The two incumbent state representatives from Christian County, Republicans Walker Thomas and Myron Dossett, will return to Frankfort in 2023 after both won reelection on Tuesday.
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Thomas-Dossett
Thomas, the 8th House District representative, defeated Democratic challenger Pam Dossett by a two-to-one margin.
Districtwide, Thomas received 9,573 votes for 68% of the total, compared to 4,477 for Dossett, according to the Kentucky Secretary of State’s election report.
The 8th House District includes portions of Caldwell, Christian and Trigg counties, and Thomas carried all three counties. The votes by county were:
Caldwell
- Thomas — 3,458 (75%)
- Dossett — 1,171 (25%)
Christian
- Thomas — 4,191 (62%)
- Dossett — 2,521 (38%)
Trigg
- Thomas — 1,924 (71%)
- Dossett — 785 (29%)
This was the second consecutive contest between Thomas and Pam Dossett in the 8th House race. Thomas extended his margin of victory compared to the 2020 general election, when the district was comprised of portions of Christian and Trigg. In that contest, Pam Dossett defeated Thomas in the Christian County tally, 5,216 to 5,201. But she fell short in Trigg, where Thomas had the edge at 2,102 to 804 votes and thus won the race overall.
Thomas chairs the House Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee and serves on the Transportation, Agriculture and Local Government committees.
Dossett-Crockham
In the 9th District race, Myron Dossett easily won the race with 5,123 votes (69%), compared to his opponent, school teacher Bianca Crockam, who had 2,349 votes (31%).
The 9th District is comprised of a portion of Christian County.
Dossett has served in the House since 2007. He is a member of the Appropriations and Revenue Committee, in addition to the Natural Resources and Energy, Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection, Agriculture, and Education committees.
State representatives serve two-year terms.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
