1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Kentucky Senate District 23
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Jack Westwood (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Joseph U. Meyer (D) by 8.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jack WestwoodRepublican · winner
54.3%16,429
Joseph U. MeyerDemocrat · incumbent
45.7%13,854
30,283 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET