2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Kentucky Senate District 8
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Joe Bowen (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating David E. Boswell (D) by 3.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joe BowenRepublican · winner
51.7%18,073
David E. BoswellDemocrat · incumbent
48.3%16,904
34,977 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET