2000Final results

2000 election for Kentucky Senate District 3

Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky

Joey Pendleton (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Ben Fletcher (R) by 5.6 points.

Joey PendletonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.8%13,866
Ben FletcherRepublican
47.2%12,397
26,263 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+11.21996D+5.62000D+7.82004D+13.02008R+0.82012

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