2000Final results

2000 election for Kentucky Senate District 19

Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky

Tim Shaughnessy (D) won with 61.0% of the vote, defeating Paul Schmidt (R) by 24.4 points.

Tim ShaughnessyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.0%26,872
Paul SchmidtRepublican
36.6%16,132
Nick KaremLibertarian
2.3%1,029
44,033 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+1.91988D+33.01992D+18.51996D+24.42000D+23.12004D+19.02008

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Tim Shaughnessy (D)Paul Schmidt (R)

Also on the ballot: Nick Karem (Libertarian), 2.3%