Kentucky 2021 General Election

The Green Papers: Kentucky 2021 General Election

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Kentucky
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

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.

2022 Dates from the Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 117^th 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)

		Independent		Scott Micheal Duncan • FEC S6KY00195

Class 3		Republican	Senator Rand Paul • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (9)

		Democratic		Joshua Wesley Blanton, Sr.
		Democratic		former state Representative Charles Booker • FEC S0KY00420; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,688,398; Dsb $1,166,066
		Democratic		Ruth Anne Gao • FEC S2KY00111; 30 Sep 21; Tot $4,241; Dsb $3,431
		Democratic		John Merrill

		Republican		Arnold Blankenship
		Republican		Val Fredrick • FEC S2KY00129
		*Republican*		*Senator Rand Paul* • FEC S0KY00156; 30 Sep 21; Tot $8,902,444; Dsb $3,577,530
		Republican		Tami L. Stainfield • FEC S2KY00137; 30 Sep 21; Tot $156; Dsb $5,635

		Independent		David Biery • FEC S2KY00103; 31 Mar 21; Tot $155; Dsb $151

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 (5)

		Republican		Brian Bush
		Republican		David Cooper
		Republican		Eric C. Deters
		Republican		Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon
		Republican		Clint Johnson

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

117^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2024. No Term Limit. 117^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Republican (5 Undetermined); 1 Democratic (1 Open)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Member of Congress James R. Comer • 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
	Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress

		Democratic		Jimmy Clifton Ausbrooks • FEC H2KY01085; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,963; Dsb $1,763

		*Republican*		*Member of Congress James R. Comer* • FEC H6KY01110; 30 Sep 21; Tot $683,946; Dsb $407,423
		Republican		David L. Sharp • FEC H2KY01077

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Member of Congress Steven Brett "Brett" Guthrie • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (5) - 118th Congress

		Democratic		Plum Springs City Commissioner William Dakota Compton • FEC H2KY02125
		Democratic		Amelia Farris
		Democratic		Hank Linderman • FEC H8KY02080

		*Republican*		*Member of Congress Steven Brett "Brett" Guthrie* • FEC H8KY02031; 30 Sep 21; Tot $552,547; Dsb $260,293
		Republican		Stephen G. Harvey • FEC H2KY02133

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 3		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."
	Candidate list (6) - 118th Congress

		Democratic		state Senator Morgan McGarvey • FEC H2KY03206
		Democratic		state Representative Attica Woodson Scott • FEC H2KY03172; 30 Sep 21; Tot $70,833; Dsb $59,590

		Republican		Darien D. Barrios Moreno • a.k.a. Darien Barrios • FEC H2KY03198
		Republican		Mike Craven • FEC H8KY03187
		Republican		former McCreary County School Board Member Robert Lewis "Bob" Devore, Jr. • FEC H2KY03180
		Republican		Stuart N. Ray • FEC H2KY03214

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Member of Congress 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 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (5) - 118th Congress

		Democratic		Matthew Lehman • FEC H2KY04212

		Republican		Jarrod Mason Lykins • FEC H2KY04204
		*Republican*		*Member of Congress Thomas H. Massie* • FEC H2KY04121; 30 Sep 21; Tot $332,989; Dsb $245,270
		Republican		George Washington
		Republican		Claire Wirth • FEC H2KY04196; 30 Sep 21; Tot $79,367; Dsb $76,975

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 5		Republican	Member of Congress Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers • First elected: 1980 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (7) - 118th Congress

		Democratic		William Robert "Billy" Hibbitts • FEC H0KY05148

		Republican		Jeannette Andrews
		Republican		Steve Mazur
		Republican		Brandon Russell Monhollen
		*Republican*		*Member of Congress Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers* • FEC H0KY05015; 30 Sep 21; Tot $214,973; Dsb $155,846
		Republican		Gerardo Serrano
		Republican		Richard Jacob Van Dam • FEC H2KY05151; 30 Sep 21; Tot $15,443; Dsb $11,988

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 6		Republican	Member of Congress Garland "Andy" Barr • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (5) - 118th Congress

		Democratic		Scott Etter • FEC H2KY06191
		Democratic		Christopher "Chris" Preece • FEC H2KY06175; 30 Sep 21; Tot $9,284; Dsb $952
		Democratic		Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young • FEC H4KY06163 or H2KY06183 • FEC H2KY06183; 30 Sep 21; Tot $256; Dsb $9,963

		*Republican*		*Member of Congress Garland "Andy" Barr* • FEC H0KY06104; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,537,641; Dsb $355,770
		Republican		Derek Petteys • FEC H2KY06209

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

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

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

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.

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
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican		state Representative Richard Heath
		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, 15 candidates
	• Republican: 12 incumbents, 31 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 2 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.