KENTUCKY

Your complete directory of Kentucky candidates for Governor, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

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

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): January 28, 2014
Filing Deadline (Third Parties & Independents): August 12, 2014
Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): October 24, 2014
Primary: May 20, 2014

This page was last updated on July 13, 2014

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
(Note: Governor & Lt. Governor candidates run together on tickets in the primary.)
[ Steve Beshear (D)* - Term-Limited in 2015. ]
& [ Jerry Abramson (D)* - Retiring in 2015. ]

Jack Conway (D) - Attorney General, Ex-Deputy State Cabinet Secretary & '10 US Sen. Nominee
& Sannie Overly (D) - State Rep. & Attorney


Dan Mongiardo (D) - Ex-Lt. Governor, Ex-State Sen., Surgeon & '04 US Sen. Nominee

Greg Stumbo (D) - State House Speaker, Ex-Attorney General & '07 Lt. Gov. Candidate

James Comer (R) - State Agriculture Commissioner, Ex-State Rep. & Businessman

Brett Guthrie (R) - Congressman, Ex-State Sen., Businessman & Army Veteran

Hal Heiner (R) - Ex-Louisville Metro Councilman, Real Estate Developer & Civil Engineer
& K.C. Crosbie (R) - Ex-Lexington-Fayette Urban County Councilwoman & '11 State Treasurer Nominee

Phil Moffett (R) - Telecommunications Management Firm Executive, Tea Party Activist & '11 Candidate

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2015.

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Alison Lundergan Grimes (D)*

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
[ Jack Conway (D)* - Candidate for Governor in 2015. ]

STATE TREASURER:
L.J. "Todd" Hollenbach (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AUDITOR:
Adam Edelen (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
James Comer (R)* - (Campaign Site)

KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE:

State House

State Senate

U.S. SENATOR:

Mitch McConnell (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) - Secretary of State & Attorney
David Patterson (Libertarian) - Police Officer
Ed Marksberry (Independent) - Building Contractor, USAF Veteran & 10 US Rep. Dem. Nominee
Mike Maggard (Write-In) - Factory Worker & Tea Party Activist
Robert Ransdell (Write-In) - Neo-Nazi Activist

Rand Paul (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2016.
Steve Beshear (D) - Governor, Ex-Lt. Governor, Ex-Attorney General & Ex-State Sen.
Cecil Pearson Jr. (D) - Farmer & Apprentice Auctioneer

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Ed Whitfield (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Charles Hatchett (D) - Auctioneer, Farmer & Frequent Candidate

District 2:
Brett Guthrie (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Ron Leach (D) - Physician Assistant, Retired Army Officer & Iraq/Afghan War Veteran

District 3:
John Yarmuth (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Michael Macfarlane (R) - Physician & GOP Activist
Mark Gatton (Independent) - Residential Counselor & Ex-Reserve Police Offier

District 4:
Thomas Massie (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Peter Newberry (D) - Attorney & '10 District Judge Candidate

District 5:
Harold "Hal" Rogers (R)*
Ken Stepp (D) - Attorney, Navy Veteran & Frequent Candidate

District 6:
Andy Barr (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Elisabeth Jensen (D) - Non-Profit Education Group Founder/CEO

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

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

STATE ELECTION OFFICES:

Secretary of State's Office

Kentucky Registry of Election Finance

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

BluegrassReport.org (Politics)
Bowling Green Daily News
Central Kentucky News-Journal
Corbin Times-Tribune
Danville Advocate Messenger
Elizabethtown News Enterprise
Henderson Gleaner
Jefferson Review (Libertarian)
KentuckyDems.com
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
PoliticsKY
Pol Watchers
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)