2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election

November 5, 2024

All 100 seats in the Kentucky House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader David Osborne Derrick Graham
(retiring)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 8, 2018 January 3, 2023
Leader's seat 59th – Prospect 57th – Frankfort
Last election 80 20
Current seats 78 20
Seats needed Steady Increase 31

Map of the incumbents:
     Republican incumbent      Republican incumbent retiring
     Democratic incumbent      Democratic incumbent retiring
     Incumbent TBD

Incumbent Speaker

David Osborne
Republican



The 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election will be held on November 5, 2024. The Republican and Democratic primary elections will be held on May 21. Following the 2022 election, Republicans and Democrats held 80 and 20 seats, respectively.[1] The deadline for candidates to file was January 5, 2024.[2]

Retiring incumbents

A total of 11 representatives (five Democrats and six Republicans) are retiring, four of whom (two Democrats and two Republicans) are retiring to run for other offices.

Democratic

  1. 41st: Josie Raymond (Louisville): Retiring to run for the Louisville Metro Council.[2]
  2. 42nd: Keturah Herron (Louisville): Retiring to run for the 35th senate district.[3]
  3. 57th: Derrick Graham (Frankfort): Retiring.[4]
  4. 67th: Rachel Roberts (Newport): Retiring.[5]
  5. 76th: Ruth Ann Palumbo (Lexington): Retiring.[6]

Republican

  1. 11th: Jonathan Dixon (Corydon): Retiring.[7]
  2. 29th: Kevin Bratcher (Louisville): Retiring to run for the Louisville Metro Council.[2]
  3. 62nd: Phillip Pratt (Georgetown): Retiring.[8]
  4. 66th: Steve Rawlings (Burlington): Retiring to run for the 11th senate district.[9]
  5. 94th: Jacob Justice (Elkhorn City): Retiring.
  6. 98th: Danny Bentley (Russell): Retiring.[2]

Crossover seats

Five districts voted for one party in the 2020 presidential election and another in the 2022 house election.

Democratic

This lists the districts in which Donald Trump won in 2020 but are represented by Democrats:

District Incumbent
# Trump margin of
victory in 2020
Member Party Incumbent margin
of victory in 2022[1]
67 R+0.08 Rachel Roberts Democratic D+12.27
88 R+4.70 Cherlynn Stevenson Democratic D+0.23
95 R+51.14 Ashley Tackett Laferty Democratic D+19.67

Republican

This lists the districts in which Joe Biden won in 2020 but are represented by Republicans:

District Incumbent
# Biden margin of
victory in 2020
Member Party Incumbent margin
of victory in 2022[1]
31 D+3.33 Susan Tyler Witten Republican R+4.03
48 D+1.76 Ken Fleming Republican R+8.30

Summary by district

† – Incumbent not seeking re-election

District Incumbent Party Elected Party
1 Steven Rudy Rep
2 Richard Heath Rep
3 Randy Bridges Rep
4 D. Wade Williams Rep
5 Mary Beth Imes Rep
6 Chris Freeland Rep
7 Suzanne Miles Rep
8 Walker Thomas Rep
9 Myron Dossett Rep
10 Josh Calloway Rep
11 Jonathan Dixon Rep
12 Jim Gooch Rep
13 DJ Johnson Rep
14 Scott Lewis Rep
15 Rebecca Raymer Rep
16 Jason Petrie Rep
17 Robert Duvall Rep
18 Samara Heavrin Rep
19 Michael Meredith Rep
20 Kevin Jackson Rep
21 Amy Neighbors Rep
22 Shawn McPherson Rep
23 Steve Riley Rep
24 TBD
25 Steve Bratcher Rep
26 TBD
27 Nancy Tate Rep
28 Jared Bauman Rep
29 Kevin Bratcher Rep
30 Daniel Grossberg Dem
31 Susan Tyler Witten Rep
32 Tina Bojanowski Dem
33 Jason Nemes Rep
34 Sarah Stalker Dem
35 Lisa Willner Dem
36 John Hodgson Rep
37 Emily Callaway Rep
38 Rachel Roarx Dem
39 Matt Lockett Rep
40 Nima Kulkarni Dem
41 Josie Raymond Dem
42 Keturah Herron Dem
43 Pamela Stevenson Dem
44 Beverly Chester-Burton Dem
45 Killian Timoney Rep
46 Al Gentry Dem
47 Felicia Rabourn Rep
48 Ken Fleming Rep
49 Thomas Huff Rep
50 Candy Massaroni Rep
51 Michael Pollock Rep
52 Ken Upchurch Rep
53 James Tipton Rep
54 Daniel Elliott Rep
55 Kim King Rep
56 Daniel Fister Rep
57 Derrick Graham Dem
58 Jennifer Decker Rep
59 David Osborne Rep
60 Marianne Proctor Rep
61 Savannah Maddox Rep
62 Phillip Pratt Rep
63 Kim Banta Rep
64 Kimberly Poore Moser Rep
65 Stephanie Dietz Rep
66 Steve Rawlings Rep
67 Rachel Roberts Dem
68 Mike Clines Rep
69 Steven Doan Rep
70 William Lawrence Rep
71 Josh Bray Rep
72 Matthew Koch Rep
73 Ryan Dotson Rep
74 David Hale Rep
75 Lindsey Burke Dem
76 Ruth Ann Palumbo Dem
77 George Brown Jr. Dem
78 Mark Hart Rep
79 Chad Aull Dem
80 David Meade Rep
81 Deanna Frazier Rep
82 Nick Wilson Rep
83 Josh Branscum Rep
84 Chris Fugate Rep
85 Shane Baker Rep
86 Tom Smith Rep
87 Adam Bowling Rep
88 Cherlynn Stevenson Dem
89 Timmy Truett Rep
90 Derek Lewis Rep
91 Billy Wesley Rep
92 John Blanton Rep
93 Adrielle Camuel Dem
94 Jacob Justice Rep
95 Ashley Tackett Laferty Dem
96 Patrick Flannery Rep
97 Bobby McCool Rep
98 Danny Bentley Rep
99 Richard White Rep
100 Scott Sharp Rep

Special elections

District 93

Precinct results:
  Camuel
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Whalen
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%

Adrielle Camuel was elected in November 2023 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lamin Swann in May 2023.[10]

2023 Kentucky House of Representatives 93rd district special election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adrielle Camuel 7,924 57.57%
Republican Kyle Whalen 5,841 42.43%
Total votes 13,765 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 24

Brandon Reed resigned from the house on January 15 in order to become executive director of the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy. The date for the special election will be determined by speaker David Osborne.[11]

District 26

Russell Webber resigned from the house on January 2 in order to become deputy treasurer in the administration of Mark Metcalf. The date for the special election will be determined by speaker David Osborne.[12]

Elections

Candidate filings are located on the Secretary of State website.

District 1

Candidates

Democratic
  • Fredrick Fountain
Republican
  • Steven Rudy, incumbent representative and house majority leader

District 2

Candidates

Republican

District 3

Candidates

Democratic
  • Carrie Gottschalk Singler
Republican

District 4

Candidates

Democratic
  • Lloyd Smith
Republican

District 5

Candidates

Democratic
  • Lauren Hines
Republican

District 6

Candidates

Democratic
  • Linda Story Edwards, Democratic nominee for this district in 2018 and candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2020
Republican

District 7

Candidates

Republican

District 8

Candidates

Republican

District 9

Candidates

Democratic
  • Twyla Dillard
Republican

District 10

Candidates

Democratic
  • John Whipple, teacher and independent candidate for the 5th senate district in 2020
Republican

District 11

Incumbent representative Jonathan Dixon is retiring.[7]

Candidates

Republican

District 12

Candidates

Democratic
  • Alton M. Ayer
Republican

District 13

Candidates

Republican

District 14

Candidates

Democratic
  • Chanda Garner
Republican

District 15

Candidates

Republican

District 16

Candidates

Republican

District 17

Candidates

Republican

District 18

Candidates

Republican

District 19

Candidates

Republican

District 20

Candidates

Republican

District 21

Candidates

Democratic
  • Jeffery Humble
Republican

District 22

Candidates

Republican

District 23

Candidates

Republican

District 24

Incumbent Brandon Reed resigned from the house on January 15 in order to become executive director of the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy.

Candidates

Democratic
Republican
  • Ryan Bivens
  • Asa L. T. Waggoner

District 25

Candidates

Democratic
Republican

District 26

Incumbent Russell Webber resigned from the house on January 2 in order to become deputy treasurer in the administration of Mark Metcalf.

Candidates

Republican
  • Peyton Griffee

District 27

Candidates

Democratic
Republican

District 28

Candidates

Democratic
  • Almaria Baker, candidate for the Democratic nomination for this district in 2022
Republican

District 29

Incumbent representative Kevin Bratcher is retiring to run for the Louisville Metro Council.[2]

Candidates

Democratic
  • Timothy Findley
  • Matthew Pfaadt, engineer and Democratic nominee for this district in 2022 before withdrawing[13]
  • Ricky Santiago
Republican
  • Wyatt Allison
  • Chris Lewis
  • Debbie Peden, Republican nominee for the 2006 37th senate district special election

District 30

Candidates

Democratic

District 31

Candidates

Democratic
Republican

District 32

Candidates

Democratic

District 33

Candidates

Democratic
  • Taylor Jolly
Republican
  • Jason Nemes, incumbent representative and house majority whip

District 34

Candidates

Democratic

District 35

Candidates

Democratic

District 36

Candidates

Democratic
Republican

District 37

Candidates

Democratic
  • John J. Stovall
Republican

District 38

Candidates

Democratic
Republican
  • Carrie Sanders McKeehan, teacher and Republican nominee for the 41st district in 2022

District 39

Candidates

Democratic
Republican

District 40

Candidates

Democratic

District 41

Incumbent representative Josie Raymond is retiring to run for the Louisville Metro Council.[2]

Candidates

Democratic
Republican
  • Sara Elizabeth Cottrell, candidate for the Republican nomination for this district in 2022

District 42

Incumbent representative Keturah Herron is retiring to run for the 35th senate district.[3]

Candidates

Democratic
  • Jonathan Musselwhite
  • Jack W. Walker
  • Joshua Watkins

District 43

Candidates

Democratic

District 44

Candidates

Democratic

District 45

Candidates

Democratic
Republican

District 46

Candidates

Democratic
Republican
  • Bob DeVore

District 47

Candidates

Democratic
Republican

District 48

Candidates

Democratic
Republican

District 49

Candidates

Republican

District 50

Candidates

Republican

District 51

Candidates

Republican

District 52

Candidates

Republican

District 53

Candidates

Republican

District 54

Candidates

Republican

District 55

Candidates

Democratic
  • Katrina A. Sexton
Republican
  • Kim King, incumbent representative
  • James Toller

District 56

Candidates

Democratic
  • Chantel Bingham
  • Dencia Miche Branscum
Republican

District 57

Incumbent representative and house minority leader Derrick Graham is retiring.[4]

Candidates

Democratic
  • Erika Hancock
  • Kristie Powe
Republican
  • Kyle Thompson, Frankfort city commissioner (2021–present)

District 58

Candidates

Democratic
  • Richard Henderson
Republican

District 59

Candidates

Republican

District 60

Candidates

Democratic
  • Deborah Ison Flowers
Republican

District 61

Candidates

Republican

District 62

Incumbent representative Phillip Pratt is retiring.[8]

Candidates

Democratic
  • Kevin Kidwell
Republican

District 63

Candidates

Republican

District 64

Candidates

Democratic
  • Heather Crabbe
Republican

District 65

Candidates

Democratic
  • Aaron Currin
Republican

District 66

Incumbent representative Steve Rawlings is retiring to run for the 11th senate district.[9]

Candidates

Democratic
  • Peggy Houston-Nienaber
Republican

District 67

Incumbent representative and house minority whip Rachel Roberts is retiring.[5]

Candidates

Democratic
Republican
  • Jerry C. Gearding
  • Terry W. Hatton
  • Brian K. Ormes

District 68

Candidates

Democratic
  • K. Brandon Long
Republican

District 69

Candidates

Democratic
  • Wilanne Stangel
Republican

District 70

Candidates

Republican

District 71

Candidates

Democratic
  • Rachelle Riddle
Republican

District 72

Candidates

Republican

District 73

Candidates

Democratic
  • Rory Houlihan
Republican

District 74

Candidates

Republican

District 75

Candidates

Democratic

District 76

Incumbent representative Ruth Ann Palumbo is retiring.[6]

Candidates

Democratic
  • Joshua Buckman
  • Anne Gay Donworth
  • Jamie Palumbo

District 77

Candidates

Democratic
Republican
  • Jason Griffith

District 78

Candidates

Republican

District 79

Candidates

Democratic

District 80

Candidates

Republican

District 81

Candidates

Republican

District 82

Candidates

Republican

District 83

Candidates

Republican

District 84

Candidates

Democratic
  • Zachary Hall
Republican

District 85

Candidates

Republican

District 86

Candidates

Republican
  • Tom Smith, incumbent representative
  • Billy J. Taylor

District 87

Candidates

Republican

District 88

Candidates

Democratic
Republican

District 89

Candidates

Republican

District 90

Candidates

Republican

District 91

Candidates

Republican
  • Darrell W. Billings
  • Bill Wesley, incumbent representative

District 92

Candidates

Republican

District 93

Candidates

Democratic

District 94

Incumbent representative Jacob Justice is retiring.

Candidates

Republican
  • Mitchum Addison Whitaker

District 95

Candidates

Democratic
Republican
  • David Pennington
  • Brandon Spencer

District 96

Candidates

Republican

District 97

Candidates

Republican

District 98

Incumbent representative Danny Bentley is retiring.[2]

Candidates

Democratic
  • Shawn Lawrence Assar
  • James Reneau
  • Joe Virgin
  • Tammie Womack
Republican
  • Aaron Thompson

District 99

Candidates

Republican

District 100

Candidates

Republican

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "Official 2022 General Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky Secretary of State. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Duvall, Tessa (December 5, 2023). "Who's running, who's not: With KY gov race over, '24 candidates start their announcements". The Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    3. 1 2 Smith, Connor (December 19, 2023). "State Rep. Keturah Herron running for Senate District 35 in 2024". Spectrum News 1. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    4. 1 2 Derrick Graham [@repgrahamky] (December 8, 2023). "I have decided not to pursue another term as state representative" (Tweet) via Twitter.
    5. 1 2 Smith, Connor (December 20, 2023). "Rachel Roberts, Kentucky House Minority Whip, not seeking reelection". Spectrum News 1. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    6. 1 2 Smith, Connor (December 21, 2023). "State Rep. Ruth Ann Palumbo of Lexington not seeking reelection". Spectrum News 1. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    7. 1 2 Smith, Connor (December 20, 2023). "After 3 terms, State Rep. Jonathan Dixon not seeking reelection". Spectrum News 1. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    8. 1 2 Smith, Connor (December 13, 2023). "State Rep. Phillip Pratt departing Frankfort after 4 terms". Spectrum News 1. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    9. 1 2 Hanchett, Rebecca (December 12, 2023). "Rep. Rawlings files for state Senate; T.J. Roberts, Massey to face off in primary". Link NKY. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    10. Musgrave, Beth (November 7, 2023). "Democrat Camuel wins open Fayette County House seat in special election". The Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    11. Shepherd, Allison (January 5, 2024). "Reed withdraws candidacy for re-election". The LaRue County Herald News. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
    12. Barr, Thomas (December 7, 2023). "Rep. Webber stepping down for job in state government". The News-Enterprise. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
    13. Sonka, Joe (September 27, 2022). "Democrats go to court to try to field a state House candidate in a Louisville district". The Courier Journal. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    14. Zubaty, Peter (December 19, 2023). "Stone to challenge Massaroni for House seat". The Kentucky Standard. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    15. "Scott Co. sheriff running for state House seat". WKYT News. December 14, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.

    See also

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