Meet Erin. Meet Joe. Kentucky Legislative Calendar. Download it here. Use this Kentucky Government Guide to find answers to your questions. How Kentucky Government Works. Find Your State Lawmakers. Bob Leeper switched their party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, giving Republicans a majority. Republicans have held consistent control of the state Senate since the party switches in Republicans slowly increased their majority in elections between and Republicans held their largest majority following the elections with a seat advantage.
In the Kentucky State Senate, a party needs to control 23 of 38 seats—three-fifths of the chamber—to have supermajority status. Since the elections, Republicans have held more than the 23 seats required for a supermajority.
A supermajority is required to refer constitutional amendments to the ballot and pass tax increases in the legislature. From to , Democrats experienced losses in state legislative elections , totaling seats all together. A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.
Between and , Kentucky was under the following types of trifecta control:. Democratic trifecta: Republican trifecta: Divided government: , Kentucky state senators serve staggered, four-year terms and half of the Senate is up for election every two years. Kentucky holds elections for its legislature in even years. Elections for the Kentucky State Senate will take place in The general election is on November 8, A primary is scheduled for May 17, The filing deadline is January 7, Elections for the office of Kentucky State Senate took place in The general election was held on November 3, A primary was scheduled for June 23, The filing deadline was January 10, In the November election, Republicans expanded their majority in the Kentucky State Senate from to Elections for the Kentucky State Senate took place in The closed primary election took place on May 22, , and the general election was held on November 6, The candidate filing deadline was January 30, In the elections, Republicans increased their majority in the Kentucky State Senate from to The primary election took place on May 17, , and the general election was held on November 8, The candidate filing deadline was January 26, A total of 19 seats out of the 38 seats in the Kentucky State Senate were up for election in Heading into the election, Republicans held a majority.
No changes occurred to political control in the Kentucky State Senate after the November election. A primary election took place on May 20, The general election was held on November 4, The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 28, Heading into the election, Republicans held a majority with one independent member.
Republicans gained three seats in the election, giving them a majority. The primary election was held on May 22, , and the general election was held on November 6, The candidate filing deadline was January 31, A total of 19 seats were up for election. Heading into the election, Republicans held a majority with two vacancies and one independent member. Republicans gained one seat in the election, giving them a majority with one vacancy and one independent member.
The table below details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6 general election in The primary election was held on May 18, , and the general election was held on November 2, There are 38 seats in the Kentucky State Senate, and 19 of them were up for re-election in Heading into the election, Republicans held a majority with one vacancy.
Republicans gained two seats in the election, giving them a majority with one vacancy. The top 10 donors were: [11]. Elections for the office of Kentucky State Senate consisted of a primary election on May 20, , and a general election on November 4, The top 10 contributors were: [12]. Elections for the office of Kentucky State Senate consisted of a primary election on May 16, , and a general election on November 7, The top 10 contributors were: [13].
Elections for the office of Kentucky State Senate consisted of a primary election on May 18, , and a general election on November 2, The top 10 contributors were: [14]. Elections for the office of Kentucky State Senate consisted of a primary election on May 28, , and a general election on November 5, The top 10 contributors were: [15].
Elections for the office of Kentucky State Senate consisted of a primary election on May 2, , and a general election on November 7, The top 10 contributors were: [16]. If there is a vacancy in the Kentucky General Assembly , a special election must be held to fill the vacant seat. The governor must call for an election if the General Assembly is not in session. The presiding officer in the house where the vacancy happened must call for an election if lawmakers are in session.
See sources: Kentucky Rev. The state of Kentucky has legislative districts. Each district elects one representative. The state Senate has 38 districts and the state House has districts. In Kentucky, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. District maps may be vetoed by the governor. Guidelines adopted in stipulate that congressional districts ought to be contiguous.
In addition, county lines and communities of interest should be maintained if possible. These guidelines are not statutory; consequently, they may be amended by the legislature at its discretion.
The Kentucky Constitution requires that state legislative districts "be contiguous Upon completion of the census, Kentucky will draft and enact new district maps.
Redistricting authorities in Kentucky have not established a timeline for the redistricting cycle. Kentucky received its local census data on March 17, The state's population grew 7.
At the time of redistricting the assembly was split, Democrats controlled the House and Republicans controlled the Senate. The Assembly began the redistricting process for legislative boundaries in January , and each chamber drew its own maps. On February 7, , a Franklin Circuit Court ruled that Kentucky's new state legislative district maps were unconstitutional, finding that the districts exhibited unacceptable population disparities and divided too many counties.
The legislation was approved by a vote of 35 to 2 in the Senate and 79 to 18 in the House. The legislation tracker below displays all legislation that the Kentucky State Senate has approved in its most recent legislative session—this includes legislation that has been sent from the Senate to the House and legislation that has already been approved by the House and signed by the governor after its passage in the Senate.
The table below includes the bill number, its name, progress, most recent action date, and sponsor. Scroll up and down and side to side to see more. Click the bill number to read the bill text and see its voting history. Click the headings to sort the content. Rearrange the order of the headings by clicking and dragging them. Click the magnifying glass in the bottom left corner to search for specific terms. Franklin Part. Menifee, Montgomery, Powell. Harrison, Pendleton, Scott Part.
Letcher, Pike Part. Graves, McCracken Part. Grayson, Hardin Part. Laurel Part , Whitley. Bullitt Part. Calloway, Trigg Part. Daviess Part. Jessamine Part , Mercer, Washington. Martin, Pike Part. Bath, Bourbon, Fayette Part , Nicholas. Bracken, Fleming, Mason, Robertson. Clay, Laurel Part , Leslie. Daviess Part , Ohio.
Fayette Part , Jessamine Part. Boone Part. Johnson, Morgan, Wolfe. Allen, Simpson, Warren Part. Lincoln, Pulaski Part. Edmonson, Warren Part. Daviess Part , Henderson Part , Union. Warren Part. Campbell Part , Kenton Part. Oldham Part. Logan, Todd, Warren Part.
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