DemocratNot in office · last served 1992Last on a ballot: Nov 1988
Woodford F. May
Last held office: Kentucky State Senate, District 27 (1988–1992). Ran in 13 elections between 1969 and 1988, winning 11.
- Last margin
- +40.7
- Won 1983
- Elections
- 13
- 1969–1988
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time May was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 71Kentucky State Senate, District 27Kentucky State Senate, District 27
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race May has run
Margin: how far May finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Kentucky State Senate, District 27 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1988 | Kentucky State Senate, District 27 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1983 | Kentucky State Senate, District 27 | General | Won | Roger L. Pelfrey (R) | 70.4% | D+40.7 |
| 1983 | Kentucky State Senate, District 27 | Primary | Won | John N. Stacy (D), Garland Williams (D), Jim Day (D) | 34.6% | +1.8 |
| 1981 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 71 | Primary | Lost | Walter Blevins (D), Lake Cornett Cooper (D) | 46% | −1.6 |
| 1979 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 71 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1977 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 71 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1975 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 71 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1973 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 71 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1973 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 71 | Primary | Won | Warren David Flanery (D) | 68.3% | +36.6 |
| 1971 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 71 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1971 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 71 | Primary | Won | Ray O. Brown (D) | 50.3% | +0.5 |
| 1969 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 98 | Primary | Lost | Joe W. Haney (D), John Oldfield Jr. (D), Lynn B. Wells (D) | 31.2% | −2.7 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats May has held
- Kentucky State Senate, District 27 · 1988–1992
- Kentucky State Senate, District 27 · 1983–1987
- Kentucky House of Representatives, District 71 · 1971–1981
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who May has run against
- Roger L. Pelfrey (R) · 1983 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive