Senate Races Reinforce Status Quo



 
1
Winters 53.9% 
Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Lyon, Trigg
3
Pendleton 56.5%
Christian, Logan, Todd
5
Gibson UNOPPOSED
Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Hart, Larue, Meade
7
Carroll UNOPPOSED
Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Woodford
9
Open Seat GOP Win 55.4% (Givens)
Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Metcalfe, Simpson
11
Roeding UNOPPOSED
Boone, Gallatin, Kenton
13
Open Seat DEM Win 65.8%  (Kathy Stein)
Fayette
15
McGaha UNOPPOSED
Adair, Casey, Pulaski, Russell
17
Thayer 61.5%
Grant, Kenton, Owen, Scott
19
Jefferson
21
Jensen UNOPPOSED
Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Menifee, Powell
23
Kenton
25
Stivers 65.5%
Clay, Knox, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley,  Wolfe
27
Blevins 64.9%
Boyd, Elliott, Fleming, Lawrence, Rowan
29
Turner UNOPPOSED
Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher
31
Jones UNOPPOSED
Johnson, Martin, Pike
33
Neal UNOPPOSED
Jefferson
35
Jefferson
37
Clark 56.6%
Jefferson
Only odd numbered members of the Kentucky Senate ran this year. Even numbered years run in 2010.

8 GOP members – 4 unopposed / 1 open seat (no party change)
10 Dem members – 4 unopposed / 1 open seat (no party change)
 
Incumbents are coming back to the Senate without exception. The only members who aren't coming back are those who moved on. In the 9th Senate District, Sen. Richie Sanders retired.  In Senate District 13, Senator Ernesto Scorsone will now be Fayette Circuit Judge Ernesto Scorsone. In both cases the incumbent's party held on to the seat.

The closest race by far was in the 23rd Senate District where Republican Sen. Jack Westwood narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Kathy Groob by one percentage point.

The major predictor of success at the polls? Incumbency, incumbency, incumbency.