Kentucky State House District 24
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Ryan Bivens Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Ryan BivensRepublican · Incumbent2 years since first winJohnny PenningtonDemocratic
Ryan Bivens 81.6Johnny Pennington 18.4
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Ryan Bivens (Republican) won by 63.2 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BivensRight column: Pennington
- Races
- Won 1 of 1
- Won 0 of 1
- Years since first win
- 2
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Johnny PenningtonDemocratic
- Ryan BivensIncumbentRepublican
Party nominees only, not the certified ballot. This list may not include every candidate. See the official list at the Kentucky State Board of Elections
Source: web.sos.ky.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (28 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 20,957
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRyan BivensWon Republican 17,09781.6% DemocraticJohnny Pennington Democratic 3,86018.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,579
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrandon ReedWon(incumbent) Republican 11,87376.2% DemocraticKeith Pruitt Democratic 3,70623.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,732
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrandon ReedWon(incumbent) Republican 14,32665.9% DemocraticTerry Mills Democratic 7,40634.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,818
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrandon ReedWon(incumbent) Republican 8,98156.8% DemocraticTerry Mills Democratic 6,83743.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,535
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWilliam Brandon ReedWon Republican 10,56354.1% DemocraticTerry Mills(incumbent) Democratic 8,97245.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,114
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTerry MillsWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,25454.6% RepublicanJ. Alex Larue Republican 6,86045.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,155
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTerry MillsWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,28861.3% RepublicanM. J. Pickerill Republican 5,86738.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,576
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTerry MillsWon Democratic 6,20453.6% RepublicanLeo Johnson Republican 5,37246.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,551
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJimmy HigdonWon(incumbent) Republican 12,551100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,533
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJimmy HigdonWon(incumbent) Republican 8,533100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,806
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJimmy HigdonWon(incumbent) Republican 10,806100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,568
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJimmy HigdonWon Republican 5,91151.1% DemocraticConnie Sue Rakes Democratic 5,65748.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,037
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1996 to 2001)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam U. ScottWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,037100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,147
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1996 to 2001)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam U. ScottWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,147100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,397
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1996 to 2001)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam U. ScottWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,35755.8% RepublicanJeffrey Buis(incumbent) Republican 5,04044.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,322
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 1995)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam U. ScottWon Democratic 4,322100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,282
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 1995)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDave HouriganWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,282100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,346
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDave HouriganWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,346100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,498
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDave HouriganWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,498100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,951
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDave HouriganWon Democratic 3,950100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,403
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSam B. ThomasWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,69558.7% RepublicanMerle Begley Republican 4,70841.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,418
- Election day
- November 3, 1981
- District map
- Older district map (1973 to 1983)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1981, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSam B. ThomasWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,418100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,766
- Election day
- November 6, 1979
- District map
- Older district map (1973 to 1983)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1979, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSam B. ThomasWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,22761.4% RepublicanRay Kenneth Keith Republican 4,53938.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,840
- Election day
- November 8, 1977
- District map
- Older district map (1973 to 1983)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1977, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSam B. ThomasWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,70175.8% RepublicanJ. C. Knight Republican 2,13924.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,882
- Election day
- November 4, 1975
- District map
- Older district map (1973 to 1983)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1975, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSam B. ThomasWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,98676.0% RepublicanHubert L. Pierrce Republican 1,89624.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,571
- Election day
- November 6, 1973
- District map
- Older district map (1973 to 1983)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1973, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSam B. ThomasWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,20264.8% RepublicanRay Kenneth Keith Republican 3,36935.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,561
- Election day
- November 2, 1971
- District map
- Older district map (1971 to 1972)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1971, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSam B. ThomasWon Democratic 7,03760.9% RepublicanWalter W. Middleton Republican 4,52439.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,287
- Election day
- November 4, 1969
- District map
- Older district map (1963 to 1970)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 24, 1969 to 2024, 1969, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRay Kenneth KeithWon(incumbent) Republican 4,20250.7% DemocraticJack D. Bunnell Democratic 4,08549.3%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1969 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Kentucky State House District 24, election results 1969 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ky/house/24. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ky/sldl:24
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026