2008 general · November 4, 2008
2008 Kentucky election results
Every race on Kentucky's ballot in the 2008 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races127
Changed party6
Unopposed62%79 races
Incumbents defeated0
President
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | John McCain (R) | 16.2 |
U.S. Senate
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | Mitch McConnell (R) | 5.9 |
U.S. House
D 2 · R 4
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY-1 | Ed Whitfield (R) | 28.7 | |
| KY-2 | Brett Guthrie (R) | 5.1 | |
| KY-3 | John A. Yarmuth (D) | 18.7 | |
| KY-4 | Geoff Davis (R) | 26.1 | |
| KY-5 | Hal Rogers (R) | 68.2 | |
| KY-6 | Ben Chandler (D) | 29.3 |
Kentucky State Senate
D 10 · R 9
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Kenneth W. Winters (R) | 7.7 | |
| SD-3 | Joey Pendleton (D) | 13.0 | |
| SD-5 | Carroll Gibson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Julian M. Carroll (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | David Givens (R) | 10.7 | |
| SD-11 | John Schickel (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Kathy W. Stein (D) | 31.6 | |
| SD-15 | Vernie McGaha (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 | Damon Thayer (R) | 26.1 | |
| SD-19 | Tim Shaughnessy (D) | 19.0 | |
| SD-21 | Tom Jensen (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 | Jack Westwood (R) | 2.0 | |
| SD-25 | Robert Stivers (R) | 30.4 | |
| SD-27 | Walter Blevins (D) | 29.8 | |
| SD-29 | Johnny Ray Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | Ray Jones (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 | Gerald Neal (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-35 | Denise Harper Angel (D) | 67.4 | |
| SD-37 | Perry B. Clark (D) | 13.2 |
Kentucky House of Representatives
D 65 · R 35 · 6 changed party
Kentucky
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab