The 2020 Kentucky State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial2020 United States elections. Kentucky voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts – the 19 even-numbered state senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Kentucky Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle.
A statewide map of the 39 state Senate districts in the 2020 elections is provided by the Kentucky General Assemblyhere.
The primary election on June 23, 2020, determined which candidates will appear on the November 3 general election ballot. The filing deadline was January 10.
Republicans gained a veto-proof majority in the Kentucky Senate following the 2020 general election, picking up 2 seats.
Reminder: Only odd-numbered Kentucky Senate seats were up for election in 2020; therefore, even-numbered seats were not having elections in 2020 & are not shown.
District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29
• District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37
Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not having a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).[4]
District 1[]
Kentucky Senate, District 1 General Election, 2020
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Jason Howell
40,128
100.0
Total votes
40,128
100.0
District 3[]
Kentucky Senate, District 3 General Election, 2020
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Whitney Westerfield (incumbent)
29,636
78.4
Libertarian
Amanda Billings
8,154
21.6
Total votes
37,790
100.0
District 5[]
Kentucky Senate, District 5 General Election, 2020
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Stephen Meredith (incumbent)
43,384
82.0
Independent
John Whipple
5,724
10.8
Libertarian
Guy Miller
3.781
7.1
Total votes
27,337
100.0
District 7[]
Kentucky Senate, District 7 General Election, 2020
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Adrienne Southworth
33,183
52.6
Democratic
Joe Graviss
27,201
43.1
Independent
Ken Carroll
2,699
4.3
Total votes
63,091
100.0
District 9[]
Kentucky Senate, District 9 General Election, 2020
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
David Givens (incumbent)
41,554
78.5
Democratic
Brian Pedigo
11,356
21.5
Total votes
52,910
100.0
District 11[]
Kentucky Senate, District 11 General Election, 2020
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
John Schickel (incumbent)
46,462
70.4
Democratic
James Fiorelli
19,492
29.6
Total votes
65,954
100.0
District 13[]
Kentucky Senate, District 13 General Election, 2020
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Reggie Thomas (incumbent)
36,345
99.8
Total votes
36,400
100.0
District 15[]
Kentucky Senate, District 15 General Election, 2020
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Rick Girdler (incumbent)
47,098
100.0
Total votes
47,098
100.0
District 17[]
Kentucky Senate, District 17 General Election, 2020
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Damon Thayer (incumbent)
44,770
69.3
Democratic
Jason Stroude
19,850
30.7
Total votes
64,620
100.0
District 19[]
Kentucky Senate, District 19 General Election, 2020