Kentucky 2009 General Election

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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Kentucky
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. 111^th 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CD 6 {map}	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.