Preliminary Kentucky Primary Election Results 2024

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05.23.2024

The Commonwealth of Kentucky held its 2024 Primary Election on Tuesday, May 21. While there were no surprises in the Presidential Primaries, the night did feature several races for open seats caused by retirements or incumbents facing challengers. Below is a brief summary and analysis of the preliminary results.

Presidential Primary

As expected, both President Joe Biden (D) and former President Donald Trump (R) cruised to victory in their respective party primaries. Both men are headed toward a rematch of the 2020 election. In that election, Mr. Trump won Kentucky by more than 25 percentage points.

Congressional Primaries

Kentucky only held primaries for the United State House of Representatives in this election cycle. All incumbent Members of Congress prevailed in primaries on Tuesday. Notably, Congressman Thomas Massie (R) fended off two challengers and earned 76% of the vote in the Fourth Congressional District. Election-watchers were waiting to see if Congressman Massie faced any backlash from voters over his recent attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La), but, instead he cruised to victory.

State Legislative Primaries

The Kentucky legislative primaries featured races for open seats, caused by recent retirements, and also several primary challenges to incumbents. Rep. Killian Timony was defeated by Liberty Kentucky Caucus (an anti-establishment Republican group) aligned candidate Thomas Jefferson for the 45^th House District. Rep. Richard Heath lost to Kimberly Holloway in a surprise, given the small amount of spending by Ms. Holloway’s campaign. She reported spending on $15,000 within two weeks of the election. Sen. Adrienne Southworth of Lawrenceburg lost to a challenger, Aaron Reed, who was aligned with the Liberty Kentucky Caucus. House Health Services Committee Chair, Rep. Kim Moser, survived a challenge by only 84 votes over challenger Karen Campbell.

Below is a summary of the preliminary results. Please note that only winners of contested races are displayed.

Office	Democratic Winner	Republican Winner
President of United States	Joseph R. Biden Jr.
President of United States		Donald J. Trump
US Representative – 2^nd Congressional District	Hank Linderman
US Representative – 3^rd Congressional District	Morgan McGarvey
US Representative – 3^rd Congressional District		Mike Craven
US Representative – 4^th Congressional District		Thomas Massie
US Representative – 5^th Congressional District		Hal Rogers
US Representative – 6^th Congressional District	Randy Cravens
State Senator – 1^st Senatorial District		Jason G. Howell
State Senator – 5^th Senatorial District		Stephen Meredith
State Senator – 7^th Senatorial District		Aaron Reed
State Senator – 11^th Senatorial District		Steve Rawlings
State Senator – 17^th Senatorial District		Matt Nunn
State Senator – 29^th Senatorial District		Johnnie L. Turner
State Senator – 33^rd Senatorial District	Gerald A. Neal
State Representative – 2^nd Representative District		Kimberly Holloway
State Representative – 10^th Representative District		Josh Calloway
State Representative – 19^th Representative District		Michael Lee Meredith
State Representative – 24^th Representative District		Ryan Bivens
State Representative – 29^th Representative District	Timothy Findley Jr.
State Representative – 29^th Representative District		Chris Lewis
State Representative – 30^th Representative District	Daniel Grossberg
State Representative – 31^st Representative District	Colleen Orsella Davis
State Representative – 36^th Representative District	William “Woody” Zorn
State Representative – 40^th Representative District	Nima Kulkarni
State Representative – 41^st Representative District	Mary Lou Marzian
State Representative – 42^nd Representative District	Joshua Watkins
State Representative – 44^th Representative District	Beverly D. Chester-Burton
State Representative – 45^th Representative District		Thomas Jefferson
State Representative – 47^th Representative District		Felicia Rabourn
State Representative – 48^th Representative District	Kate Farrow
State Representative – 49^th Representative District		Thomas Huff
State Representative – 50^th Representative District		Candy Massaroni
State Representative – 56^th Representative District	Chantel Bingham
State Representative – 57^th Representative District	Erika Marie Hancock
State Representative – 60^th Representative District		Marianne Proctor
State Representative – 61^st Representative District		Savannah Maddox
State Representative – 62^nd Representative District		Tony Hampton
State Representative – 64^th Representative District		Kimberly Poore Moser
State Representative – 66^th Representative District		T.J. Roberts
State Representative – 67^th Representative District		Terry W. Hatton
State Representative – 69^th Representative District		Steven Doan
State Representative – 76^th Representative District	Anne Gay Donworth
State Representative – 77^th Representative District	George A. Brown Jr.
State Representative – 86^th Representative District		Tom O’dell Smith
State Representative – 89^th Representative District		Timmy Truett
State Representative – 91^st Representative District
State Representative – 93^rd Representative District	Adrielle Camuel
State Representative – 95^th Representative District		Brandon Spencer
State Representative – 98^th Representative District	Tammie Womack
District Judge – 2^nd Judicial District Second Division
Commonwealth’s Attorney – 2^nd Judicial Circuit		Donna L. Dixon
Commonwealth’s Attorney – 14^th Judicial Circuit		Kelli Kearney
Commonwealth’s Attorney – 20^th Judicial Circuit		Rhese David McKenzie
Commonwealth’s Attorney – 41^st Judicial Circuit		Haley Jo Fields
Commonwealth’s Attorney – 44^th Judicial Circuit		Mike Taylor
Commonwealth’s Attorney – 49^th Judicial Circuit		Mike Lindsey
Commonwealth’s Attorney – 50^th Judicial Circuit		Justin Johnson
Commonwealth’s Attorney – 53^rd Judicial Circuit		Hart T. Megibben
Commonwealth’s Attorney – 55^th Judicial Circuit		Amanda Hernandez Troutman
Commonwealth’s Attorney – 57^th Judicial Circuit		Matthew Leveridge

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