2016 Kentucky House of Representatives election

2016 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 Jeff Hoover Greg Stumbo
(lost reelection)
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 46 54
Seats before 47[a] 53[b]
Seats won 64 36
Seat change Increase 17 Decrease 17

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Greg Stumbo
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Jeff Hoover
Republican

The 2016 Kentucky House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2016, 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.

Republicans gained 17 seats in the election, winning the chamber outright. This ended nearly 100 years of Democratic control of the house, as the last time that Republicans won a majority was in 1919.[2] Republicans performed well in rural districts and flipped many seats held by Democrats, including Democratic Speaker Greg Stumbo who lost reelection.[3] Together with Republican governor Matt Bevin, this was the first time in history that Republicans gained a trifecta in the state.

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

  1. ^ a b Gerth, Joseph (March 9, 2016). "Democrats retain control of Kentucky House". Louisville Courier Journal. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  2. ^ Beam, Adam (January 3, 2017). "After 95 years, GOP takes control of Kentucky legislature". The Associated Press. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "House Speaker Stumbo loses to Brown in election upset". WKYT. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2023.


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