2004 Kentucky House of Representatives election

2004 Kentucky House of Representatives election

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All 100 seats in the Kentucky House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jody Richards Jeff Hoover
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 20th 83rd
Last election 65 35
Seats before 64 36[a]
Seats won 57 43
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 7
Popular vote 736,877 747,292
Percentage 49.65% 50.35%

Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Popular vote
Democratic:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      100%
Republican:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      100%

Speaker before election

Jody Richards
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Jody Richards
Democratic

The 2004 Kentucky House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 2004, as part of the biennial United States elections. All 100 of Kentucky's state representatives were up for reelection. In Kentucky, members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms. Accordingly, they are up for reelection in both presidential and midterm election years.

Democrats held onto their majority in the House, which had been in democratic control since the 1921 elections. They continued to be the majority party in the House until the 2016 election.[1] Despite keeping their majority, Democrats lost seven seats to Republicans in the Jackson Purchase and Pennyroyal regions.


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  1. ^ Loftus, Tom (November 9, 2016). "GOP takes Ky House in historic shift". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2020.