert RobinsonRepBrandon StormRep
23rdChris McDanielRepChris McDanielRep
25thRobert StiversRepRobert StiversRep
27thStephen WestRepStephen WestRep
29thJohnny TurnerDem Johnnie Turner Rep
31stPhillip WheelerRepPhillip WheelerRep
33rdGerald NealDemGerald NealDem
35th Denise Angel Dem Denise Harper Angel Dem
37thPerry ClarkDem David Yates Dem

Source: [2] [3]

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 7, 9.5% gain
  2. District 29, 6.8% gain

Detailed results

District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29

• District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37

District 1

Kentucky Senate, District 1 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jason Howell 40,128 100.0
Total votes40,128 100.0

District 3

Kentucky Senate, District 3 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Whitney Westerfield (incumbent) 29,636 78.4
Libertarian Amanda Billings8,15421.6
Total votes37,790 100.0

District 5

Kentucky Senate, District 5 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Meredith (incumbent) 43,384 82.0
Independent John Whipple5,72410.8
Libertarian Guy Miller3.7817.1
Total votes27,337 100.0

District 7

Kentucky Senate, District 7 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Adrienne Southworth 33,183 52.6
Democratic Joe Graviss27,20143.1
Independent Ken Carroll2,6994.3
Total votes63,091 100.0

District 9

Kentucky Senate, District 9 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Givens (incumbent) 41,554 78.5
Democratic Brian Pedigo11,35621.5
Total votes52,910 100.0

District 11

Kentucky Senate, District 11 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Schickel (incumbent) 46,462 70.4
Democratic James Fiorelli19,49229.6
Total votes65,954 100.0

District 13

Kentucky Senate, District 13 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Reggie Thomas (incumbent) 36,345 99.8
Total votes36,400 100.0

District 15

Kentucky Senate, District 15 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Girdler (incumbent) 47,098 100.0
Total votes47,098 100.0

District 17

Kentucky Senate, District 17 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Damon Thayer (incumbent) 44,770 69.3
Democratic Jason Stroude19,85030.7
Total votes64,620 100.0

District 19

Kentucky Senate, District 19 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Morgan McGarvey (incumbent) 50,867 100.0
Total votes50,867 100.0

District 21

Kentucky Senate, District 21 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brandon Storm 44,096 82.4
Democratic Walter Trebolo9,44617.6
Total votes53,542 100.0

District 23

Kentucky Senate, District 23 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris McDaniel (Incumbent) 32,184 57.7
Democratic Ryan Olexia23,61942.3
Total votes55,803 100.0

District 25

Kentucky Senate, District 25 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Stivers (incumbent) 37,141 100.0
Total votes37,141 100.0

District 27

Kentucky Senate, District 27 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen West (incumbent) 38,370 81.0
Libertarian Bryan Short8,98919.0
Total votes47,359 100.0

District 29

Kentucky Senate, District 29 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Johnnie Turner 22,475 53.4
Democratic Johnny Turner (Incumbent)19,61246.6
Total votes42,087 100.0

District 31

Kentucky Senate, District 31 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Phillip Wheeler (Incumbent) 31,701 72.2
Democratic Glenn Hammond12,19127.8
Total votes43,892 100.0

District 33

Kentucky Senate, District 33 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gerald Neal (incumbent) 38,520 100.0
Total votes38,520 100.0

District 35

Kentucky Senate, District 35 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Denise Angel (incumbent) 37,358 100.0
Total votes37,358 100.0

District 37

Kentucky Senate, District 37 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David Yates 34,165 100.0
Total votes34,165 100.0

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    2. ↑ "Legislators". Kentucky State Senate . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
    3. ↑ "General Election 2020 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Kentucky Secretary of State . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
    4. ↑ "Primary Election 2020 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Kentucky Secretary of State . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
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