| The Green Papers: Kentucky 2022 General Election |
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Kentucky
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress ✓ Primary: Tuesday 17 May 2022 ✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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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 |
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| Candidate list (1) | |||||
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Independent | Scott Micheal Duncan • FEC S6KY00195 |
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Class 3 |
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 |
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| Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins) | |||||
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Republican | 913,326 | 61.80% | Senator Rand Paul • FEC S0KY00156; 31 Dec 22; Tot $25,042,403; Dsb $21,359,995 |
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Democratic | 564,311 | 38.19% | former state Representative Charles Booker • FEC S0KY00420; 31 Dec 22; Tot $6,556,072; Dsb $6,549,782 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 145 | 0.01% | Charles Lee "Lee" Thomason • FEC S2KY00202 |
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Write-in | 48 | 0.00% | Billy Ray Wilson • FEC S0KY00255 |
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| 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. |
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| Candidate list (15) | |||||
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Democratic | Brian Hockensmith | |||
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Republican | Brian Bush | |||
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Republican | Attorney General Daniel Cameron • 10 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023. |
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Republican | David Cooper | |||
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Republican | former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft | |||
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Republican | Eric C. Deters • May not be able to run as an Independent when registered as a political party member. |
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Republican | former McCreary School Board Member Robert DeVore | |||
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Republican | Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon • 12 July 2021: Candidate for Governor in 2022. |
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Republican | Clint Johnson | |||
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Republican | Somerset Mayor Alan Keck | |||
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Republican | state Representative Savannah Maddox | |||
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Republican | Anthony "Tony" Moore | |||
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Republican | Agriculture Commissioner Ryan F. Quarles • 2 May 2022: Candidate for Governor in 2023. |
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Republican | Johnny R. Rice | |||
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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 |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress | |||||
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Republican | 184,157 | 74.90% | Member of Congress James R. Comer • FEC H6KY01110; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,649,490; Dsb $974,131 |
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Democratic | 61,701 | 25.10% | Jimmy Clifton Ausbrooks • FEC H2KY01085; 31 Dec 22; Tot $7,867; Dsb $7,867 |
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Write-in | Billy Ray Wilson • FEC S0KY00255 |
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| Total | 245,858 | 100.00% | |||
| Incumbent - 117th Congress | |||||
| CD 2 |
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 |
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| Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress | |||||
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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 |
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Democratic | 66,769 | 28.14% | Hank Linderman • FEC H8KY02080; 31 Dec 22; Tot $87,461; Dsb $100,206 |
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| Total | 237,256 | 100.00% | |||
| Incumbent - 117th Congress | |||||
CD 3 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." |
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| ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | |||||
| Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | 160,920 | 61.99% | state Senator Morgan McGarvey • FEC H2KY03206; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,088,931; Dsb $2,867,875 |
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Republican | 98,637 | 38.00% | Stuart N. Ray • FEC H2KY03214; 31 Dec 22; Tot $622,973; Dsb $621,241 |
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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 |
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| Total | 259,587 | 100.00% | |||
| Incumbent - 117th Congress | |||||
| CD 4 |
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 |
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| Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress | |||||
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Republican | 167,541 | 65.03% | Member of Congress Thomas H. Massie • FEC H2KY04121; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,105,339; Dsb $976,631 |
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Democratic | 79,977 | 31.04% | Matthew "Matt" Lehman • FEC H2KY04212; 31 Dec 22; Tot $304,094; Dsb $298,074 |
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Independent | 10,111 | 3.92% | Ethan Keith "Oz" Osborne • FEC H2KY04246 |
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| Total | 257,629 | 100.00% | |||
| Incumbent - 117th Congress | |||||
| CD 5 |
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 |
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| Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress | |||||
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Republican | 177,712 | 82.17% | Member of Congress Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers • FEC H0KY05015; 31 Dec 22; Tot $820,505; Dsb $944,443 |
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Democratic | 38,549 | 17.82% | Conor Halbleib • FEC H2KY05177; 19 Oct 22; Tot $18,702; Dsb $19,103 |
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Write-in | 9 | 0.00% | Stephan William "Steve" Mazur | |
| Total | 216,270 | 100.00% | |||
| Incumbent - 117th Congress | |||||
| CD 6 |
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 |
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| Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins) - 118th Congress | |||||
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Republican | 154,762 | 62.70% | Member of Congress Garland "Andy" Barr • FEC H0KY06104; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,845,267; Dsb $2,159,198 |
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Democratic | 83,005 | 33.63% | Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young • FEC H4KY06163; 31 Dec 22; Tot $239,157; Dsb $239,131 |
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Write-in | 8,970 | 3.63% | Maurice Randall "Randy" Cravens, II • FEC H2KY06217; 31 Dec 22; Tot $7,266; Dsb $4,506 |
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Write-in | 81 | 0.03% | Maxwell Keith "Max" Froedge • FEC H2KY06225 |
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| 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 |
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Republican | Secretary of State Michael G. Adams • 5 August 2022: Running for re-election. |
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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. |
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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. |
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| Candidate list (2) | |||||
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Democratic | Michael Bowman | |||
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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. |
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| Candidate list (2) | |||||
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Democratic | Kimberley "Kim" Reeder | |||
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Republican | Treasurer Allison Ball • At Term Limit as Treasurer |
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| 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. |
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| Candidate list (2) | |||||
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Republican | state Representative Richard Heath | |||
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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 | |
| Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Green (affiliates) | |
| • Libertarian | |
| Other Third Parties | |
| • Justice Party | |
| • Right to Life | |
| • Unity | |
| 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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