The Green Papers: Kentucky 2017 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2017. Find 2018 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:4,350,606 (1.40% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:8(1.49% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:6(1.38% of 435)
Capital:Frankfort
 

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Kentucky State and Local Government


27 January 2017: HB 81 and SB 52 have been introduced to move elections for statewide executive offices from the odd year prior to a Presidential election year to Presidential election years. Statewide offices up for election in 2019 would have 5 year terms (to 2024). After that, there would be no statewide off year elections.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator Mitch McConnell
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008, 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Steven Jewell Isom Cox
FEC S0KY00271
  Candidate Republican     Karl Das
FEC S0KY00263

Class 3 Republican Senator Rand Paul
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Matthew Griswold "Matt" Bevin
First elected: 2015
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2019
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019. Elected on a ticket with Governor; no separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton
First elected: 2015
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2019

115th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republican (5 Undetermined);
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1 Republican Congressman James R. Comer
First elected in a Special [re: 6 September 2016 resignation of Congressman Wayne Edward "Ed" Whitfield (Republican)] and General Election: 8 November 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Samuel Lewis "Sam" Gaskins
FEC H8KY01066
  Candidate Republican     Congressman James R. Comer
FEC H6KY01110; 30 Sep 17; Tot $262,665; Dsb $144,673

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2 Republican Congressman Steven Brett "Brett" Guthrie
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Brian Pedigo
  Candidate Democratic     Grant Short
FEC H8KY02072; 30 Sep 17; Tot $110; Dsb $3
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Steven Brett "Brett" Guthrie
FEC H8KY02031; 30 Sep 17; Tot $744,241; Dsb $470,222

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Congressman John A. Yarmuth
First elected: 2006
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman John A. Yarmuth
FEC H6KY03124; 30 Sep 17; Tot $100,501; Dsb $230,959

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4 Republican Congressman Thomas H. Massie
First elected in special election to the 112th Congress and a concurrent regular election to the 113th Congress: 6 November 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Christina Lord
  Candidate Democratic     Sayre Christian O'Cull
FEC H8KY04128; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1; Dsb $0
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Thomas H. Massie
FEC H2KY04121; 30 Sep 17; Tot $100,839; Dsb $71,201
  Candidate American Solidarity     Joshua Matthias Neace
2 July 2017: Filed termination report with the FEC.

FEC H8KY04136

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 5 Republican Congressman Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers
First elected: 1980
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers
FEC H0KY05015; 30 Sep 17; Tot $328,134; Dsb $369,199
  Candidate Republican     Gerardo Serrano

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 6 Republican Congressman Garland "Andy" Barr
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (6) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Lexington Mayor James P. "Jim" Gray
FEC H8KY06172
  Candidate Democratic     Theodore David Green
  Candidate Democratic     Amy McGrath
FEC H8KY06164; 30 Sep 17; Tot $807,126; Dsb $255,575
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Reginald Leonard "Reggie" Thomas
FEC H8KY06156; 30 Sep 17; Tot $147,035; Dsb $68,741
  Candidate Democratic     Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young
FEC H4KY06163; 30 Sep 17; Tot $479; Dsb $944
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Garland "Andy" Barr
FEC H0KY06104; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,082,822; Dsb $252,344

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019

  Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes
First elected: 2011; re-elected: 2015
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2019

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019

  Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear
First elected: 2015
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2019

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019

  Republican Treasurer Allison Ball
First elected: 2015
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2019

Auditor of Public Accounts  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019

  Republican Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon
First elected: 2011; re-elected: 2015
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2019

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Ryan F. Quarles
First elected: 2015
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2019
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 3 incumbents, 12 candidates
  Republican: 12 incumbents, 7 candidates
Other Third Parties
  American Solidarity: 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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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