Kentucky held its general election on November 5, 2024, deciding 119 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
- Kentucky's night was about a ballot question, not a chamber: voters rejected the school-choice amendment by about two to one, and in every one of the state's 120 counties, while the legislature came through with the same party split, 80-20 in the House and 31-7 in the Senate, after two Lexington-area seats traded parties and cancelled each other out.
- Amendment 2, which would have let the General Assembly send public money to private schools, failed with more than a million no votes, and public-school officials celebrated. Amendment 1, restating that only citizens may vote, passed with about 62 percent.
- The two House flips cancelled out. Vanessa Grossl (R) won House District 88 by 125 votes, unseating Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson (D), the House Democratic caucus chair and the chamber's second-ranking Democrat. Stevenson conceded the next morning. In House District 45, Adam Moore (D) won a slim victory over Thomas Jefferson (R) for the seat Rep. Killian Timoney (R) lost to Jefferson in the May Republican primary.
- Across the 119 legislative races, 2 seats changed parties, one each way, 1 incumbent was defeated, 3 more races finished inside two points (the closest, Newport's House District 67, held for Democrats by Matt Lehman (D) by a fraction of a point), and 66 seats drew a single candidate. The Senate's one unusual contest was Senate District 29, where Sen. Johnnie Turner (R) died a week before the election; Pineville Mayor Scott Madon (R) won it as a write-in.
Legislature
- House (100 seats): 20 D, 80 R before the election, 20 D, 80 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
- Senate (38 seats): 7 D, 31 R before the election, 6 D, 32 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Legislative races
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Constitutional Amendment 1 | Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Kentucky 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 62.0% voting yes. | Passed (62% yes) |
| Constitutional Amendment 2 | Allow the state to provide funding for non-public education. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Kentucky 2024 ballot. Voters rejected it with only 35.0% voting yes. | Failed (35% yes) |