2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election
November 8, 2022
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 December 20, 2019
Leader's seat 59th 44th
Last election 75 25
Seats won 80 20
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 5
Popular vote 904,742 377,745
Percentage 70.41% 29.398%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Note: One district in Lexington is marked as a Democratic gain because it was a newly created district, not because it switched parties. A district in Eastern Kentucky, held by a Republican, was eliminated due to population shifts.
Speaker before election

David Osborne
Republican

 Elected Speaker

David Osborne
Republican

Elections to the Kentucky House of Representatives were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections.

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 38: McKenzie Cantrell retired to unsuccessfully run for the Kentucky Court of Appeals from the 4th Appellate District.
  2. District 41: Mary Lou Marzian retired.
  3. District 41: Attica Scott retired to unsuccessfully run for U.S. representative from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district.
  4. District 44: Joni Jenkins retired.
  5. District 75: Kelly Flood retired.
  6. District 79: Susan Westrom retired.

Republicans

  1. District 15: Melinda Gibbons Prunty retired.
  2. District 17: Steve Sheldon retired.
  3. District 21: Bart Rowland retired.
  4. District 25: Jim DuPlessis retired.
  5. District 36: Jerry T. Miller retired.
  6. District 68: Joseph Fischer retired to unsuccessfully run for the Kentucky Supreme Court from the 6th District.
  7. District 82: Regina Bunch retired.

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

  1. District 30: Tom Burch lost renomination to Daniel Grossberg.

Republicans

  1. District 12: Lynn Bechler lost renomination to fellow incumbent Jim Gooch in a redistricting race.
  2. District 50: Chad McCoy lost renomination to Candy Massaroni.
  3. District 60: Sal Santoro lost renomination to Marianne Proctor.
  4. District 66: C. Ed Massey lost renomination to Steve Rawlings.
  5. District 69: Adam Koenig lost renomination to Steven Doan.
  6. District 97: Norma Kirk-McCormick lost renomination to fellow incumbent Bobby McCool in a redistricting race.

In general elections

Democrats

  1. District 20: Patti Minter lost to Kevin Jackson.
  2. District 28: Charles Miller lost to Jared Bauman.
  3. District 37: Jeffery Donohue lost to Emily Callaway.
  4. District 65: Buddy Wheatley lost to Stephanie Dietz.
  5. District 94: Angie Hatton lost to Jacob Justice.

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[1] Safe R May 19, 2022

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 88, 0.22%
  2. District 65, 2.08% (gain)
  3. District 38, 2.96%
  4. District 31, 4.04%
  5. District 93, 7.68%
  6. District 48, 8.3%

Detailed results

 District 1 

District 1

2022 Kentucky Senate election, 1st district
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steven Rudy (incumbent) 12,590 100.00
Total votes 12,590 100.00
Republican hold

[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Steven Rudy". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

See also

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