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(Top) 1 Overview 2 Retiring incumbents 2.1 Democratic 2.2 Republican 3 Incumbents defeated 3.1 In the primary election 3.1.1 Republicans 3.2 In the general election 3.2.1 Democrats 4 Summary by district 5 Crossover seats 5.1 Democratic 5.2 Republican 6 Closest races 7 Predictions 8 Special elections 8.1 District 31 special 8.2 District 38 special 8.3 District 26 special 9 District 1 9.1 Republican primary 9.1.1 Candidates 9.1.1.1 Nominee 9.2 General election 9.2.1 Results 10 District 3 10.1 Republican primary 10.1.1 Candidates 10.1.1.1 Nominee 10.2 Third-party candidates 10.2.1 Libertarian party 10.3 General election 10.3.1 Results 11 District 5 11.1 Republican primary 11.1.1 Candidates 11.1.1.1 Nominee 11.2 Independent candidates 11.3 Third-party candidates 11.3.1 Libertarian party 11.4 General election 11.4.1 Results 12 District 7 12.1 Democratic primary 12.1.1 Candidates 12.1.1.1 Nominee 12.2 Republican primary 12.2.1 Candidates 12.2.1.1 Nominee 12.2.1.2 Eliminated in primary 12.2.2 Results 12.3 Independent candidates 12.4 General election 12.4.1 Results 12.4.1.1 Results by county 13 District 9 13.1 Democratic primary 13.1.1 Candidates 13.1.1.1 Nominee 13.2 Republican primary 13.2.1 Candidates 13.2.1.1 Nominee 13.3 General election 13.3.1 Results 14 District 11 14.1 Democratic primary 14.1.1 Candidates 14.1.1.1 Nominee 14.2 Republican primary 14.2.1 Candidates 14.2.1.1 Nominee 14.3 General election 14.3.1 Results 15 District 13 15.1 Democratic primary 15.1.1 Candidates 15.1.1.1 Nominee 15.2 General election 15.2.1 Results 16 District 15 16.1 Republican primary 16.1.1 Candidates 16.1.1.1 Nominee 16.1.1.2 Eliminated in primary 16.1.2 Results 16.2 General election 16.2.1 Results 17 District 17 17.1 Democratic primary 17.1.1 Candidates 17.1.1.1 Nominee 17.2 Republican primary 17.2.1 Candidates 17.2.1.1 Nominee 17.3 General election 17.3.1 Results 18 District 19 18.1 Democratic primary 18.1.1 Candidates 18.1.1.1 Nominee 18.2 General election 18.2.1 Results 19 District 21 19.1 Democratic primary 19.1.1 Candidates 19.1.1.1 Nominee 19.2 Republican primary 19.2.1 Candidates 19.2.1.1 Nominee 19.2.1.2 Eliminated in primary 19.2.2 Results 19.3 General election 19.3.1 Results 20 District 23 20.1 Democratic primary 20.1.1 Candidates 20.1.1.1 Nominee 20.2 Republican primary 20.2.1 Candidates 20.2.1.1 Nominee 20.3 General election 20.3.1 Results 21 District 25 21.1 Republican primary 21.1.1 Candidates 21.1.1.1 Nominee 21.2 General election 21.2.1 Results 22 District 27 22.1 Republican primary 22.1.1 Candidates 22.1.1.1 Nominee 22.2 Third-party candidates 22.2.1 Libertarian party 22.3 General election 22.3.1 Results 23 District 29 23.1 Democratic primary 23.1.1 Candidates 23.1.1.1 Nominee 23.2 Republican primary 23.2.1 Candidates 23.2.1.1 Nominee 23.2.1.2 Eliminated in primary 23.2.2 Results 23.3 General election 23.3.1 Results 23.3.1.1 Results by county 24 District 31 24.1 Democratic primary 24.1.1 Candidates 24.1.1.1 Nominee 24.1.1.2 Eliminated in primary 24.1.2 Results 24.2 Republican primary 24.2.1 Candidates 24.2.1.1 Nominee 24.3 General election 24.3.1 Results 25 District 33 25.1 Democratic primary 25.1.1 Candidates 25.1.1.1 Nominee 25.2 General election 25.2.1 Results 26 District 35 26.1 Democratic primary 26.1.1 Candidates 26.1.1.1 Nominee 26.2 General election 26.2.1 Results 27 District 37 27.1 Democratic primary 27.1.1 Candidates 27.1.1.1 Nominee 27.1.1.2 Eliminated in primary 27.1.2 Results 27.2 General election 27.2.1 Results 28 References 29 See also

2020 Kentucky Senate election

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November 3, 2020

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19 out of 38 seats in the Kentucky Senate
20 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Robert Stivers	Morgan McGarvey
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader since	January 8, 2013	January 8, 2019
Leader's seat	25th – Manchester	19th – Louisville
Last election	28	10
Seats won	30	8
Seat change	2	2
Seats up	12	7
Races won	14	5

Results

Popular vote

Results:
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      No election
Popular vote:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     >90%

Senate President before election

Robert Stivers
Republican

Elected Senate President

Robert Stivers
Republican

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The 2020 Kentucky Senate election was held on November 3, 2020. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on June 23. Half of the senate seats (all odd-numbered seats) were up for election. Republicans increased their majority in the chamber, gaining two seats.

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

Overview[edit]

Party		Candidates		Votes	%	Seats

Party		Opposed	Unopposed	Votes	%	Before	Won	After	+/−
	Republican	11	3	532,205	59.01	28	14	30	+2
	Democratic	9	4	340,042	37.70	10	5	8	-2
	Libertarian	3	0	20,927	2.32	0	0	0	-
	Independent	2	0	8,423	0.93	0	0	0	-
	Write-in	3	0	268	0.03	0	0	0	-
Total		28	7	901,865	100.00	38	19	38	±0
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

Retiring incumbents[edit]

A total of three senators (two Democrats and one Republican) retired, none of whom ran for other offices.

Democratic[edit]

7th: Julian M. Carroll (Frankfort): Retired
37th: Perry B. Clark (Louisville): Retired

Republican[edit]

1st: Stan Humphries (Cadiz): Retired

Incumbents defeated[edit]

One incumbent lost renomination in the primary election, and one incumbent lost reelection in the general election.

In the primary election[edit]

Republicans[edit]

One Republican lost renomination.

21st: Albert Robinson (first elected in 1994) lost renomination to Brandon J. Storm, who won the general election.

In the general election[edit]

Democrats[edit]

One Democrat lost reelection to a Republican.

29th: Johnny Ray Turner (first elected in 2000) lost to Johnnie L. Turner.

Summary by district[edit]

Certified results by the Kentucky Secretary of State are available online for the primary election and general election.

† – Incumbent not seeking re-election

District	Incumbent		Elected
1	Stan Humphries†	Rep	Jason G. Howell	Rep
3	Whitney H. Westerfield	Rep	Whitney H. Westerfield	Rep
5	Stephen L. Meredith	Rep	Stephen L. Meredith	Rep
7	Julian M. Carroll†	Dem	Adrienne E. Southworth	Rep
9	David P. Givens	Rep	David P. Givens	Rep
11	John Schickel	Rep	John Schickel	Rep
13	Reginald Thomas	Dem	Reginald Thomas	Dem
15	Rick Girdler	Rep	Rick Girdler	Rep
17	Damon Thayer	Rep	Damon Thayer	Rep
19	Morgan McGarvey	Dem	Morgan McGarvey	Dem
21	Albert Robinson	Rep	Brandon Jackson Storm	Rep
23	Chris McDaniel	Rep	Chris McDaniel	Rep
25	Robert Stivers	Rep	Robert Stivers	Rep
27	Steve West	Rep	Steve West	Rep
29	Johnny Ray Turner	Dem	Johnnie L. Turner	Rep
31	Phillip Wheeler	Rep	Phillip Wheeler	Rep
33	Gerald A. Neal	Dem	Gerald A. Neal	Dem
35	Denise Harper Angel	Dem	Denise Harper Angel	Dem
37	Perry B. Clark†	Dem	David Yates	Dem

Crossover seats[edit]

Democratic[edit]

Three districts voted for Donald Trump in 2016 but had Democratic incumbents:

District		Incumbent
#	Trump margin of victory in 2016	Member	Party	Incumbent margin of victory in 2016
7	R+24.18	Julian M. Carroll	Democratic	Unopposed
29	R+58.30	Johnny Ray Turner	Democratic	Unopposed
37	R+5.54	Perry B. Clark	Democratic	Unopposed

Republican[edit]

None.

Closest races[edit]

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 29, 6.80% (gain)
District 7, 9.48% (gain)

Predictions[edit]

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[1]	Solid R	October 21, 2020

Special elections[edit]

District 31 special[edit]

Phillip Wheeler was elected in March 2019 following the resignation of Ray Jones II.

2019 Kentucky Senate 31st district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phillip Wheeler	6,188	52.3
	Democratic	Darrell Pugh	5,649	47.7
Total votes			11,837	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 38 special[edit]

Mike Nemes was elected in January 2020 following the resignation of Dan Seum.

2020 Kentucky Senate 38th district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Nemes	8,637	63.6
	Democratic	Andrew Bailey	4,943	36.4
Total votes			13,580	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26 special[edit]

Karen Berg was elected in June 2020 following the resignation of Ernie Harris.

2020 Kentucky Senate 26th district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Berg	24,771	57.0
	Republican	Bill Ferko	18,705	43.0
Total votes			43,476	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 1[edit]

Incumbent senator Stan Humphries did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Jason G. Howell.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Jason G. Howell

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 1st district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason G. Howell	Unopposed
Total votes			40,128	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3[edit]

Incumbent senator Whitney H. Westerfield won reelection, defeating Libertarian candidate Amanda Billings.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Whitney H. Westerfield, incumbent senator

Third-party candidates[edit]

Libertarian party[edit]

Amanda Billings

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 3rd district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Whitney H. Westerfield (incumbent)	29,640	78.4
	Libertarian	Amanda Billings	8,157	21.6
Total votes			37,797	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5[edit]

Incumbent senator Stephen L. Meredith won reelection, defeating Independent and Libertarian candidates.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Stephen L. Meredith, incumbent senator

Independent candidates[edit]

John Whipple

Third-party candidates[edit]

Libertarian party[edit]

Guy M. Miller

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 5th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephen L. Meredith (incumbent)	43,385	82.0
	Independent	John Whipple	5,724	10.8
	Libertarian	Guy M. Miller	3,781	7.1
Total votes			52,890	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7[edit]

Incumbent senator Julian M. Carroll did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Adrienne E. Southworth.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Joe Graviss, representative from the 56th district (2019–2021)

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Adrienne E. Southworth

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Cleaver Kirk Crawford
Katie Howard
Calen Studler
Linda Thompson

Results[edit]

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrienne E. Southworth	3,701	31.1
	Republican	Katie Howard	3,157	26.5
	Republican	Calen Studler	2,697	22.7
	Republican	Linda Thompson	1,952	16.4
	Republican	Cleaver Kirk Crawford	390	3.3
Total votes			11,897	100.0

Independent candidates[edit]

Ken Carroll

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 7th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrienne E. Southworth	33,187	52.6
	Democratic	Joe Graviss	27,205	43.1
	Independent	Ken Carroll	2,699	4.3
Total votes			63,091	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county[edit]

County	Adrienne E. Southworth		Joe Graviss		Ken Carroll		Margin		Total votes
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes
Anderson	8,862	68.20	3,744	28.81	388	2.99	5,118	39.39	12,994
Franklin	10,731	41.45	13,562	52.39	1,594	6.16	-2,831	-10.94	25,887
Gallatin	2,650	70.27	931	24.69	190	5.04	1,719	45.58	3,771
Owen	3,994	74.72	1,163	21.76	188	3.52	2,831	52.97	5,345
Woodford	6,950	46.04	7,805	51.71	339	2.25	-855	-5.66	15,094
Total	33,187	52.60	27,205	43.12	2,699	4.28	5,982	9.48	63,091

District 9[edit]

Incumbent senator David P. Givens won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Brian Pedigo.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Brian Pedigo

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

David P. Givens, incumbent senator

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 9th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David P. Givens (incumbent)	41,555	78.5
	Democratic	Brian Pedigo	11,356	21.5
Total votes			52,911	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11[edit]

Incumbent senator John Schickel won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate James Fiorelli.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

James Fiorelli

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

John Schickel, incumbent senator

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 11th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Schickel (incumbent)	46,463	70.4
	Democratic	James Fiorelli	19,496	29.6
Total votes			65,959	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13[edit]

Incumbent senator Reginald Thomas won reelection, defeating write-in candidate Matt E. Miniard.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Reginald Thomas, incumbent senator

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 13th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reginald Thomas (incumbent)	36,345	99.8
	Write-in	Matt E. Miniard	55	0.2
Total votes			36,400	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15[edit]

Incumbent senator Rick Girdler won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Larry Sears Nichols.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Rick Girdler, incumbent senator

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Larry Sears Nichols

Results[edit]

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Girdler (incumbent)	14,140	78.3
	Republican	Larry Sears Nichols	3,923	21.7
Total votes			18,063	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 15th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Girdler (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			47,098	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17[edit]

Incumbent senator Damon Thayer won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Jason Stroude.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Jason Stroude

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Damon Thayer, incumbent senator

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 17th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Damon Thayer (incumbent)	44,772	69.3
	Democratic	Jason Stroude	19,852	30.7
Total votes			64,624	100.0
	Republican hold

District 19[edit]

Incumbent senator Morgan McGarvey won reelection unopposed.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Morgan McGarvey, incumbent senator

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 19th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Morgan McGarvey (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			50,867	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21[edit]

Incumbent Republican senator Albert Robinson was defeated for renomination by Brandon Jackson Storm.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Walter Trebolo III

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Brandon Jackson Storm

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Kay Hensley
Albert Robinson, incumbent senator

Results[edit]

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brandon Jackson Storm	6,875	38.7
	Republican	Albert Robinson (incumbent)	6,131	34.5
	Republican	Kay Hensley	4,756	26.8
Total votes			17,762	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 21st district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brandon Jackson Storm	44,099	82.4
	Democratic	Walter Trebolo III	9,447	17.6
Total votes			53,546	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23[edit]

Incumbent senator Chris McDaniel won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Ryan Olexia.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Ryan Olexia

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Chris McDaniel, incumbent senator

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 23rd district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris McDaniel (incumbent)	32,188	57.7
	Democratic	Ryan Olexia	23,623	42.3
Total votes			55,811	100.0
	Republican hold

District 25[edit]

Incumbent senator Robert Stivers won reelection unopposed.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Robert Stivers, incumbent senator

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 25th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Stivers (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			37,141	100.0
	Republican hold

District 27[edit]

Incumbent senator Steve West won reelection, defeating Libertarian and write-in candidates.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Steve West, incumbent senator

Third-party candidates[edit]

Libertarian party[edit]

Bryan Shumate Short

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 27th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve West (incumbent)	38,370	80.7
	Libertarian	Bryan Shumate Short	8,989	18.9
	Write-in	Yvonne Baldwin	166	0.3
	Write-in	Gene Barry Detherage Jr.	47	0.1
Total votes			47,572	100.0
	Republican hold

District 29[edit]

Incumbent senator Johnny Ray Turner was defeated for reelection by Republican Johnnie L. Turner.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Johnny Ray Turner, incumbent senator

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Johnnie L. Turner, representative from the 88th district (1999–2003)

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Matthew Wynn

Results[edit]

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Johnnie L. Turner	3,552	69.9
	Republican	Matthew Wynn	1,527	30.1
Total votes			5,079	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 29th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Johnnie L. Turner	22,475	53.4
	Democratic	Johnny Ray Turner (incumbent)	19,612	46.6
Total votes			42,087	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county[edit]

County	Johnnie L. Turner		Johnny Ray Turner		Margin		Total votes
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes
Floyd	6,097	37.50	10,161	62.50	-4,064	-25.00	16,258
Harlan	8,431	78.49	2,310	21.51	6,121	56.99	10,741
Knott	3,047	49.62	3,094	50.38	-47	-0.77	6,141
Letcher	4,900	54.77	4,047	45.23	853	9.53	8,947
Total	22,475	53.40	19,612	46.60	2,863	6.80	42,087

District 31[edit]

Incumbent senator Phillip Wheeler won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Glenn Martin Hammond.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Glenn Martin Hammond

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Scott Sykes

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn Martin Hammond	5,559	59.2
	Democratic	Scott Sykes	3,836	40.8
Total votes			9,395	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Phillip Wheeler, incumbent senator

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 31st district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phillip Wheeler (incumbent)	31,704	72.2
	Democratic	Glenn Martin Hammond	12,196	27.8
Total votes			43,900	100.0
	Republican hold

District 33[edit]

Incumbent senator Gerald A. Neal won reelection unopposed.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Gerald A. Neal, incumbent senator

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 33rd district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald A. Neal (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			38,520	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35[edit]

Incumbent senator Denise Harper Angel won reelection unopposed.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Denise Harper Angel, incumbent senator

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 35th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Denise Harper Angel (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			37,358	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37[edit]

Incumbent senator Perry B. Clark did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Democrat David Yates.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

David Yates

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Katie Brophy
Garrett A. Dean
Di Tran

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Yates	10,946	67.0
	Democratic	Katie Brophy	2,708	16.6
	Democratic	Garrett A. Dean	1,345	8.2
	Democratic	Di Tran	1,343	8.2
Total votes			16,342	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

2020 Kentucky Senate 37th district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Yates	Unopposed
Total votes			34,165	100.0
	Democratic hold

References[edit]

^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

See also[edit]

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