The 2016 Kentucky House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2016, as part of the biennial United States elections. All 100 of Kentucky's state representatives were up for reelection. In Kentucky, members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms. Accordingly, they are up for reelection in both presidential and midterm election years.

Republicans gained 17 seats in the election, winning the chamber outright. This ended nearly 100 years of Democratic control of the house, as the last time that Republicans won a majority was in 1919. Republicans performed well in rural districts and flipped many seats held by Democrats, including Democratic Speaker Greg Stumbo who lost reelection. Together with Republican governor Matt Bevin, this was the first time in history that Republicans gained a trifecta in the state.

A numbered map of the house districts at the time can be viewed here.

Retiring incumbents Brad Montell resigned in October 2016. Thomas Kerr resigned in September 2016.

Democratic 23rd: Johnny Bell: Retired. 46th: Larry Clark: Retired. 70th: Mike Denham: Retired. 94th: Leslie A. Combs: Retired.

Republican 48th: Bob DeWeese: Retired. 50th: David Floyd: Retired.

Defeated incumbents

In primary elections Democratic 41st: Tom Riner (first elected in 1981) lost renomination to Attica Scott, who won the general election.

Republican 33rd: Ronald Crimm (first elected in 1996) lost renomination to Jason Nemes, who won the general election.

In general elections Democratic 8th: Jeffery R. Taylor (elected in March 2016) lost to Walker Thomas. 11th: David Watkins (first elected in 2006) lost to Robby Mills. 13th: Jim Glenn (first elected in 2006) lost to DJ Johnson. 14th: Tommy Thompson (first elected in 2002) lost to Matt Castlen. 15th: Brent Yonts (first elected in 1996) lost to Melinda Gibbons Prunty. 16th: Martha Jane King (first elected in 2008) lost to Jason Petrie. 24th: Terry Mills (first elected in 2010) lost to Brandon Reed. 49th: Linda H. Belcher (first elected in 2008) lost to Dan Johnson. 62nd: Chuck Tackett (elected in March 2016) lost to Phillip Pratt. 78th: Tom McKee (first elected in 1996) lost to Mark Hart. 81st: Rita Smart (first elected in 2010) lost to C. Wesley Morgan. 84th: Fitz Steele (first elected in 2008) lost to Chris Fugate. 91st: Cluster Howard (first elected in 2014) lost to Toby Herald. 92nd: John Short (first elected in 2010) lost to John Blanton. 95th: Greg Stumbo (first elected in 1979) lost to Larry D. Brown. 97th: Hubert Collins (first elected in 1990) lost to Scott Wells. 98th: Lew Nicholls (elected in March 2016) lost to Danny Bentley.

Republican 38th: Denver Butler (first elected in 2012) lost to McKenzie Cantrell.

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Results by district District Democratic Republican Total % Vote % Vote 1 29.80% 5,963 70.20% 14,046 20,009 2 39.53% 7,647 60.47% 11,699 19,346 3 55.36% 9,869 44.64% 7,958 17,827 4 0.00% 0 100.00% 15,065 15,065 5 30.88% 6,153 69.12% 13,770 19,923 6 52.38% 11,399 43.16% 9,393 21,764 7 37.01% 7,750 62.99% 13,189 20,939 8 48.13% 6,103 51.87% 6,577 12,680 9 0.00% 0 100.00% 11,425 11,425 10 55.19% 10,712 44.81% 8,698 19,410 11 48.38% 9,117 51.62% 9,728 18,845 12 38.80% 8,059 61.20% 12,711 20,770 13 49.21% 8,170 50.79% 8,434 16,604 14 36.45% 7,775 63.55% 13,554 21,329 15 42.93% 7,973 57.07% 10,597 18,570 16 34.60% 5,788 65.40% 10,938 16,726 17 0.00% 0 100.00% 17,761 17,761 18 0.00% 0 100.00% 14,996 14,996 19 31.07% 5,614 68.93% 12,455 18,069 20 58.23% 8,561 41.77% 6,140 14,701 21 0.00% 0 100.00% 13,728 13,728 22 100.00% 12,115 0.00% 0 12,115 23 38.46% 7,154 61.54% 11,445 18,599 24 45.93% 8,972 54.07% 10,563 19,535 25 27.57% 5,187 72.43% 13,629 18,816 26 0.00% 0 100.00% 14,565 14,565 27 53.84% 9,056 46.16% 7,763 16,819 28 53.27% 8,953 46.73% 7,854 16,807 29 0.00% 0 100.00% 17,535 17,535 30 76.79% 12,678 23.21% 3,833 16,511 31 57.89% 12,085 42.11% 8,792 20,877 32 0.00% 0 100.00% 15,243 15,243 33 44.39% 11,291 55.61% 14,146 25,437 34 100.00% 19,596 0.00% 0 19,596 35 100.00% 13,913 0.00% 0 13,913 36 0.00% 0 100.00% 21,458 21,458 37 52.01% 7,387 47.99% 6,817 14,204 38 50.87% 7,600 49.13% 7,341 14,941 39 55.84% 10,839 44.16% 8,572 19,411 40 73.55% 11,038 26.45% 3,970 15,008 41 100.00% 13,257 0.00% 0 13,257 42 87.26% 15,896 12.74% 2,320 18,216 43 76.18% 13,173 23.82% 4,120 17,293 44 100.00% 13,538 0.00% 0 13,538 45 39.39% 9,991 60.61% 15,375 25,366 46 55.31% 9,939 44.69% 8,032 17,971 47 100.00% 13,033 0.00% 0 13,033 48 42.81% 11,302 57.19% 15,097 26,399 49 49.58% 9,186 50.42% 9,342 18,528 50 36.37% 7,457 63.63% 13,048 20,505 51 0.00% 0 100.00% 16,344 16,344 52 0.00% 0 100.00% 13,376 13,376 53 27.58% 6,127 72.42% 16,091 22,218 54 33.13% 6,245 66.87% 12,607 18,852 55 24.99% 5,597 75.01% 16,797 22,394 56 59.63% 12,590 40.37% 8,525 21,115 57 100.00% 15,747 0.00% 0 15,747 58 38.66% 7,894 61.34% 12,527 20,421 59 0.00% 0 100.00% 19,159 19,159 60 0.00% 0 100.00% 19,737 19,737 61 24.39% 4,958 75.61% 15,373 20,331 62 42.31% 9,288 57.69% 12,662 21,950 63 0.00% 0 100.00% 18,728 18,728 64 30.90% 6,807 69.10% 15,220 22,027 65 100.00% 10,099 0.00% 0 10,099 66 0.00% 0 100.00% 18,743 18,743 67 100.00% 9,232 0.00% 0 9,232 68 0.00% 0 100.00% 20,003 20,003 69 0.00% 0 100.00% 13,892 13,892 70 56.18% 10,049 43.82% 7,839 17,888 71 0.00% 0 100.00% 16,951 16,951 72 54.25% 9,668 45.75% 8,154 17,822 73 39.60% 7,464 60.40% 11,385 18,849 74 42.77% 8,142 57.23% 10,894 19,036 75 61.61% 9,816 38.39% 6,116 15,932 76 100.00% 15,028 0.00% 0 15,028 77 100.00% 13,245 0.00% 0 13,245 78 45.56% 7,562 54.44% 9,035 16,597 79 59.36% 11,909 40.64% 8,155 20,064 80 0.00% 0 100.00% 13,698 13,698 81 49.79% 8,980 50.21% 9,056 18,036 82 21.53% 3,639 78.47% 13,265 16,904 83 0.00% 0 100.00% 16,813 16,813 84 36.91% 6,012 63.09% 10,278 16,290 85 0.00% 0 100.00% 15,858 15,858 86 0.00% 0 100.00% 14,497 14,497 87 51.50% 7,224 48.50% 6,804 14,028 88 0.00% 0 100.00% 20,242 20,242 89 0.00% 0 100.00% 15,479 15,479 90 0.00% 0 100.00% 12,758 12,758 91 44.79% 7,161 55.21% 8,828 15,989 92 48.48% 7,287 51.52% 7,745 15,032 93 51.38% 7,363 48.62% 6,968 14,331 94 50.73% 8,393 49.27% 8,153 16,546 95 47.05% 8,466 52.95% 9,528 17,994 96 41.95% 6,760 58.05% 9,353 16,113 97 42.28% 6,978 57.72% 9,525 16,503 98 45.89% 8,330 54.11% 9,823 18,153 99 66.00% 11,143 34.00% 5,741 16,884 100 50.44% 9,215 49.56% 9,055 18,270 Totals 39.93% 695,707 60.01% 1,045,502 1,742,181

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