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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 26, 2010
Filing Deadline (Third Parties & Independents): August 10, 2010
Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): October 22, 2010
Primary: May 18, 2010
This
page was last updated on July 14, 2010
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
Steve
Beshear (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Otis
"Bullman" Hensley Jr. (D) - Demolition Contractor
& '07 Candidate
Gatewood Galbraith (Independent)
- Attorney, Marijuana Legalization Activist & Frequent Candidate
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections
in 2011.

LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
[ Dan Mongiardo
(D)* - Not Seeking Re-Election in 2010. ]
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)*

KENTUCKY
LEGISLATURE:
State House -
(Republican Caucus)
State Senate
U.S.
SENATOR:
[
Jim Bunning (R)* - Retiring
in 2010. ]
Rand Paul (R) - Physician
& Son of Texas Congressman Ron Paul
Jack Conway (D) - Attorney
General, Ex-Deputy State Cabinet Secretary & '02 Congressional
Nominee
John Long (Independent)
- Convenience Store Operator, Retired Police Officer & '06
GOP Boyle County Sheriff Nominee

Mitch McConnell (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
- Next Election in 2014.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
Ed Whitfield (R)* -
(Campaign Site)
Charles Hatchett (D) - Auctioneer & '88/'08 Candidate
District
2:
S. Brett Guthrie (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Ed Marksberry (D) -
Home Builder, Realtor & Democratic Activist

District
3:
John
Yarmuth (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Todd Lally (R)
- Commercial Pilot, Iraq/Afghan War Veteran, GOP Activist &
'98 State Rep. Nominee
Ed Martin (Libertarian)
- Businessman & Tea Party Activist
Michael Hansen (Independent)
- Industrial Electrician & Gulf War Veteran
District
4:
Geoff Davis (R)*
- (Campaign
Site)
John Waltz (D)
- Disabled Iraq/Afghan War Veteran & Non-Profit Group Executive

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)
Andy Barr (R)
- Attorney & Ex-Congressional Aide
Randolph Vance (Write-In)

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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