Election Name: | 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election |
Country: | Kentucky |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Next Election: | 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the Kentucky House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 51 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
Image1: | House Speaker David W. Osborne.jpg |
Leader1: | David Osborne |
Party1: | Republican Party of Kentucky |
Leaders Seat1: | 59th – Prospect |
Leader Since1: | January 8, 2018 |
Last Election1: | 75 |
Seats1: | 80 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Leader2: | Joni Jenkins (retired) |
Party2: | Kentucky Democratic Party |
Leaders Seat2: | 44th – Shively |
Leader Since2: | January 7, 2020 |
Last Election2: | 25 |
Seats2: | 20 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | David Osborne |
Before Party: | Republican Party of Kentucky |
After Election: | David Osborne |
After Party: | Republican Party of Kentucky |
The 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 2022. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 17. All 100 seats of the house were up for election. Republicans increased their majority in the chamber, gaining five seats.
A numbered map of the house districts can be viewed here.
Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposed | Unopposed | Before | Won | +/− | |||||
Republican | 89 | 39 | 904,806 | 70.41 | 70 | 75 | +5 | ||
Democratic | 57 | 11 | 377,805 | 29.40 | 25 | 20 | style="text-align:right;" | -5 | |
Write-in | 5 | 0 | 2,508 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | - | |
Total | 151 | 50 | 1,285,119 | 100.00 | 100 | 100 | ±0 | ||
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State |
A total of 14 representatives (six Democrats and eight Republicans) retired, three of whom (two Democrats and one Republican) ran for other offices.
Six incumbents lost renomination in the primary election and five incumbents lost reelection in the general election.
One Democrat lost renomination.
Five Republicans lost renomination.
Five Democrats lost reelection to Republicans.
No Republicans lost reelection.
Certified results by the Kentucky Secretary of State are available online for the primary election and general election.
Seven districts voted for one party in the 2020 presidential election and another in the 2020 house election. Following the redistricting of the house, an additional six incumbents represented districts which had voted for the other party for president in 2020, while three of the seven representatives in crossover seats now represented a district which had voted for the same party for president.
Eight districts voted for Donald Trump in 2020 but had Democratic incumbents:
District | Incumbent | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trump/Biden margin of victory in old district | Trump margin of victory in new district | Member | Party | Incumbent margin of victory in 2020 | ||
20 | ||||||
28 | Uncontested | |||||
37 | ||||||
65 | ||||||
67 | ||||||
88 | ||||||
94 | Uncontested | |||||
95 |
Two districts voted for Joe Biden in 2020 but had Republican incumbents:
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Michael Pollock was elected in November 2021 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Carney in July 2021.
Timmy Truett was elected in November 2021 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Goforth in August 2021.
Keturah Herron was elected in February 2022 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Reginald Meeks in December 2021.
Incumbent representative Steven Rudy won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Christopher Tucker.
Incumbent representative Richard Heath won reelection, defeating write-in candidate Kimberly Holloway.
Incumbent representative Randy Bridges won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Lynn Bechler was redistricted to the 12th district and was succeeded by D. Wade Williams.
Incumbent representative Mary Beth Imes won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Chris Freeland won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Suzanne Miles won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Walker Thomas won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.
Incumbent representative Myron Dossett won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Bianca Crockam.
Incumbent representative Josh Calloway won reelection, defeating write-in candidate John Whipple.
Incumbent representative Jonathan Dixon won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Velvet Dowdy.
Incumbent representative Jim Gooch was challenged for the Republican nomination by representative Lynn Bechler, who had been redistricted from the 4th district. Gooch defeated Bechler and Democratic candidate Alan Lossner in the general election.
Incumbent representative DJ Johnson won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Michael Johnson.
Incumbent representative Scott Lewis won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Melinda Gibbons Prunty did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Republican Rebecca Raymer.
Incumbent representative Jason Petrie won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Steve Sheldon did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Robert Duvall.
Incumbent representative Samara Heavrin won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Jacob Clark.
Incumbent representative Michael Meredith won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Patti Minter was defeated for reelection by Republican Kevin Jackson.
Incumbent representative Bart Rowland did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Amy Neighbors.
Incumbent representative Shawn McPherson won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Steve Riley won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Brandon Reed won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.
Incumbent representative Jim DuPlessis did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Steve Bratcher.
Incumbent representative Russell Webber won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Nancy Tate won reelection unopposed.
Election Name: | 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives 28th district election |
Country: | Kentucky |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election#District 28 |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election#District 28 |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | Kentucky's 28th House of Representatives district |
Nominee1: | Jared Bauman |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 8,209 |
Percentage1: | 56.4% |
Nominee2: | Charles Miller |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 6,334 |
Percentage2: | 43.6% |
Representative | |
Before Election: | Charles Miller |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Jared Bauman |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Incumbent representative Charles Miller was defeated for reelection by Republican Jared Bauman.
Incumbent representative Kevin Bratcher won reelection, defeating write-in candidate Ann Sermersheim.
Incumbent Democratic representative Tom Burch was defeated for renomination by Daniel Grossberg.
Election Name: | 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives 31st district election |
Country: | Kentucky |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election#District 31 |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election#District 31 |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | Kentucky's 31st House of Representatives district |
Nominee1: | Susan Tyler Witten |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 10,095 |
Percentage1: | 52.0% |
Nominee2: | Sue Foster |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 9,313 |
Percentage2: | 48.0% |
Representative | |
Before Election: | Josie Raymond |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Susan Tyler Witten |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Incumbent representative Josie Raymond was redistricted to the 41st district and was succeeded by Republican Susan Tyler Witten.
Incumbent representative Tina Bojanowski won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Jason Nemes won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Kate Turner.
Incumbent representative Mary Lou Marzian did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Democrat Sarah Stalker.
Incumbent representative Lisa Willner won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Jerry T. Miller did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican John Hodgson.
Incumbent representative Jeffery Donohue was defeated for reelection by Republican Emily Callaway.
Election Name: | 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives 38th district election |
Country: | Kentucky |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election#District 38 |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election#District 38 |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | Kentucky's 38th House of Representatives district |
Nominee1: | Rachel Roarx |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 6,522 |
Percentage1: | 51.5% |
Nominee2: | Charles Breitenbach |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 6,146 |
Percentage2: | 48.5% |
Representative | |
Before Election: | McKenzie Cantrell |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Rachel Roarx |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent representative McKenzie Cantrell retired from the house to run for the Kentucky Court of Appeals. She was succeeded by Democrat Rachel Roarx.
Incumbent representative Matt Lockett won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Gwendolyn Mitchell.
Incumbent representative Nima Kulkarni won reelection unopposed.
Election Name: | 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives 41st district election |
Country: | Kentucky |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election#District 41 |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election#District 41 |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | Kentucky's 41st House of Representatives district |
Nominee1: | Josie Raymond |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 16,014 |
Percentage1: | 73.5% |
Nominee2: | Carrie Sanders McKeehan |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 5,782 |
Percentage2: | 26.5% |
Representative | |
Before Election: | Attica Scott |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Josie Raymond |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent representative Attica Scott retired from the house to unsuccessfully run for congress. She was succeeded by representative Josie Raymond, who had been redistricted from the 31st district.
Incumbent representative Keturah Herron, who was first elected in a February special election, won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Pamela Stevenson won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Robert LeVertis Bell.
Incumbent representative and house minority leader Joni Jenkins did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Democrat Beverly Chester-Burton.
Incumbent representative Killian Timoney won reelection unopposed.
Election Name: | 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives 46th district election |
Country: | Kentucky |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election#District 46 |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election#District 46 |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | Kentucky's 46th House of Representatives district |
Nominee1: | Al Gentry |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 8,842 |
Percentage1: | 55.0% |
Nominee2: | Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 7,247 |
Percentage2: | 45.0% |
Representative | |
Before Election: | Al Gentry |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Al Gentry |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent representative Al Gentry won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge.
Incumbent representative Felicia Rabourn won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Kimberly Browning.
Incumbent representative Ken Fleming won reelection in a rematch with former representative Maria Sorolis, who he had defeated for reelection in 2020.
Incumbent representative Thomas Huff won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Chad McCoy did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Candy Massaroni.
Incumbent representative Michael Pollock, who was first elected in a November 2021 special election, won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Jennifer Wheeler.
Incumbent representative Ken Upchurch won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Othel King.
Incumbent representative James Tipton won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Dustin Burley.
Incumbent representative Daniel Elliott won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Elaine Wilson-Reddy.
Incumbent representative Kim King won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Tony Wheatley.
Incumbent representative Daniel Fister won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Grayson Vandegrift.
Incumbent representative Derrick Graham won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Gary Stratton.
Incumbent representative Jennifer Decker won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative and speaker of the house David Osborne won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Bridgette Ehly.
Incumbent Republican representative Sal Santoro was defeated for renomination by Marianne Proctor.
Incumbent representative Savannah Maddox won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.
Incumbent representative Phillip Pratt won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Michelle Nance.
Incumbent representative Kim Banta won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Kimberly Poore Moser won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.
Incumbent representative Buddy Wheatley was defeated for reelection by Republican Stephanie Dietz.
Incumbent Republican representative C. Ed Massey was defeated for renomination by Steve Rawlings.
Incumbent representative Rachel Roberts won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Jerry Gearding.
Incumbent representative Joseph Fischer retired from the house to run for the Kentucky Supreme Court. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Clines.
Incumbent Republican representative Adam Koenig was defeated for renomination by Steven Doan.
Incumbent representative William Lawrence won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Meagan Brannon.
Incumbent representative Josh Bray won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Matthew Koch won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Ryan Dotson won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Thomas Adams.
Incumbent representative David Hale won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Bennie Deskins.
Incumbent representative Kelly Flood did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Democrat Lindsey Burke.
Incumbent representative Ruth Ann Palumbo won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative George Brown Jr. won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Terry Cunningham.
Incumbent representative Mark Hart won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Susan Westrom did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Democrat Chad Aull.
Incumbent representative David Meade won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Deanna Frazier won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Regina Bunch did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Republican Nick Wilson.
Incumbent representative Josh Branscum won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Chris Fugate won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Theresa Combs.
Incumbent representative Shane Baker won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Bryon Vaught.
Incumbent representative Tom Smith won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Keith Dinsmore.
Incumbent representative Adam Bowling won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Gary Smith.
Incumbent representative Cherlynn Stevenson won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Jim Coleman.
Incumbent representative Timmy Truett, who was first elected in a November 2021 special election, won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Brittany Oliver.
Incumbent representative Derek Lewis won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Billy Wesley won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.
Incumbent representative John Blanton won reelection unopposed.
Redistricting moved the 93rd district from eastern Kentucky (Martin and Pike Counties) to Lexington. Incumbent representative Norma Kirk-McCormick was redistricted to the 97th district and was succeeded by Democrat Lamin Swann.
Incumbent representative Angie Hatton was defeated for reelection by Republican Jacob Justice.
Incumbent representative Ashley Tackett Laferty won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Brandon Spencer.
Incumbent representative Patrick Flannery won reelection unopposed.
Incumbent representative Bobby McCool was challenged for the Republican nomination by representative Norma Kirk-McCormick, who had been redistricted from the 93rd district.
Incumbent representative Danny Bentley won reelection, defeating primary election challenger James Campbell.
Incumbent representative Richard White won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Kevin Anderson.
Incumbent representative Scott Sharp won reelection, defeating write-in candidate Deborah Criss.