DemocratNot in office · last served 2014Last on a ballot: Nov 2014
R. J. Palmer II
Last held office: Kentucky State Senate, District 28 (2002–2014). Ran in 7 elections between 1998 and 2014, winning 6.
- Last margin
- −5.6
- Lost 2014
- Elections
- 7
- 1998–2014
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Palmer was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1998200020022004200620082010201220142016201820202022202420262028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 73Kentucky State Senate, District 28
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Palmer has run
Margin: how far Palmer finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kentucky State Senate, District 28 | General | Lost | Ralph Alvarado (R) | 47.2% | R+5.6 |
| 2014 | Kentucky State Senate, District 28 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | — | — |
| 2010 | Kentucky State Senate, District 28 | General | Won | Ralph Alvarado (R) | 52.7% | D+5.4 |
| 2006 | Kentucky State Senate, District 28 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2002 | Kentucky State Senate, District 28 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2000 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 73 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1998 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 73 | General | Won | Woodrow Morrison (R) | 61.1% | D+22.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Palmer has held
- Kentucky State Senate, District 28 · 2002–2014
- Kentucky House of Representatives, District 73 · 1998–2002
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Palmer has run against
- Ralph Alvarado (R) · 2014 election, lost
- Woodrow Morrison (R) · 1998 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive