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Kentucky › Kentucky State Senate · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Kentucky State Senate District 12
Amanda Mays Bledsoe has no major-party opponent.
Amanda Mays Bledsoe has no major-party opponent.
How this race is decided
Simple-majority veto override
A majority of the members elected to each chamber can override the governor's veto.
The candidates
RepublicanIncumbent
Amanda Mays Bledsoe
- Experience
- State legislature
The district
Lean R+16: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 130,372
- People per km²
- 77
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 41%
- White, no degree
- 50%of adults
- White 83%
- Hispanic 6%
- Black 4%
- Asian 3%
- Other / multiracial 4%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024 President Vote in this district
64,605 two-party votes · R+18.1 · R+16.6 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)59.0%
Kamala Harris (D)41.0%
2022
48,227 votes · R+21.0✓ Amanda Mays Bledsoe (R)60.5%
Bill Obrien (D)39.5%
2020 President Vote in this district
89,721 two-party votes · R+10.6 · R+15.1 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)55.3%
Joe Biden (D)44.7%
2018 Earlier district lines
52,976 votes · R+1.5✓ Alice Forgy Kerr (R)50.7%
Paula Setser-Kissick (D)49.3%
2016 President Vote in this district
57,701 two-party votes · R+25.5 · R+27.8 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)62.8%
Hillary Clinton (D)37.2%
2014 Earlier district lines
42,041 votes · R+25.9✓ Alice Forgy Kerr (R)62.9%
Kathy Warnecke Ryan (D)37.1%