Kentucky State Senate District 27

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

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Last election: Steve West (Republican) won by 25.6 points, 2024

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History (14 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 55,552
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteve WestWon	Republican	34,87062.8%	62.8%
DemocraticMolly Gene Crain	Democratic	20,68237.2%	37.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 47,572
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2014 to 2021)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteve WestWon(incumbent)	Republican	38,37080.7%	80.7%
OtherBryan Shumate Short	Other	8,98918.9%	18.9%
Yvonne Baldwin	Write-in	1660.3%	0.3%
Gene Barry Detherage Jr.	Write-in	470.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 45,229
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2014 to 2021)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteve WestWonName as filed: Stephen West	Republican	30,54867.5%	67.5%
DemocraticCharles L. Linville III	Democratic	14,68132.5%	32.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 39,327
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWalter BlevinsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	24,97763.5%	63.5%
RepublicanTony Downey	Republican	14,35036.5%	36.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 41,919
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWalter BlevinsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	27,20264.9%	64.9%
RepublicanRichard White	Republican	14,71735.1%	35.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 43,382
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWalter BlevinsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	25,33958.4%	58.4%
RepublicanTim York	Republican	18,04341.6%	41.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 33,669
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1996 to 2001)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWalter BlevinsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	19,43557.7%	57.7%
RepublicanCarolynn P. Horn	Republican	14,23442.3%	42.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,324
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1996 to 2001)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWalter BlevinsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	18,21160.0%	60.0%
RepublicanRandy Memmer	Republican	12,11340.0%	40.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,789
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 1995)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWalter BlevinsWon	Democratic	17,12253.9%	53.9%
RepublicanRichard L. White	Republican	14,66746.1%	46.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 14,677
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1983 to 1991)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWoodford F. MayWon(incumbent)	Democratic	14,676100.0%	100.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,108
Election day: November 8, 1983
District map: Older district map (1983 to 1991)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 1983, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWoodford F. MayWon	Democratic	16,96170.3%	70.3%
RepublicanRoger Lee Pelfrey	Republican	7,14729.6%	29.6%

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 1979, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWoodrow StamperWon(incumbent)	Democratic	13,724100.0%	100.0%

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 1975, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWoodrow StamperWon	Democratic	11,371100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 27,575
Election day: November 2, 1971
District map: Older district map (1971 to 1972)

Kentucky Senate District 27, 1971 to 2024, 1971, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJoe StacyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	17,17462.3%	62.3%
RepublicanLawrence Grey Hall	Republican	10,40137.7%	37.7%

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:27

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