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|residence = Lebanon
|residence = Lebanon
|incumbentsince = December 16, 2009
|incumbentsince = December 16, 2009
|Democratic = 44.1
|Democratic = 42.3
|Republican = 47.3
|Republican = 48.7
|NPP = 8.2
|NPP = 8.5
|percent_white = 90.0
|percent_white = 89.6
|percent_black = 4.5
|percent_black = 4.3
|percent_hispanic = 2.4
|percent_hispanic = 2.7
|percent_asian = 0.5
|percent_asian = 0.4
|percent_multiracial = 2.4
|percent_multiracial = 2.7
|percent_other_race = 0.2
|percent_other_race = 0.2
|population = 112,882
|population = 113,776
|population_year = 2022
|population_year = 2023
|registered = 86,575
|registered = 88,609
|registered_year = May 2024
|registered_year = 2025
}}
}}


'''Kentucky's 14th Senatorial district''' is one of 38 districts in the [[Kentucky Senate]]. Located in the central part of the state, it comprises the counties of [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue]], [[Marion County, Kentucky|Marion]], [[Nelson County, Kentucky|Nelson]], [[Spencer County, Kentucky|Spencer]], and [[Washington County, Kentucky|Washington]]. It has been represented by [[Jimmy Higdon]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]–[[Lebanon, Kentucky|Lebanon]]) since 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission |url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=114 |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=legislature.ky.gov}}</ref> As of 2022, the district had a population of 112,882.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census profile: State Senate District 14, KY |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/61000US21014-state-senate-district-14-ky/ |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Census Reporter |language=en}}</ref>
'''Kentucky's 14th Senatorial district''' is one of 38 districts in the [[Kentucky Senate]]. Located in the central part of the state, it comprises the counties of [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue]], [[Marion County, Kentucky|Marion]], [[Nelson County, Kentucky|Nelson]], [[Spencer County, Kentucky|Spencer]], and [[Washington County, Kentucky|Washington]]. It has been represented by [[Jimmy Higdon]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]–[[Lebanon, Kentucky|Lebanon]]) since 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=114 |title=Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission |website=legislature.ky.gov |language=en |access-date=June 23, 2024}}</ref> As of 2023, the district had a population of 113,776.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://censusreporter.org/profiles/61000US21014-state-senate-district-14-ky/ |title=Census profile: State Senate District 14, KY |website=Census Reporter |language=en |access-date=January 5, 2025}}</ref>


== Elections ==
== Voter registration ==
On January 1, 2025, the district had 88,609 registered voters, who were registered with the following parties.


{| class="wikitable"
=== 2022 ===
|-
{{Main article|2022 Kentucky Senate election}}
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |Registration
|-
!Voters
!%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party of Kentucky}}" |
|[[Republican Party of Kentucky|Republican]]
| style="text-align:right;"|43,157
| style="text-align:right;"|48.70
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Kentucky Democratic Party}}" |
|[[Kentucky Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:right;"|37,451
| style="text-align:right;"|42.27
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| style="text-align:right;"|3,308
| style="text-align:right;"|3.73
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Libertarian Party (United States)}}" |
|[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|353
| style="text-align:right;"|0.40
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Green Party of the United States}}" |
|[[Green Party of the United States|Green]]
| style="text-align:right;"|55
| style="text-align:right;"|0.06
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Constitution Party (United States)}}" |
|[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]
| style="text-align:right;"|32
| style="text-align:right;"|0.04
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Workers Party (United States)}}" |
|[[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers]]
| style="text-align:right;"|11
| style="text-align:right;"|0.01
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Reform Party of the United States of America}}" |
|[[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform]]
| style="text-align:right;"|4
| style="text-align:right;"|0.00
|-
|
| "Other"
| style="text-align:right;"|4,238
| style="text-align:right;"|4.78
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total'''
| style="text-align:right;"|'''88,609'''
| style="text-align:right;"|'''100.00'''
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: ''[https://elect.ky.gov/Resources/Documents/voterstatsdistrict-December%202024.pdf Kentucky State Board of Elections]''
|}


== Election results from statewide races ==
=== 2018 ===
=== 2022 – present ===
{{Main article|2018 Kentucky Senate election}}
{| class=wikitable


! Year
=== 2010 ===
! Office
{{Main article|2010 Kentucky Senate election}}
! Results{{efn|Figures presented in this table are calculated by summing [https://elect.ky.gov/results/Pages/default.aspx precinct election results] published by the Kentucky State Board of Elections, using [https://elect.ky.gov/Resources/Pages/Registration-Statistics.aspx precinct data] that list each precinct's senatorial district.}}


|-
=== 2009 special ===
! rowspan=3 | [[2022 Kentucky elections|2022]]
{{Main article|2010 Kentucky Senate election#District 14 special}}
| [[2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky|Senator]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Rand Paul|Paul]] 69.3 - 30.7%
|-
| [[2022 Kentucky Amendment 1|Amendment 1]]
| {{na}} 51.4 - 48.6%
|-
| [[2022 Kentucky Amendment 2|Amendment 2]]
| {{ya}} 54.0 - 46.0%

|-
! rowspan=6 | [[2023 Kentucky elections|2023]]
| [[2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election|Governor]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Daniel Cameron (American politician)|Cameron]] 54.3 - 45.7%
|-
| [[2023 Kentucky Secretary of State election|Secretary of State]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Michael Adams (Kentucky politician)|Adams]] 66.5 - 33.4%
|-
| [[2023 Kentucky Attorney General election|Attorney General]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Russell Coleman|Coleman]] 65.9 - 34.1%
|-
| [[2023 Kentucky Auditor election|Auditor of Public Accounts]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Allison Ball|Ball]] 68.3 - 31.7%
|-
| [[2023 Kentucky State Treasurer election|State Treasurer]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Mark Metcalf (politician)|Metcalf]] 64.2 - 35.8%
|-
| [[2023 Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture election|Commissioner of Agriculture]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Jonathan Shell|Shell]] 62.9 - 37.1%
|-
! rowspan=3 | [[2024 Kentucky elections|2024]]
| [[2024 United States presidential election in Kentucky|President]]
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Donald Trump|Trump]] 73.5 - 25.2%
|-
| [[2024 Kentucky Amendment 1|Amendment 1]]
| {{ya}} 66.5 - 33.5%
|-
| [[2024 Kentucky Amendment 2|Amendment 2]]
| {{na}} 63.3 - 36.7%
|}


== List of members representing the district ==
== List of members representing the district ==
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! Electoral history
! Electoral history
! District location
! District location

|- style="height:4em"
| align=left | '''J. D. "Jiggs" Buckman'''<br>{{Small|([[Shepherdsville, Kentucky|Shepherdsville]])}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | January 1, 1966 –<br/>January 1, 1970
| [[Redistricting|Redistricted]] from the [[Kentucky's 12th Senate district|12th district]]<br/>and reelected in 1965.<br/>Lost renomination.
| rowspan=2 | '''1964–1972'''<br/>[[File:Kentucky Senate District 14 (1963).svg|center|300px]]

|- style="height:4em"
| rowspan=3 align=left | '''William R. Gentry Jr.'''<br>{{Small|([[Bardstown, Kentucky|Bardstown]])}}
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| rowspan=3 nowrap | January 1, 1970 –<br/>March 1976
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1969.<br/>Reelected in 1973.<br/>Resigned to become a member of the<br/>Kentucky Public Service Commission.

|- style="height:4em"
| '''1972–1974'''<br/>[[File:Kentucky Senate District 14 (1971).svg|center|300px]]

|- style="height:4em"
| rowspan=3 | '''1974–1984'''<br/>[[File:Kentucky Senate District 14 (1972).svg|center|300px]]

|- style="height:4em"
| align=left | '''Randall Donahue'''<br>{{Small|([[Loretto, Kentucky|Loretto]])}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| nowrap | December 1976 –<br/>January 1, 1978
| Elected to finish Gentry's term.<br/>Lost renomination.


|- style="height:4em"
|- style="height:4em"
| rowspan=2 align=left | '''[[Ed O'Daniel]]'''<br>{{Small|([[Springfield, Kentucky|Springfield]])}}
| rowspan=2 align=left | '''[[Ed O'Daniel]]'''<br>{{Small|([[Springfield, Kentucky|Springfield]])}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 1, 1982 –<br/>January 1, 1991
| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 1, 1978 –<br/>January 1, 1991
| rowspan=2 | Reelected in 1981.<br/>Reelected in 1986.<br/>Lost reelection.
| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1977.<br/>Reelected in 1981.<br/>Reelected in 1986.<br/>Lost reelection.
| '''1982–1984'''<br/>Anderson, Boyle, LaRue (part), Marion,<br/>Nelson, and Washington Counties.


|- style="height:4em"
|- style="height:4em"
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| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| rowspan=3 nowrap | December 16, 2009 –<br/>present
| rowspan=3 nowrap | December 16, 2009 –<br/>present
| rowspan=3 | [[2010 Kentucky Senate election#District 14 special|Elected to finish Kelly's term]].<br/>[[2010 Kentucky Senate election|Reelected in 2010]].<br/>Reelected in 2014.<br/>[[2018 Kentucky Senate election|Reelected in 2018]].<br/>[[2022 Kentucky Senate election|Reelected in 2022]].
| rowspan=3 | [[2010 Kentucky Senate election#District 14 special|Elected to finish Kelly's term]].<br/>[[2010 Kentucky Senate election|Reelected in 2010]].<br/>[[2014 Kentucky Senate election|Reelected in 2014]].<br/>[[2018 Kentucky Senate election|Reelected in 2018]].<br/>[[2022 Kentucky Senate election|Reelected in 2022]].


|- style="height:4em"
|- style="height:4em"
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| '''2023–present'''<br/>[[File:Kentucky Senate District 14 (2022).svg|center|300px]]
| '''2023–present'''<br/>[[File:Kentucky Senate District 14 (2022).svg|center|300px]]
|}
|}

== Elections ==
=== 2022 ===
{{Main article|2022 Kentucky Senate election}}

=== 2018 ===
{{Main article|2018 Kentucky Senate election}}

=== 2014 ===
{{Main article|2014 Kentucky Senate election}}

=== 2010 ===
{{Main article|2010 Kentucky Senate election}}

=== 2009 special ===
{{Main article|2010 Kentucky Senate election#District 14 special}}

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Kentucky legislative districts}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Kentucky legislative districts}}
[[Category:Kentucky State Senate districts]]
[[Category:Kentucky State Senate districts]]
[[Category:Kentucky General Assembly]]
[[Category:Kentucky General Assembly]]

Latest revision as of 04:16, 6 January 2025

Kentucky's 14th
State Senate district
Senator
  Jimmy Higdon
R–Lebanon
since December 16, 2009
Registration48.7% Republican
42.3% Democratic
8.5% No party preference
Demographics89.6% White
4.3% Black
2.7% Hispanic
0.4% Asian
0.2% Other
2.7% Multiracial
Population (2023)113,776
Registered voters (2025)88,609

Kentucky's 14th Senatorial district is one of 38 districts in the Kentucky Senate. Located in the central part of the state, it comprises the counties of LaRue, Marion, Nelson, Spencer, and Washington. It has been represented by Jimmy Higdon (R–Lebanon) since 2009.[1] As of 2023, the district had a population of 113,776.[2]

Voter registration

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On January 1, 2025, the district had 88,609 registered voters, who were registered with the following parties.

Party Registration
Voters %
Republican 43,157 48.70
Democratic 37,451 42.27
Independent 3,308 3.73
Libertarian 353 0.40
Green 55 0.06
Constitution 32 0.04
Socialist Workers 11 0.01
Reform 4 0.00
"Other" 4,238 4.78
Total 88,609 100.00
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections

Election results from statewide races

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2022 – present

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Year Office Results[a]
2022 Senator Paul 69.3 - 30.7%
Amendment 1 No 51.4 - 48.6%
Amendment 2 Yes 54.0 - 46.0%
2023 Governor Cameron 54.3 - 45.7%
Secretary of State Adams 66.5 - 33.4%
Attorney General Coleman 65.9 - 34.1%
Auditor of Public Accounts Ball 68.3 - 31.7%
State Treasurer Metcalf 64.2 - 35.8%
Commissioner of Agriculture Shell 62.9 - 37.1%
2024 President Trump 73.5 - 25.2%
Amendment 1 Yes 66.5 - 33.5%
Amendment 2 No 63.3 - 36.7%

List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years Electoral history District location
J. D. "Jiggs" Buckman
(Shepherdsville) 		Democratic January 1, 1966 –
January 1, 1970 		Redistricted from the 12th district
and reelected in 1965.
Lost renomination. 		1964–1972
William R. Gentry Jr.
(Bardstown) 		Democratic January 1, 1970 –
March 1976 		Elected in 1969.
Reelected in 1973.
Resigned to become a member of the
Kentucky Public Service Commission.
1972–1974
1974–1984
Randall Donahue
(Loretto) 		Democratic December 1976 –
January 1, 1978 		Elected to finish Gentry's term.
Lost renomination.
Ed O'Daniel
(Springfield) 		Democratic January 1, 1978 –
January 1, 1991 		Elected in 1977.
Reelected in 1981.
Reelected in 1986.
Lost reelection.
1984–1993
Anderson, Boyle, Marion, Nelson,
and Washington Counties.
Dan Kelly
(Springfield) 		Republican January 1, 1991 –
October 26, 2009 		Elected in 1990.
Reelected in 1994.
Reelected in 1998.
Reelected in 2002.
Reelected in 2006.
Resigned to become a Judge
of the 11th Circuit Court.
1993–1997
1997–2003
2003–2015
Jimmy Higdon
(Lebanon) 		Republican December 16, 2009 –
present 		Elected to finish Kelly's term.
Reelected in 2010.
Reelected in 2014.
Reelected in 2018.
Reelected in 2022.
2015–2023
2023–present

Elections

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2022

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Main article: 2022 Kentucky Senate election

2018

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Main article: 2018 Kentucky Senate election

2014

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Main article: 2014 Kentucky Senate election

2010

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Main article: 2010 Kentucky Senate election

2009 special

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Main article: 2010 Kentucky Senate election § District 14 special

Notes

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  1. ^ Figures presented in this table are calculated by summing precinct election results published by the Kentucky State Board of Elections, using precinct data that list each precinct's senatorial district.

References

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  1. ^ "Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission". legislature.ky.gov. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Census profile: State Senate District 14, KY". Census Reporter. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
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