| The Green Papers: Kentucky 2005 Off Year Elections |
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Kentucky
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Mitch McConnell • First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Class 3 | Republican | Senator Jim Bunning • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. [also served in U.S. House-elected: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Republican | Governor Ernie Fletcher • First elected: 2003 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007. Elected on a ticket with Governor; no separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov | |||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Stephen B. Pence • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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| 109th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Republican (5 Undetermined); 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 | Republican | Congressman Edward Whitfield • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 2 | Republican | Congressman Ron Lewis • First elected: in Special Election, 24 May 1994, re: death of Congressman William Natcher, 29 March 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 3 | Republican | Congressman Anne Meagher Northup • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 4 | Republican | Congressman Geoff Davis • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 5 | Republican | Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers • First elected: 1980 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 6 | Democratic | Congressman A.B. "Ben" Chandler, III • First elected 17 February 2004 in a special election, replacing Congressman Ernie Fletcher [Republican], who resigned on 9 December 2003, having been elected Governor of Kentucky. Elected to a first full term: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State C. M. "Trey" Grayson • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Gregory D. Stumbo • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Jonathan Miller • First elected: 1999, re-elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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| Auditor of Public Accounts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
| Democratic | Auditor of Public Accounts Crit Luallen • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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| Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007 | |||||
| Republican | Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
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