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2012Final results

2012 election for Kentucky Senate District 27

Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky

Walter Blevins (D) won with 63.5% of the vote, defeating Tony Downey (R) by 27.0 points.

Walter BlevinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.5%24,977
Tony DowneyRepublican
36.5%14,350
39,327 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+15.42000D+16.82004D+29.82008D+27.02012R+35.12016R+25.52024

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