DemocratNot in office · last served 2018Last on a ballot: Nov 2018
J. Dorsey Ridley
Last held office: Kentucky State Senate, District 4 (2006–2018). Ran in 11 elections between 1984 and 2018, winning 9.
- Last margin
- −1.3
- Lost 2018
- Elections
- 11
- 1984–2018
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Ridley was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 12Kentucky State Senate, District 4
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Ridley has run
Margin: how far Ridley finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kentucky State Senate, District 4 | General | Lost | Robby Mills (R) | 49.4% | R+1.3 |
| 2014 | Kentucky State Senate, District 4 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2014 | Kentucky State Senate, District 4 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | — | — |
| 2010 | Kentucky State Senate, District 4 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2006 | Kentucky State Senate, District 4 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1992 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1990 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1988 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1986 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 12 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1986 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 12 | Primary | Won | Roy Joe Head (D) | 51.2% | +2.4 |
| 1984 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 12 | Primary | Lost | Roy Joe Head (D), Larry Gene Cowan (D), Kenneth W. Hazelwood (D) | 27.8% | −6.3 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Ridley has held
- Kentucky State Senate, District 4 · 2006–2018
- Kentucky House of Representatives, District 12 · 1986–1994
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Ridley has run against
- Robby Mills (R) · 2018 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive