Kentucky State Senate District 17

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Matt Nunn Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

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Last election: Matt Nunn (Republican) won by 38.1 points, 2024

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History (14 elections for this seat)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMatt NunnWon	Republican	42,43069.0%	69.0%
DemocraticKiana Fields	Democratic	19,01530.9%	30.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 64,624
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2014 to 2021)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDamon ThayerWon(incumbent)	Republican	44,77269.3%	69.3%
DemocraticJason Stroude	Democratic	19,85230.7%	30.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 53,958
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2014 to 2021)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDamon ThayerWon(incumbent)	Republican	36,65667.9%	67.9%
DemocraticCharlie Hoffman	Democratic	17,30232.1%	32.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 53,269
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDamon ThayerWon(incumbent)	Republican	35,34366.3%	66.3%
DemocraticDavid Holcomb	Democratic	17,92633.6%	33.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 51,655
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDamon ThayerWon(incumbent)	Republican	31,83561.6%	61.6%
DemocraticRobert Powell	Democratic	18,34235.5%	35.5%
OtherMicah L. Ingram	Other	1,4782.9%	2.9%

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDamon ThayerWon	Republican	25,95155.5%	55.5%
DemocraticCliff Wallace	Democratic	20,82644.5%	44.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,475
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1996 to 2001)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDaniel MongiardoWon	Democratic	17,84070.0%	70.0%
RepublicanHarley R. Ayers	Republican	7,63530.0%	30.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 27,429
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1996 to 2001)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGlenn FreemanWon	Democratic	14,52052.9%	52.9%
RepublicanJ. C. Ausmus III	Republican	12,90947.1%	47.1%

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticCharles W. BergerWon(incumbent)	Democratic	16,318100.0%	100.0%

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticCharles W. BergerWon(incumbent)	Democratic	12,711100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,944
Election day: November 8, 1983
District map: Older district map (1983 to 1991)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 1983, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticCharles W. BergerWon(incumbent)	Democratic	13,45575.0%	75.0%
RepublicanOline Carmical Jr.	Republican	4,48925.0%	25.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,147
Election day: November 6, 1979
District map: Older district map (1973 to 1982)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 1979, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticCharles W. BergerWon	Democratic	11,14450.3%	50.3%
RepublicanLakis Mavinidis	Republican	11,00349.7%	49.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,108
Election day: November 4, 1975
District map: Older district map (1973 to 1982)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 1975, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBert PollitteWon	Democratic	9,87654.5%	54.5%
RepublicanDenver C. Knuckles(incumbent)	Republican	8,23245.5%	45.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,615
Election day: November 2, 1971
District map: Older district map (1971 to 1972)

Kentucky Senate District 17, 1971 to 2024, 1971, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDenver C. KnucklesWon	Republican	11,86354.9%	54.9%
DemocraticPaul E. Braden	Democratic	9,75245.1%	45.1%

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
1971 to 2020: 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

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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/sldu:17

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026