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Kentucky 2008 Election Coverage

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Offices up for Election in 2008

United States President & Vice President

United States Senate: 1 seat

United States House of Representatives: All seats

State Supreme Court: 2 seats

State Senate: Odd-numbered districts (19 seats)

State House of Representatives: All seats

Special Election Winners

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

State Senate

District 30

Brandon D. Smith (R)

State House

District 6

Will R. Coursey (D)

District 63

Alecia Webb-Edgington (R)

District 72

Sannie Overly (D)

District 95

Greg Stumbo (D)

Primary Election Winners

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

State Supreme Court

State Senate

State House

United States President

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

State Supreme Court

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

 

District 4
James M. Shake
Lisabeth Hughes Abramson*

District 5

Mary C. Noble*^

State Senate

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District  1
Carol Hubbard (D)
Kenneth W. Winters (R)*^

District 3
Joey Pendleton (D)*^
Tom Jones (R)^

District 5
Barry J. Cannon (D)^
Carol Gibson (R)*^

District 7
Julian M. Carroll (D)*^

District 9
Steve Newberry (D)
David P. Givens (R)

District 11
John Schickel (R)

District 13
Ernesto Scorsone (D)*^

District 15
Vernie McGaha (R)*^

District 17
Damon Thayer (R)*^
Robert Powell (D)^

District 19
Tim Shaughnessy (D)*^
Bob Heleringer (R)^

District 21
Tom Jensen (R)*^

District 23
Kathy Groob (D)^
Jack Westwood (R)*^

District 25
Robert Stivers (R)*^
Michael Adkins (D)

District 27
Walter Blevins (D)*^
Richard White (R)^

District 29
Johnny Ray Turner (D)*

District 31
Ray Jones (D)*^

District 33
Gerald A. Neal (D)*

District 35
Denise Harper Angel (D)*^
John Albers (R)^

District 37
Perry B. Clark (D)*^
Doug Hawkins (R)^

 

State House

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 1
Mike Lawrence (D)^
Steven Jack Rudy (R)*^

District 2
Fred Nessler (D)*^

District 3
Frank Rasche (D)*^

District 4
Mike Cherry (D)*^

District 5
Melvin Henley (D)*^

District 6
Will R. Coursey (D)*^
Marvin Wilson (R)^

District 7
John A. Arnold Jr. (D)*^

District 8
John C. Tilley (D)*^

District 9
Travis Neal Calhoun (D)^
Myron B. Dossett (R)*^

District 10
Eddie Ballard (D)*^

District 11
David A. Watkins (D)*

District 12
Jim Gooch Jr. (D)*^

District 13
Jim Glenn (D)*^
Ben Boarman (R)^

District 14
Tommy Thompson (D)*^

District 15
Brent Younts (D)*

District 16
Martha Jane King (D)
Tim Thompson (R)

District 17
C.B. Embry Jr. (R)*^

District 18
Dwight D. Butler (R)*^

District 19
Dottie J. Sims (D)*^

District 20
Jody Richards (D)*^

District 21
Charlene Rabold (D)^
Jim DeCesare (R)*^

District 22
Rob Wilkey (D)*^

District 23
Johnny W. Bell (D)*^

District 24
Jimmy Higdon (R)*

District 25
Jimmie Lee (D)*

District 26
Mike Weaver (D)^
Tim Moore (R)*^

District 27
Jeff Greer (D)*^
Steve Heibert (R)^

District 28
Charles W. Miller (D)*^

District 29
James A. Sexton (D)^
Kevin D. Bratcher (R)*^

District 30
Tom Burch (D)*^

District 31
Steve Riggs (D)*^

District 32
Scott W. Brinkman (R)*^

District 33
Greg Galbraith (D)^
Ron Crimm (R)*^

District 34
Mary Lou Marzian (D)*^
Michael L. Pitzer (R)^

District 35
Jim Wayne (D)*^

District 36
Lonnie Napier (R)*^

District 37
Ron Weston (D)*^

District 38
Tim Firkins (D)*^

District 39
Robert R. Damron (D)*^
Chris W. Moore (R)^

District 40
Dennis Horlander (D)*^

District 41
Tom Riner (D)*^

District 42
Reginald K. Meeks (D)*^

District 43
Darryl T. Owens (D)*^

District 44
Joni Jenkins (D)*^

District 45
Stan Lee (R)*^

District 46
Larry Clark (D)*^

District 47
Rick W. Rand (D)*^

District 48
Bob M. DeWeese (R)*^
David M. Watson (D)^

District 49
Larry Belcher (D)*^
Trina Summers (R)^

District 50
David W. Floyd (R)*^

District 51
Doug Mullins (D)^
John Carney (R)

District 52
Ken Upchurch (R)*^

District 53
James R. Comer (R)*^

District 54
David C. Sparrow (D)^
Mike Harmon (R)*^

District 55
Kent Stevens (D)
Timothy Gray (R)^

District 56
Carl P. Rollins II (D)*^

District 57
Derrick W. Graham (D)*^
Frank Haynes (R)^

District 58
Bill Young (D)^
Brad Montell (R)*^

District 59
David W. Osborne (R)*^

District 60
Sal Santoro (R)*^

District 61
Royce W. Adams (D)*^
Stephen Wood (R)^

District 62
Charlie Hoffman (D)*^
Jason D. Mays (R)^

District 63
Ken Padgett (D)^
Alecia Webb-Edgington (R)*

District 64
Ed Worland Jr. (D)^
Thomas Robert Kerr (R)*

District 65
Arnold R. Simpson (D)*^

District 66
Addia Kathryn Wuchner (R)*^

District 67
Dennis Keene (D)*^

District 68
Joseph M. Fischer (R)*^

District 69
Merrick S. Krey (D)^
Adam Koenig (R)*^

District 70
Mitchel B. Denham (D)*^

District 71
John Will Stacy (D)*^

District 72
Sannie Overly (D)*

District 73
Don Pasley (D)*^

District 74
Richard D. Henderson (D)*
Woody Wells Jr. (R)^

District 75
Kathy W. Stein (D)*^

District 76
Ruth Ann Palumbo (D)*^

District 77
Jesse Crenshaw (D)*^

District 78
Thomas M. McKee (D)*^

District 79
Susan Westrom (D)*^
Michael P. Farmer (R)

District 80
Danny R. Ford (R)*^

District 81
Harry Moberly Jr. (D)*^

District 82
Charles L. Siler (R)*

District 83
Jeffrey H. Hoover (R)*^

District 84
Fitz Steele (D)

District 85
Tommy Turner (R)*^

District 86
Jim Stewart (R)*^

District 87
Rick Nelson (D)*^

District 88
Bill Farmer (R)*^

District 89
Marie L. Rader (R)*

District 90
Tim Couch (R)*

District 91
Teddy Edmonds (R)*^

District 92
Ancel Smith (D)*

District 93
W. Keith Hall (D)*^

District 94
Leslie A. Combs (D)*^

District 95
Gregory D. Stumbo (D)*^
Larry D. Brown (R)^

District 96
Robin L. Webb (D)*^

District 97
Hubert Collins (D)*^

District 98
Tanya Pullin (D)*^

District 99
Rocky Adkins (D)*^

District 100
Kevin P. Sinnette (D)
Michael R. Stewart (R)^

US President

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

John McCain (R)
Hillary Clinton (D)

 

United States Senate

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

Bruce Lunsford (D)
Mitch McConnell (R)*

United States House of Representatives

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 1
Heather Ryan (D)^
Edward Whitfield (R)*^

District 2
David E. Boswell (D)
S. Brett Guthrie (R)^

District 3
John Yarmuth (D)*^
Anne M. Northup (R)

District 4
Michael Kelley (D)^
Geoff Davis (R)*

District 5
Hal Rogers (R)*^

District 6
Ben Chandler (D)*^
Jon Larson (R)

State Election Calendar

February 19

Special Election

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May 20

Primary Election

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November 4

General Election

Kentucky Election
Resources

State Board of Elections

The Courier-Journal

Lexington Herald-Leader 



 
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