Kentucky State Senate District 7

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

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Last election: Aaron Reed (Republican) won by 36.0 points, 2024

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History (14 elections for this seat)

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAaron ReedWon	Republican	40,53868.0%	68.0%
DemocraticRhonda Davis	Democratic	19,11232.0%	32.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 63,091
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2014 to 2021)

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAdrienne E. SouthworthWon	Republican	33,18752.6%	52.6%
DemocraticJoe Graviss	Democratic	27,20543.1%	43.1%
OtherKen Carroll	Other	2,6994.3%	4.3%

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJulian M. CarrollWon(incumbent)	Democratic	39,851100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 56,617
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJulian M. CarrollWon(incumbent)	Democratic	33,40459.0%	59.0%
RepublicanFrank Haynes	Republican	23,21341.0%	41.0%

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJulian M. CarrollWon(incumbent)	Democratic	44,692100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 53,217
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2013)

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJulian M. CarrollWon	Democratic	33,50963.0%	63.0%
RepublicanHarold Fletcher Jr.	Republican	19,70837.0%	37.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,336
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1996 to 2001)

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLindy CasebierWon(incumbent)	Republican	25,59057.7%	57.7%
DemocraticDavid Holton	Democratic	18,74642.3%	42.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 38,192
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1996 to 2001)

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLindy CasebierWon(incumbent)	Republican	19,92952.2%	52.2%
DemocraticCharles W. Miller	Democratic	18,26347.8%	47.8%

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLindy CasebierWon	Republican	23,45358.4%	58.4%
DemocraticAl Bennett	Democratic	16,70941.6%	41.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 32,619
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1983 to 1991)

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticW. L. QuinlanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	18,65457.2%	57.2%
RepublicanOmer Chesser	Republican	13,96542.8%	42.8%

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 1983, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam L. QuinlanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	14,045100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,072
Election day: November 6, 1979
District map: Older district map (1973 to 1982)

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 1979, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam L. QuinlanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	12,73066.8%	66.8%
RepublicanRaymond Lamkin	Republican	6,34233.3%	33.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,954
Election day: November 4, 1975
District map: Older district map (1973 to 1982)

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 1975, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticW. L. QuinlanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	12,36162.0%	62.0%
RepublicanNorman Chas Hellinger	Republican	7,59338.0%	38.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,656
Election day: November 2, 1971
District map: Older district map (1971 to 1972)

Kentucky Senate District 7, 1971 to 2024, 1971, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam L. QuinlanWon	Democratic	8,27552.9%	52.9%
RepublicanRichard Chin(incumbent)	Republican	6,95644.4%	44.4%
OtherKarl W. Schmidt	Other	4252.7%	2.7%

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:7

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