| The Green Papers 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
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Kentucky Democrat Presidential Nominating Process Primary: Tuesday 22 May 20121 State Convention: Saturday 2 June 2012 |
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Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary, Polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) / 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) to 6:00p EDT (2200 UTC) / 6:00p CDT (2300 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in CDT [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM EDT. CDT voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM EDT. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary 73 total delegate votes - 45 district / 14 at large; 7 Pledged PLEOs; 7 Unpledged PLEOs |
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The delegate selection processes herein was updated 20 April 2011 per the Draft 2012 Delegate Selection Plan as of April 2011. Starting on Tuesday 20 March 2012, a 15% pledged delegate bonus is awarded when clusters of 3 or more neighboring states begin on the same date. The state received a 20% pledged delegate bonus for starting in Stage III (May and June). 22 May 2012 primary returns from the State Board of Elections. |
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Participation in Kentucky’s delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Because Kentucky holds closed party primaries, voters must identify party preference at the time of registration (at least 28 days before the election) to be eligible to vote in the primary election. Tuesday 22 May 2012: 66 of 73 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Kentucky Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.
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Saturday 2 June 2012: State Convention National Convention delegates are elected according to the results of the primary. The remaining 7 National Convention delegates consist of
These 7 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged". Notes: On 4 January 2011 Kentucky state Senator Jared Carpenter (Republican) introduced SB4. This bill would change the date of the statewide and Presidential primaries from the 1st Tuesday after the 3rd Monday in May to the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in August. Note that a Presidential Primary in August would violate DNC Rule 11.A. (which requires delegate selection primaries to be completed by the second Tuesday in June) and RNC Rule 19(a) (which requires states to complete their delegate selection processes by 23 July 2012). |
| Delegation to the National Convention |
Kentucky Delegation (as posted at http://www.democrats.org/2012-convention-delegate-list, 20 August 2012)
| Name | Residence |
| Jerry E Abramson | Louisville |
| Janice B Allen | Prestonsburg |
| Sandra Anez Powell | Richmond |
| Queenie Averette | Louisville |
| William S Barker | Richmond |
| Steven L Beshear | Frankfort |
| Charles Booker Jr. | Louisville |
| Mark P Bryant | Paducah |
| Donna M Campbell | Lexington |
| Toni Canterbury | South Williamson |
| Kent A Chandler | Providence |
| Ben Chandler | Lexington |
| Ann Coffey | Louisville |
| Leslie A Combs | Pikeville |
| Jack Conway | Louisville |
| Lesa Dae | Louisville |
| Katie Dailinger | Louisville |
| Adam H Edelen | Lexington |
| Colman Elridge | Lexington |
| Elizabeth (Betsy) Farley | Lexington |
| Greg Fischer | Louisville |
| Wendell Clay H Ford | Owensboro |
| Liz Fossett | Lexington |
| Laken Gilbert | Wallingford |
| Kimberly L Glenn | Ft. Mitchell |
| Julia N Gordon | Maceo |
| Erin E Hardin Smith | Louisville |
| Gail Hardy | Cadiz |
| J. Michael Haskins | Lexington |
| Charity C Hayes | Middlesboro |
| Phinis V Hundley | Hodgenville |
| Elisabeth Jensen | Lexington |
| LeTonia A Jones | Lexington |
| David "Howard" Keene | Bardstown |
| Diane Lawless | Lexington |
| Paula Lewis | Lexington |
| Daniel E Logsdon Jr. | Lexington |
| Jessica S Loving | Louisville |
| Charlotte Lundergan | Lexington |
| Alison Lundergan Grimes | Lexington |
| Jessica Martin | Lexington |
| W. Terry McBrayer | Lexington |
| Kay McCollum | Kuttawa |
| Kathy McCormick | Olive Hill |
| Dekonti E Mends-Cole | Paducah |
| Jesus S Menendez | Paducah |
| David R Miller | Danville |
| George Mills | Lexington |
| Jennifer A Moore | Louisville |
| Gerald A Neal | Louisville |
| William C Nett | Louisville |
| David O'Neill | Lexington |
| Darryl T Owens | Louisville |
| Col Owens | Ft. Mitchell |
| R.J. Palmer | Winchester |
| James Palumbo | Lexington |
| Danny Patterson | Murray |
| Vicki Penix | Burgin |
| John E Pennington | Machester |
| Allen Price | Eubank |
| Shawn Reilly | Louisville |
| Stephanie Reilly | Louisville |
| Dennis Repenning | Walton |
| Jerry P Rhoads | Madisonville |
| Shirley A Rodgers | Frankfort |
| George Russell | Frankfort |
| Bill Ryan | Louisville |
| Travis M Scott | Hagerhill |
| William Sheckles | Bardstown |
| Christina Smith | Alexandria |
| John D Sommers | Louisville |
| Maetinee Suramek | Berea |
| David Tandy | Louisville |
| Carolyn Tandy | Louisville |
| Michele B Thomas | Bowling Green |
| Max B Thomas | Frankfort |
| Clark C Waldrop | Mayfield |
| Mike Ward | Louisville |
| Karen K Ward | Winchester |
| Cecelia S Watkins | Henderson |
| Paul L Whalen | Ft. Thomas |
| Harriett C Whitaker | Madisonville |
| Alayne L White | Lexington |
| Elizabeth Whitehouse | Lexington |
| Virginia Woodward | Louisville |
| Sheila D Yancey | Louisville |
| John A Yarmuth | Louisville |
| Links Links to other web sites |
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1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process. |