The Green Papers: Kentucky 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 20 May 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:8(1.49% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:6(1.38% of 435)
2000 Census:4,049,431 (1.44% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):2,993,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):2,556,815
Capital:Frankfort
Tuesday 20 May 2008 polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) / 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) to 6:00p EDT (2200 UTC) / 6:00p CDT (2300 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in CDT [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM EDT and so, if they can, project at the same time they project INDIANA]. CDT voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM EDT.
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) / 6:00a CST (1200 UTC) to 6:00p EST (2300 UTC) / 6:00p CST (0000 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in CST [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM EST and so, if they can, project at the same time they project INDIANA]. CST voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM EST.
 

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Kentucky State and Local Government

Kentucky 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 8 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator Mitch McConnell
• First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Michael Gerrard Cassaro
• FEC S8KY00209: $102,932
  Candidate Democratic     Gregory Edward "Greg" Fischer
• FEC S8KY00241: $1,181,629
  Candidate Democratic     Andrew John Horne
• FEC S8KY00217: $115,483
  Candidate Democratic     Bruce Lunsford
• FEC S8KY00233: $1,461,452
  Candidate Democratic     James E. Rice
• FEC S8KY00266: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Kenneth "Ken" Stepp
• FEC S8KY00225: $0
  Candidate Democratic     David Lynn Williams
• FEC S8KY00258: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     David Lee Wylie
• FEC S8KY00191: $0
  Candidate Republican     Daniel Essek
• FEC S8KY00274: $1,136
  Candidate Republican     Senator Mitch McConnell
• FEC S2KY00012: $8,763,896
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
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
  Democratic Governor Steven L. "Steve" Beshear
• First elected: 2007
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
• The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 

If no Gubernatorial Slate receives 40% of the vote in the their party's primary, the top two slates advance to a Tuesday 26 June run-off.
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011. Elected on a ticket with Governor; no separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov
  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo
• First elected: 2007
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (2 Renominated, 1 Open, 1 Undetermined);
2 Democratic (2 Renominated)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Edward "Ed" Whitfield
• First elected: 1994
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Heather Ann Ryan
• FEC H8KY01041: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Edward "Ed" Whitfield
• FEC H4KY01040: $632,709
CD 2
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Seat up for election
Open		 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 4 November 2008
• Open Seat - 29 January 2008: Withdrew
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator David E. Boswell
• FEC H8KY02049: $113,500
  Candidate Democratic     Judge Executive Reid Haire
• FEC H8KY02056: $230,728
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Steven Brett "Brett" Guthrie
• FEC H8KY02031: $454,250
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman John A. Yarmuth
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman John A. Yarmuth
• FEC H6KY03124: $1,121,667
  Candidate Republican     Bob DeVore, Jr.
• FEC H8KY03161: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Corley C. Everett
• FEC H4KY03202: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     former Congressman Anne M. Northup
• FEC H6KY03090: $619,243
  Candidate Republican     Chris A. Thieneman
• Withdrew 1 February 2008 endorsing Congressman John A. Yarmuth
• FEC H8KY03153: $35,866
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Michael J. Kelley
• FEC H8KY04094: $13,706
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis
• FEC H2KY04071: $1,449,095
  Candidate Republican     G. E. Puckett
• FEC H8KY04110: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Warren O. Stone
• FEC H8KY04102: Financial report not available
CD 5
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers
• First elected: 1980
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers
• FEC H0KY05015: $290,916
  Candidate Independent     James E. "Jim" Holbert
• FEC H8KY05042: Financial report not available
CD 6
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Seat up for election		 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 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman A.B. "Ben" Chandler, III
• FEC H4KY06072: $693,624
  Candidate Republican     Jon Larson
• FEC H8KY06131: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Gary Anthony "Tony" McCurdy
• FEC H8KY06149: Financial report not available
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011
  Republican Secretary of State C. M. "Trey" Grayson
• First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011
  Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway
• First elected: 2007
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011
  Democratic Treasurer L.J. "Todd" Hollenbach
• First elected: 2007
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Auditor of Public Accounts  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011
  Democratic Auditor of Public Accounts Crit Luallen
• First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011
  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer
• First elected: 2003; re-elected: 2007
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
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.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 7 incumbents, 14 candidates
 • Republican: 8 incumbents, 14 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Libertarian
Other Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Right to Life
Independents
 • Independent: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/Legresou/Constitu/intro.htm
Election Authority
 • Kentucky Online Registrar Directory
 • Kentucky Registry of Election Finance
 • Secretary of State
 • State Board of Elections
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Kentucky Legislature
Democratic
 • Kentucky Democratic Party
Republican
 • Republican Party of Kentucky
Third Party
 • Kentucky Right to Life Association
 • Libertarian Party of Kentucky
 • The Constitution Party of Kentucky
Media & others
 • BluegrassReport.org - Lexington
 • Bowling Green Daily News
 • Central Kentucky News-Journal - Campbellsville
 • DC's Political Report - Kentucky
 • Jefferson Review - Louisville
 • KyPolitics.org
 • Lexington Herald-Leader
 • Messenger-Inquirer - Owensboro
 • Page One - Politics in Kentucky
 • Pol Watchers - Covering Kentucky Politics
 • Politics1.com - Kentucky
 • PoliticsKY
 • State Journal - Frankfort
 • The Advocate Messenger - Danville
 • The Courier-Journal - Louisville
 • The Evansville Courier & Press
 • The Gleaner - Henderson
 • The Kentucky Post - Covington
 • The Kentucky Standard - Bardstown
 • The Ledger Independent - Maysville
 • The News-Enterprise - Elizabethtown
 • The Paducah Sun - Paducah
 • The Times Leader - Princeton
 • The Winchester Sun
 • WAVE TV - NBC - Louisville
 • WBKO TV - ABC - Bowling Green
 • WDKY TV/DT - FOX - Danville - Lexington
 • WDRB TV - FOX - Louisville
 • WHAS TV - ABC - Louisville
 • WKAG TV - Hopkinsville - Clarksville
 • WKYT & WYMT TV - CBS - Lexington
 • WLEX TV - NBC - Lexington
 • WLKY TV - CBS - Louisville
 • WPSD TV - NBC - Paducah
 • WTVQ - ABC - Lexington
 

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