KENTUCKY

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CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): January 2010
Filing Deadline (Third Parties & Independents): August 2010
Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): October 2010
Primary: May 2010

This page was last updated on December 29, 2008

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Steve Beshear (D)* - (Campaign Site)

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2011.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Dan Mongiardo (D)*

SECRETARY OF STATE:
C.M. "Trey" Grayson (R)* - (Campaign Site)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Jack Conway (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE TREASURER:
L.J. "Todd" Hollenbach (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AUDITOR:
Crit Luallen (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSONER:
Richie Farmer (R)*

U.S. SENATOR:

Jim Bunning (R)* - Next Election in 2010.
Ben Chandler (D) - Congressman, Ex-Attorney General & Ex-State Auditor
Jack Conway (D) - Attorney General, Ex-Deputy State Cabinet Secretary & '02 Congressional Nominee
Crit Luallen (D) - State Auditor, Ex-State Cabinet Secretary & Ex-State Budget Director
Bruce Lunsford (D) - Health Care Executive, Ex-State Commerce Secrerary & Frequent Candidate
Dan Mongiardo (D) - Lt. Governor, Ex-State Sen., Surgeon & '04 Nominee

Mitch McConnell (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2014.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Ed Whitfield (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 2:
[ Ron Lewis (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
S. Brett Guthrie (R) - State Sen., Businessman & Army Veteran

District 3:
John Yarmuth (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
Geoff Davis (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 5:
Harold "Hal" Rogers (R)*
Jim Holbert (D) - Helicopter Pilot, Army Veteran & '08 Candidate

District 6:
A.B. "Ben" Chandler III (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Kentucky
Kentucky Democratic Party
Green Party of Kentucky
Libertarian Party of Kentucky
Republican Party of Kentucky

STATE ELECTION OFFICES:

Secretary of State's Office

Kentucky Registry of Election Finance

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

BluegrassReport.org (Politics)
Bowling Green Daily News
Central Kentucky News-Journal
Corbin Times-Tribune
Danville Advocate Messenger
Elizabethtown News Enterprise
Henderson Gleaner
Jefferson Review (Libertarian)
KentuckyDems.com
Kentucky Post (Covington)
Kentucky Standard (Bardstown)
Lexington Herald-Leader
Louisville Courier-Journal
Louisville Eccentric Observer (Alternative)
Maysville Ledger-Independent
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
Paducah Sun
PageOneKentucky.com
PoliticsKY
Pol Watchers
Princeton Times Leader
Winchester Sun

WBKO TV-13 (ABC - Bowling Green)
WKAG TV-43 (Independent - Hopkinsville)
Kentucky Educational Television (PBS - Lexington)
WKYT TV-27 (CBS - Lexington)
WLEX TV-18 (NBC - Lexington)
WTVQ TV-36 (ABC - Lexington)
WAVE TV-3 (NBC - Louisville)
WDRB TV-41 (FOX - Louisville)
WHAS TV-11 (ABC - Louisville)
WLKY TV-32 (CBS - Louisville)
WPSD TV-6 (NBC - Paducah)

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