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Kentucky is one of just three states in the nation to elect its next governor in 2023, and the official field of candidates is crowded. Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, is seeking his second term in ...
That position will be on Kentucky’s ballot in November. In the commonwealth, the secretary of state works with county clerks and the state Board of Elections to oversee voting on Election Day ...
Amendment 1 asks voters to consider revising the state constitution to ban noncitizens from voting in Kentucky elections. The ballot measure is part of a national trend, with voters in eight ...
The 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 21. Following the 2022 election, Republicans and Democrats held 80 and 20 seats, respectively. [1] The deadline for candidates to file was January 5, 2024. [2]
Further hampering Kentucky's status as a bellwether state, 116 of Kentucky's 120 counties supported Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 election, who lost to Barack Obama nationwide. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In a 2020 study, Kentucky was ranked as the 8th hardest state for citizens to vote in. [ 5 ]
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 7, 2023. [1]Notably, few Democratic candidates ran for statewide offices. The Lexington Herald-Leader attributed this to Kentucky's strong Republican lean and the fact that Republicans gained seats in the Kentucky General Assembly in 2022.
See live updates of Kentucky election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
A Southern state completely in the Bible Belt, Republicans have won Kentucky by double digits since 2000. The state last voted Democratic for fellow Southerner Bill Clinton in 1996. Trump's 64.5% vote share and 30.7% margin of victory were the best of any Republican in the state's history.