KENTUCKY

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ELECTION CALENDAR: Filing Deadline (Major Parties): January , 2018 Filing Deadline (Third Parties & Independents): April , 2018 Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): October , 2018 Primary: May , 2018

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND: Bold = Active Candidate Italics = Potential Candidate * = Incumbent = Winner (Incumbent Party Listed First)

This page was last updated on July 5, 2017

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Matt Bevin (R)* - (Campaign Site)

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2019.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Jenean Hampton (R)*

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Alison Lundergan Grimes (D)* - (Campaign Site)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Andy Beshear (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE TREASURER:
Allison Ball (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AUDITOR:
Mike Harmon (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
Ryan Quarles (R)* - (Campaign Site)

KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE:

State House

State Senate

U.S. SENATOR:

Mitch McConnell (R)*- (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2020.

Rand Paul (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2022.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
James Comer (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Sam Gaskins (D) - Army/USMC Veteran, Construction Worker & '16 Nominee

District 2:
Brett Guthrie (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Grant Short (D) - Businessman, Pilot, Community Activist & '16 US Sen. Candidate

District 3:
John Yarmuth (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Waymen Eddings (R) - Ex-Gubernatorial Aide & '16 State Rep. Nominee
Sandra McLaughlin (R) - Jefferson County Dist. Judge

District 4:
Thomas Massie (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Sayre Christian O'Cull (D) - College Student
Joshua Neace (Amer Solidarity) - Blue Collar Worker

District 5:
Harold "Hal" Rogers (R)*

District 6:
Andy Barr (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Leslie Combs (D) - Ex-State Rep. & College Administrator
Colmon Eldrige (D) - Ex-Gubernatorial Aide & Democratic Activist
Jim Gray (D) - Lexington Mayor, Businessman & '16 US Sen. Nominee
James Kay (D) - State Rep. & Attorney
Amy McGrath (D) - Retired USMC Lt. Colonel, Iraq/Afghan War Veteran & Ex-Congressional Aide
Reggie Thomas (D) - State Sen., College Professor & Attorney

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Kentucky
Kentucky Democratic Party
Green Party of Kentucky
Libertarian Party of Kentucky
Republican Party of Kentucky

STATE ELECTION OFFICES:

Secretary of State's Office

Kentucky Registry of Election Finance

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Bluegrass Politics
Bowling Green Daily News
Central Kentucky News-Journal
Corbin Times-Tribune
Danville Advocate Messenger
Elizabethtown News Enterprise
Henderson Gleaner
Jefferson Review (Libertarian)
Kentucky Post (Covington)
Kentucky Standard (Bardstown)
Lexington Herald-Leader
Louisville Courier-Journal
Louisville Eccentric Observer (Alternative)
Maysville Ledger-Independent
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
Paducah Sun
PageOneKentucky.com
Princeton Times Leader
Winchester Sun

CN-2 Cable (Politics)
WBKO TV-13 (ABC - Bowling Green)
WKAG TV-43 (Independent - Hopkinsville)
Kentucky Educational Television (PBS - Lexington)
WKYT TV-27 (CBS - Lexington)
WLEX TV-18 (NBC - Lexington)
WTVQ TV-36 (ABC - Lexington)
WAVE TV-3 (NBC - Louisville)
WDRB TV-41 (FOX - Louisville)
WHAS TV-11 (ABC - Louisville)
WLKY TV-32 (CBS - Louisville)
WPSD TV-6 (NBC - Paducah)

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