2016 Kentucky House of Representatives election
November 8, 2016
All 100 seats in the Kentucky House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jeff Hoover Greg Stumbo
(lost reelection)
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 46 54
Seats before 47[lower-alpha 1] 53[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 64 36
Seat change Increase 17 Decrease 17
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election

Greg Stumbo
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Jeff Hoover
Republican

The 2016 Kentucky House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2016, as part of the biennial United States elections. All 100 of Kentucky's state representatives were up for reelection. In Kentucky, members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms. Accordingly, they are up for reelection in both presidential and midterm election years.

Republicans gained 17 seats in the election, winning the chamber outright. This ended nearly 100 years of Democratic control of the house, as the last time that Republicans won a majority was in 1919.[2] Republicans performed well in rural districts and flipped many seats held by Democrats, including Democratic Speaker Greg Stumbo who lost reelection.[3] Together with Republican governor Matt Bevin, this was the first time in history that Republicans gained a trifecta in the state.

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

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 81, 0.42% gain
  2. District 49, 0.84% gain
  3. District 100, 0.88%
  4. District 94, 1.46%
  5. District 13, 1.58% gain
  6. District 38, 1.74% gain
  7. District 93, 2.76%
  8. District 87, 3.00%
  9. District 92, 3.04% gain
  10. District 11, 3.24% gain
  11. District 8, 3.74% gain
  12. District 37, 4.02%
  13. District 6, 4.76%
  14. District 95, 5.90% gain
  15. District 28, 6.54%
  16. District 27, 7.68%
  17. District 24, 8.14% gain
  18. District 98, 8.22% gain
  19. District 72, 8.50%
  20. District 78, 8.88% gain

Results by district

District Democratic Republican Total
 % Vote  % Vote
1 29.80%5,96370.20%14,04620,009
2 39.53%7,64760.47%11,69919,346
3 55.36%9,86944.64%7,95817,827
4 0.00%0100.00%15,06515,065
5 30.88%6,15369.12%13,77019,923
6 52.38%11,39943.16%9,39321,764
7 37.01%7,75062.99%13,18920,939
8 48.13%6,10351.87%6,57712,680
9 0.00%0100.00%11,42511,425
10 55.19%10,71244.81%8,69819,410
11 48.38%9,11751.62%9,72818,845
12 38.80%8,05961.20%12,71120,770
13 49.21%8,17050.79%8,43416,604
14 36.45%7,77563.55%13,55421,329
15 42.93%7,97357.07%10,59718,570
16 34.60%5,78865.40%10,93816,726
17 0.00%0100.00%17,76117,761
18 0.00%0100.00%14,99614,996
19 31.07%5,61468.93%12,45518,069
20 58.23%8,56141.77%6,14014,701
21 0.00%0100.00%13,72813,728
22 100.00%12,1150.00%012,115
23 38.46%7,15461.54%11,44518,599
24 45.93%8,9728,97210,56319,535
25 27.57%5,18772.43%13,62918,816
26 0.00%0100.00%14,56514,565
27 53.84%9,05646.16%7,76316,819
28 53.27%8,95346.73%7,85416,807
29 0.00%0100.00%17,53517,535
30 76.79%12,67823.21%3,83316,511
31 57.89%12,08542.11%8,79220,877
32 0.00%0100.00%15,24315,243
33 44.39%11,29155.61%14,14625,437
34 100.00%19,5960.00%019,596
35 100.00%13,9130.00%013,913
36 0.00%0100.00%21,45821,458
37 52.01%7,38747.99%6,81714,204
38 50.87%7,60049.13%7,34114,941
39 55.84%10,83944.16%8,57219,411
40 73.55%11,03826.45%3,97015,008
41 100.00%13,2570.00%013,257
42 87.26%15,89612.74%2,32018,216
43 76.18%13,17323.82%4,12017,293
44 100.00%13,5380.00%013,538
45 39.39%9,99160.61%15,37525,366
46 55.31%9,93944.69%8,03217,971
47 100.00%13,0330.00%013,033
48 42.81%11,30257.19%15,09726,399
49 49.58%9,18650.42%9,34218,528
50 36.37%7,45763.63%13,04820,505
51 0.00%0100.00%16,34416,344
52 0.00%0100.00%13,37613,376
53 27.58%6,12772.42%16,09122,218
54 33.13%6,24566.87%12,60718,852
55 24.99%5,59775.01%16,79722,394
56 59.63%12,59040.37%8,52521,115
57 100.00%15,7470.00%015,747
58 38.66%7,89461.34%12,52720,421
59 0.00%0100.00%19,15919,159
60 0.00%0100.00%19,73719,737
61 24.39%4,95875.61%15,37320,331
62 42.31%9,28857.69%12,66221,950
63 0.00%0100.00%18,72818,728
64 30.90%6,80769.10%15,22022,027
65 100.00%10,0990.00%010,099
66 0.00%0100.00%18,74318,743
67 100.00%9,2320.00%09,232
68 0.00%0100.00%20,00320,003
69 0.00%0100.00%13,89213,892
70 56.18%10,04943.82%7,83917,888
71 0.00%0100.00%16,95116,951
72 54.25%9,66845.75%8,15417,822
73 39.60%7,46460.40%11,38518,849
74 42.77%8,14257.23%10,89419,036
75 61.61%9,81638.39%6,11615,932
76 100.00%15,0280.00%015,028
77 100.00%13,2450.00%013,245
78 45.56%7,56254.44%9,03516,597
79 59.36%11,90940.64%8,15520,064
80 0.00%0100.00%13,69813,698
81 49.79%8,98050.21%9,05618,036
82 21.53%3,63978.47%13,26516,904
83 0.00%0100.00%16,81316,813
84 36.91%6,01263.09%10,27816,290
85 0.00%0100.00%15,85815,858
86 0.00%0100.00%14,49714,497
87 51.50%7,22448.50%6,80414,028
88 0.00%0100.00%20,24220,242
89 0.00%0100.00%15,47915,479
90 0.00%0100.00%12,75812,758
91 44.79%7,16155.21%8,82815,989
92 48.48%7,28751.52%7,74515,032
93 51.38%7,36348.62%6,96814,331
94 50.73%8,39349.27%8,15316,546
95 47.05%8,46652.95%9,52817,994
96 41.95%6,76058.05%9,35316,113
97 42.28%6,97857.72%9,52516,503
98 45.89%8,33054.11%9,82318,153
99 66.00%11,14334.00%5,74116,884
100 50.44%9,21549.56%9,05518,270
Totals[4] 39.93%695,70760.01%1,045,5021,742,181

References

  1. 1 2 Gerth, Joseph (March 9, 2016). "Democrats retain control of Kentucky House". Louisville Courier Journal. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  2. ↑ Beam, Adam (January 3, 2017). "After 95 years, GOP takes control of Kentucky legislature". The Associated Press. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  3. ↑ "House Speaker Stumbo loses to Brown in election upset". WKYT. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Kentucky State Board of Elections" (PDF).

Notes

  1. ↑ Two democratic incumbents switched parties after the 2014 election.[1]
  2. ↑ Democrats flipped a seat in a March 2016 special election following the resignation of Ryan Quarles.[1]
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