Kentucky elections, 2016
Welcome to the Kentucky elections portal for 2016. Scroll down for information about what was on the ballot, election dates, voting, and more. Kentucky saw elections for the offices listed below in 2016. Click the links to navigate to Ballotpedia's overview pages for each of these elections, where you will find background, candidate lists, dates, analysis, and more.
Election results
As a result of the 2016 elections, the state government of Kentucky became a Republican trifecta, meaning that the party holds the governorship as well as a majority in both the state Senate and state House for the 2017 legislative session. No changes occurred to political control of the state Senate with 27 Republican seats and 11 Democratic seats. Republicans gained 17 seats in the state House for a total of 64 seats to Democrats' 36. The state government remained under divided control until the newly-elected legislators were sworn in on January 1, 2017.
The state House was rated a 2016 battleground chamber by Ballotpedia. The Republican Legislative Campaign Committee (RLCC) identified the Kentucky House of Representatives as a target in the 2016 elections.
Kentucky has two U.S. Senate seats and six U.S. House seats. All of the U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat were up for election in November. Senator Rand Paul (R) won his re-election bid. Five of the state's six seats in the U.S. House went to Republicans.
Donald Trump (R) won Kentucky's eight electoral votes in the 2016 general election for president. Mitt Romney won Kentucky in the 2012 presidential election. See also: Presidential election in Kentucky, 2016.
Voting
| Dates | |
|---|---|
| Presidential primary dates | |
| Kentucky election dates | |
| 3/5/2016 | Presidential caucus (Republican) |
| 5/17/2016 | State and presidential primary |
| 11/8/2016 | General election (nationwide) |
| Ballot access dates | |
| 1/26/2016 | Candidate filing deadline for candidates running in the primary election |
| 4/1/2016 | Deadline for independent, political organization and political group candidates to file statements of candidacy (federal candidates and municipal candidates of cities in the second to sixth classes) |
| 8/9/2016 | Candidate deadline for filing petitions, certificates or statements |
Find answers to common questions about voting in Kentucky below.
- How do I register to vote?
- Is there an early voting period?
- Who is eligible for absentee voting?
- What are the voter ID laws in Kentucky?
- What time were the polls open?
General information about voting or getting on the ballot is provided at the following links.
Official elections page: Kentucky State Board of Elections
Primary election
See Primary elections in Kentucky.
Elections to watch
What makes an election notable?
History
Presidential Voting Pattern
The percentages below show Kentucky voter preference in general election presidential races from 2000 to 2012.[1]
For more information, see: Presidential voting trends in Kentucky.
Kentucky vote percentages
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U.S. vote percentages
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See also
Footnotes
Ballotpedia uses these criteria to identify notable elections:
- Incumbents facing more conservative or liberal challengers
- Rematches between candidates
- Elections that receive considerable media attention
- Elections that could significantly affect the state's partisan balance
- Noteworthy elections involving party leaders
- Open, competitive elections with Republican and Democratic primaries
- Elections that capture money and attention from outside groups, including key endorsements