The Green Papers: Kentucky 2022 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 17 May 2022
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Tuesday 25 January 2022 - Filing Deadline - Primary (extended due to redistricting delays) .
Tuesday 17 May 2022 - Primary . Polling hours 6:00a-6:00p EDT (1000-2200 UTC) / 6:00a-6:00p CDT (1100-2300 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in Central Time [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM Eastern Time and so, if they can, project at the same time they project INDIANA]. Central Time voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM Eastern Time.
Tuesday 7 June 2022 - Filing Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 8 November 2022 - General Election . Polling hours 6:00a-6:00p EST (1100-2300 UTC) / 6:00a-6:00p CST (1200-0000 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in Central Time [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM Eastern Time and so, if they can, project at the same time they project INDIANA]. Central Time voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM Eastern Time.
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:4,509,342 (1.46% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:8(1.49% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:6(1.38% of 435)
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


The primary is for the Democratic and Republican parties. If the nomination is uncontested, the candidate does not appear on the primary ballot.


Election Calendars from the State Board of Elections.

Candidate Filings from the State Board of Elections.

6 January 2022: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed Bill 172 which changes the 2022 filing deadline from 7 to 25 January due to redistricting delays.


17 May 2022 Primary returns from an official source, results from a media source, results from a media source.


General Election Ballots from the State Board of Elections.

8 November 2022 returns from the Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections.

When available, 8 November 2022 more returns from the Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections.

8 November 2022 certified returns from the Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections. Votes totals last updated 12 December 2022 per the certified vote.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 117th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator Mitch McConnell
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008, 2014, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Independent     Scott Micheal Duncan
FEC S6KY00195

Class 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Senator Rand Paul
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins)
  Elected Republican 913,326 61.80% Senator Rand Paul
FEC S0KY00156; 31 Dec 22; Tot $25,042,403; Dsb $21,359,995
  Candidate Democratic 564,311 38.19% former state Representative Charles Booker
FEC S0KY00420; 31 Dec 22; Tot $6,556,072; Dsb $6,549,782
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic) 145 0.01% Charles Lee "Lee" Thomason
FEC S2KY00202
  Candidate Write-in 48 0.00% Billy Ray Wilson
FEC S0KY00255
Total 1,477,830 100.00%  

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Andy Beshear
First elected: 2019
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 Candidate list (15)
  Candidate Democratic     Brian Hockensmith
  Candidate Republican     Brian Bush
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General Daniel Cameron
10 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
  Candidate Republican     David Cooper
  Candidate Republican     former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft
  Candidate Republican     Eric C. Deters
May not be able to run as an Independent when registered as a political party member.
  Candidate Republican     former McCreary School Board Member Robert DeVore
  Candidate Republican     Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon
12 July 2021: Candidate for Governor in 2022.
  Candidate Republican     Clint Johnson
  Candidate Republican     Somerset Mayor Alan Keck
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Savannah Maddox
  Candidate Republican     Anthony "Tony" Moore
  Candidate Republican     Agriculture Commissioner Ryan F. Quarles
2 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
  Candidate Republican     Johnny R. Rice
  Candidate Republican     Robbie Smith

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023. Elected on a ticket with Governor; no separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman
First elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023

117th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2022, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republican (5 Renominated);
1 Democratic (1 Open)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress James R. Comer
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected in a Special [re: 6 September 2016 resignation of Member of Congress Wayne Edward "Ed" Whitfield (Republican)] and General Election: 8 November 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 184,157 74.90% Member of Congress James R. Comer
FEC H6KY01110; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,649,490; Dsb $974,131
  Candidate Democratic 61,701 25.10% Jimmy Clifton Ausbrooks
FEC H2KY01085; 31 Dec 22; Tot $7,867; Dsb $7,867
  Candidate Write-in     Billy Ray Wilson
FEC S0KY00255
Total 245,858 100.00%  

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Steven Brett "Brett" Guthrie
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 170,487 71.86% Member of Congress Steven Brett "Brett" Guthrie
FEC H8KY02031; 31 Dec 22; Tot $2,259,393; Dsb $2,251,947
  Candidate Democratic 66,769 28.14% Hank Linderman
FEC H8KY02080; 31 Dec 22; Tot $87,461; Dsb $100,206
Total 237,256 100.00%  

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Open
Democratic Member of Congress John A. Yarmuth
First elected: 2006
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - 12 October 2021: "... I will continue to fight for Louisville ... for another 15 months, and then, I will retire from Congress."
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress
  Elected Democratic 160,920 61.99% state Senator Morgan McGarvey
FEC H2KY03206; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,088,931; Dsb $2,867,875
  Candidate Republican 98,637 38.00% Stuart N. Ray
FEC H2KY03214; 31 Dec 22; Tot $622,973; Dsb $621,241
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 30 0.01% Daniel Lee Cobble
23 June 2022: Lost 17 May 2022 Republican primary, now running as a write-in.

FEC H2KY03248
Total 259,587 100.00%  

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Thomas H. Massie
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
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 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 167,541 65.03% Member of Congress Thomas H. Massie
FEC H2KY04121; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,105,339; Dsb $976,631
  Candidate Democratic 79,977 31.04% Matthew "Matt" Lehman
FEC H2KY04212; 31 Dec 22; Tot $304,094; Dsb $298,074
  Candidate Independent 10,111 3.92% Ethan Keith "Oz" Osborne
FEC H2KY04246
Total 257,629 100.00%  

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 1980
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 177,712 82.17% Member of Congress Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers
FEC H0KY05015; 31 Dec 22; Tot $820,505; Dsb $944,443
  Candidate Democratic 38,549 17.82% Conor Halbleib
FEC H2KY05177; 19 Oct 22; Tot $18,702; Dsb $19,103
  Candidate Write-in 9 0.00% Stephan William "Steve" Mazur
Total 216,270 100.00%  

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 6
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Garland "Andy" Barr
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 154,762 62.70% Member of Congress Garland "Andy" Barr
FEC H0KY06104; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,845,267; Dsb $2,159,198
  Candidate Democratic 83,005 33.63% Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young
FEC H4KY06163; 31 Dec 22; Tot $239,157; Dsb $239,131
  Candidate Write-in 8,970 3.63% Maurice Randall "Randy" Cravens, II
FEC H2KY06217; 31 Dec 22; Tot $7,266; Dsb $4,506
  Candidate Write-in 81 0.03% Maxwell Keith "Max" Froedge
FEC H2KY06225
Total 246,818 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Secretary of State Michael G. Adams
First elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Republican     Secretary of State Michael G. Adams
5 August 2022: Running for re-election.
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Allen Maricle

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron
First elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023
Open Seat - 11 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Russell Coleman

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Treasurer Allison Ball
First elected: 2015, re-elected: 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023
Open Seat - At Term Limit. Running for state Auditor in 2023.
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Michael Bowman
  Candidate Republican     Andrew Cooperrider

Auditor of Public Accounts  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon
First elected: 2011; re-elected: 2015, 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023
Open Seat - At Term Limit.
12 July 2021: Candidate for Governor in 2022.
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Kimberley "Kim" Reeder
  Candidate Republican     Treasurer Allison Ball
At Term Limit as Treasurer

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2019, 2023

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Ryan F. Quarles
First elected: 2015, 2019
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2023
Open Seat - At Term Limit
2 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023.
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Richard Heath
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Jonathan Shell
 

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, 11 candidates
  Republican: 12 incumbents, 29 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 7 candidates
 
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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