2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2008 election for Kentucky House District 16
Kentucky House of Representatives · Kentucky
Martha Jane King (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Tim Thompson (R) by 7.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Martha Jane KingDemocrat · winner
53.9%8,351
Tim ThompsonRepublican
46.1%7,156
15,507 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET