2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election

2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election

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All 100 seats in the Kentucky House of Representatives 51 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader David Osborne Joni Jenkins (retired) Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 8, 2018 January 7, 2020 Leader's seat 59th – Prospect 44th – Shively Last election 75 25 Seats won 80 20 Seat change 5 5
Results Popular vote Results:      Republican hold      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Democratic gain Popular vote:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Speaker before election David Osborne Republican Elected Speaker David Osborne Republican

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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	-5
	Write-in	5	0	2,508	0.20	0	0	-
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.

1. 34th: Mary Lou Marzian (Louisville): Retired.
2. 38th: McKenzie Cantrell (Louisville): Retired to unsuccessfully run for the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
3. 41st: Attica Scott (Louisville): Retired to unsuccessfully run for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district.
4. 44th: Joni Jenkins (Shively): Retired.
5. 75th: Kelly Flood (Lexington): Retired.
6. 79th: Susan Westrom (Lexington): Retired.

1. 15th: Melinda Gibbons Prunty (Belton): Retired.
2. 17th: Steve Sheldon (Bowling Green): Retired.
3. 21st: Bart Rowland (Tompkinsville): Retired.
4. 25th: Jim DuPlessis (Elizabethtown): Retired.
5. 36th: Jerry T. Miller (Eastwood): Retired.
6. 50th: Chad McCoy (Bardstown): Retired.
7. 68th: Joseph Fischer (Fort Thomas): Retired to unsuccessfully run for the Kentucky Supreme Court.
8. 82nd: Regina Bunch (Williamsburg): Retired.

Six incumbents lost renomination in the primary election and five incumbents lost reelection in the general election.

One Democrat lost renomination.

1. 30th: Tom Burch (first elected in 1971) lost renomination to Daniel Grossberg, who won the general election.

Five Republicans lost renomination.

1. 12th: Lynn Bechler (first elected in 2012) lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Jim Gooch, who won the general election.
2. 60th: Sal Santoro (first elected in 2006) lost renomination to Marianne Proctor, who won the general election.
3. 66th: C. Ed Massey (first elected in 2018) lost renomination to Steve Rawlings, who won the general election.
4. 69th: Adam Koenig (first elected in 2006) lost renomination to Steven Doan, who won the general election.
5. 97th: Norma Kirk-McCormick (first elected in 2020) lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Bobby McCool, who won the general election.

Five Democrats lost reelection to Republicans.

1. 20th: Patti Minter (first elected in 2018) lost to Kevin Jackson.
2. 28th: Charles Miller (first elected in 1998) lost to Jared Bauman.
3. 37th: Jeffery Donohue (first elected in 2012) lost to Emily Callaway.
4. 65th: Buddy Wheatley (first elected in 2018) lost to Stephanie Dietz.
5. 94th: Angie Hatton (first elected in 2016) lost to Jacob Justice.

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:

Two districts voted for Joe Biden in 2020 but had Republican incumbents:

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 88, 0.23%
2. District 65, 2.09% (gain)
3. District 38, 2.97%
4. District 31, 4.03% (gain)
5. District 93, 7.68% (gain)
6. District 48, 8.30%
7. District 20, 9.08% (gain)
8. District 46, 9.91%

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.

• Steven Rudy, incumbent representative

• Christopher Tucker

Incumbent representative Richard Heath won reelection, defeating write-in candidate Kimberly Holloway.

• Richard Heath, incumbent representative

Incumbent representative Randy Bridges won reelection unopposed.

• Randy Bridges, incumbent representative

Incumbent representative Lynn Bechler was redistricted to the 12th district and was succeeded by D. Wade Williams.

• Byron Hobgood

• D. Wade Williams

• David Sharp

Incumbent representative Mary Beth Imes won reelection unopposed.

• Mary Beth Imes, incumbent representative

Incumbent representative Chris Freeland won reelection unopposed.

• Chris Freeland, incumbent representative

Incumbent representative Suzanne Miles won reelection unopposed.

• Suzanne Miles, incumbent representative

Incumbent representative Walker Thomas won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

• Pam Dossett

• Walker Thomas, incumbent representative

• Larry Curling

Incumbent representative Myron Dossett won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Bianca Crockam.

• Bianca Crockam

• Myron Dossett, incumbent representative

Incumbent representative Josh Calloway won reelection, defeating write-in candidate John Whipple.

• Josh Calloway, incumbent representative

Incumbent representative Jonathan Dixon won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Velvet Dowdy.

• Velvet Dowdy

• Jonathan Dixon, incumbent representative

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.

• Alan Lossner

• Jim Gooch, incumbent representative

• Lynn Bechler, representative from the 4th district (2013–2023)