| The Green Papers: 2015 General Election |
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2015 Governor's Chairs by State |
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| Kentucky 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2011, 2015. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
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Democratic | Governor Steven L. "Steve" Beshear • First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2015 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At Term Limit |
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Democratic | Attorney General John William "Jack" Conway • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Sannie Overly. |
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Republican | Matthew Griswold "Matt" Bevin • for Lieutenant Governor: Jenean Hampton. |
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Independent | Drew Curtis • for Lieutenant Governor: Heather Curtis (his wife) |
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Write-in | Blackii Effing Whyte • for Lt. Governor: Philip Jacobs |
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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. |
| Major Parties | |
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| • Republican | |
| Major Third Parties | |
| • Constitution | |
| • Libertarian | |
| • Reform | |
| Other Third Parties | |
| • Marijuana | |
| Independents | |
| • Independent | |
| Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
| • Write-in | |
| Notes |
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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. |