19 out of 38 seats in theKentucky Senate 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2006 Kentucky Senate election was held on November 7, 2006. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 16. Half of the senate (all even-numbered seats) was up for election. Prior to the election 21 seats were held byRepublicans and 16 were held byDemocrats, while one was held byIndependent senatorBob Leeper, whocaucused with the Republicans. Republicans maintained their majority in the chamber, without gaining or losing any seats.[1]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Governing[2] | Likely R | November 4, 2006 |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Perry B. Clark | 6,757 | 53.8 | |
| Republican | Debbie Peden | 5,802 | 46.2 | |
| Total votes | 12,559 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Bob Leeper (incumbent) | 15,497 | 41.08 | |
| Democratic | Carroll Hubbard | 15,439 | 40.92 | |
| Republican | Neil F. Archer | 6,792 | 18.00 | |
| Total votes | 37,728 | 100.0 | ||
| Independenthold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dorsey Ridley (incumbent) | 24,064 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 24,064 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Rhoads (incumbent) | 22,514 | 69.74 | |
| Republican | Dan McGary | 9,768 | 30.26 | |
| Total votes | 32,282 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | David Boswell (incumbent) | 23,616 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 23,616 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Elizabeth Tori (incumbent) | 16,556 | 57.11 | |
| Democratic | Douglas H. Goodman | 12,434 | 42.89 | |
| Total votes | 28,990 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Alice Forgy Kerr (incumbent) | 20,545 | 56.60 | |
| Democratic | James E. Keller | 15,751 | 43.40 | |
| Total votes | 36,296 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Kelly (incumbent) | 23,112 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 23,112 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | David L. Williams (incumbent) | 21,578 | 71.81 | |
| Democratic | Dough Shelton | 8,472 | 28.19 | |
| Total votes | 30,050 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charlie Borders (incumbent) | 17,489 | 52.82 | |
| Democratic | Carol Rice Allen | 15,619 | 47.18 | |
| Total votes | 33,108 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gary Tapp (incumbent) | 25,367 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 25,367 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Buford (incumbent) | 25,164 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 25,164 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Katie Kratz Stine (incumbent) | 22,877 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 22,877 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ernie Harris (incumbent) | 31,137 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 31,137 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | R. J. Palmer (incumbent) | 24,663 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 24,663 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Daniel Mongiardo (incumbent) | 24,510 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 24,510 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brett Guthrie (incumbent) | 21,695 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 21,695 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ed Worley (incumbent) | 16,567 | 55.69 | |
| Republican | Barry Metcalf | 12,263 | 41.23 | |
| Independent | Donald VanWinkle | 916 | 3.08 | |
| Total votes | 29,746 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Julie Denton (incumbent) | 35,028 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 35,028 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Seum (incumbent) | 22,452 | 57.49 | |
| Democratic | Robert G. M. Valenza | 16,603 | 42.51 | |
| Total votes | 39,055 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||