The Green Papers: Kentucky 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
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
 

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Kentucky State and Local Government

           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator Mitch McConnell
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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
Open Seat - 27 July 2009: Announced that he will not seek re-election.

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.

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 "Dan" Mongiardo
First elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Open Seat - Candidate for the Class 3 Senate Seat in 2010

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (4 Undetermined);
2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Republican Congressman Edward R. "Ed" Whitfield
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2
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Republican Congressman Steven Brett "Brett" Guthrie
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman John A. Yarmuth
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 4
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Republican Congressman Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5
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Republican Congressman Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers
First elected: 1980
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6
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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 2 November 2010

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
Possible candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2007, 2011

  Democratic Attorney General John William "Jack" Conway
First elected: 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2011
Open Seat - 9 April 2009: Candidate for the Class 3 Senate seat in 2010

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
  Republican: 8 incumbents
 
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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