2008 Kentucky Senate election

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2008 Kentucky Senate election
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19 out of 38 seats in the Kentucky Senate
20 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader David L. Williams Ed Worley
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since 5 January 1999 6 January 2003
Leader's seat 16th - Burkesville 34th - Richmond
Last election 22[a] 15
Seats after 22[a] 15
Seat change Steady Steady
Senate President before election

David L. Williams
Republican

 Elected Senate President

David L. Williams
Republican

The 2008 Kentucky Senate election was held on 4 November 2008 to determine which party would control the Kentucky Senate for the following two years in the 2009 Kentucky General Assembly. All odd-numbered seats were up for election, which consisted of half of the 38 senate seats and the primary was held on 20 May 2008. Prior to the election 22 seats were held by Republicans and 15 were held by Democrats, while one was held by Independent senator Bob Leeper, who caucused with the Republicans. The general election saw both parties holding on to the same amount of seats as the previous election, meaning that Republicans retained control of the Kentucky Senate.[1]

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Governing[2] Likely R 15 October 2008

Retirements

  1. 9th District: Richie Sanders (R) retired.
  2. 11th District: Dick Roeding (R) retired.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 23, 1.96%
  2. District 1, 7.70%

Results

1st District

1st District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kenneth W. Winters (incumbent) 26,430 53.85%
Democratic Carroll Hubbard 22,650 46.15%
Total votes 49,080 100.0%
Republican hold

3rd District

3rd District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joey Pendleton (incumbent) 21,410 56.51%
Republican Tom Jones 16,479 43.49%
Total votes 37,889 100.0%
Democratic hold

5th District

5th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carroll Gibson (incumbent) 100.0%
Total votes 100.0%
Republican hold

7th District

7th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian Carroll (incumbent) 100.0%
Total votes 100.0%
Democratic hold

9th District

9th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David P. Givens 24,775 55.37%
Democratic Steve Newberry 19,967 44.63%
Total votes 44,742 100.0%
Republican hold

11th District

11th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Schickel 100.0%
Total votes 100.0%
Republican hold

13th District

13th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathy Stein 26,593 65.81%
Republican Chuck Ellinger II 13,815 34.19%
Total votes 40,408 100.0%
Democratic hold

15th District

15th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vernie McGaha (incumbent) 100.0%
Total votes 100.0%
Republican hold

17th District

17th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Damon Thayer (incumbent) 31,835 61.63%
Democratic Robert Powell 18,342 35.51%
Constitution Micah L. Ingram 1,478 2.86%
Total votes 51,655 100.0%
Republican hold

19th District

19th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent) 36,199 59.52%
Republican Bob Heleringer 24,615 40.48%
Total votes 60,814 100.0%
Democratic hold

21st District

21st District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Jensen (incumbent) 100.0%
Total votes 100.0%
Republican hold

23rd District

23rd District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Westwood (incumbent) 21,057 50.98%
Democratic Kathy Groob 20,250 49.02%
Total votes 41,307 100.0%
Republican hold

25th District

25th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Stivers (incumbent) 21,459 65.21%
Democratic Michael Adkins 11,450 34.79%
Total votes 32,909 100.0%
Republican hold

27th District

27th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter Blevins (incumbent) 27,202 64.89%
Republican Richard White 14,717 35.11%
Total votes 41,919 100.0%
Democratic hold

29th District

29th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Johnny Ray Turner (incumbent) 100.0%
Total votes 100.0%
Democratic hold

31st District

31st District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray Jones II (incumbent) 100.0%
Total votes 100.0%
Democratic hold

33rd District

33rd District election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gerald Neal (incumbent) 100.0%
Total votes 100.0%
Democratic hold

35th District

35th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Denise Harper Angel (incumbent) 32,022 83.68%
Republican John Albers 6,246 16.32%
Total votes 38,268 100.0%
Democratic hold

37th District

37th District election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Perry B. Clark (incumbent) 25,739 56.58%
Republican Doug Hawkins 19,749 43.42%
Total votes 45,488 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. 1 2 Independent senator Bob Leeper caucused with the Republicans.

References

  1. ↑ "Kentucky State Senate elections, 2008". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (15 October 2008). "Legislative races tilting Dems' way in '08". Stateline. Archived from the original on 6 November 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2025.