Happy Election Day, y'all!

Here at HerKentucky, we're not committed to a Red State or a Blue State. We're way more concerned about having an informed, active state. We never try to sway our readers toward a particular candidate, but we sure hope that y'all make informed choices. Most importantly, we hope that y'all honor the Commonwealth by exercising your right to vote!

Here's a little about all of the candidates in today's statewide elections.

Gubanatorial Primary

Kentucky's gubernatorial candidates pick their own running mates; these pairs are elected on shared tickets in both primary and general elections.

Democratic ticket:  

• Attorney General of Kentucky Jack Conway and his running mate State Representative Sannie Overly (Official Website Here)
• Retired engineer Geoff Young and his running mate Jonathan Masters (Official Website Here)

Republican ticket:

• Hedge Fund Executive Matt Bevin and his running mate 2014 State House candidate Jenean Hampton (Official Website Here)
• Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky James Comer and running mate  State Senator Christian McDaniel (Official Website Here)
• Former Louisville Metro Councilman Hal Heiner and running mate Lexington-Fayette Urban County Councilwoman  K.C. Crosbie (Official Website Here)
• Former Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court Will T. Scott and running mate former Menifee County Sheriff Rodney Coffey (Official Website Here)

Attorney General

Republican Ticket:

• Lawrence County Attorney Michael T Hogan 
• State Senator Whitney Westerfield

Democratic Ticket:

• Andrew Beshear

Secretary of State

Democratic Ticket:

• Alison Lundergan Grimes, incumbant
• Fayette Co PVA David O'Neill

Republican Ticket:

• Former Erlanger City Councilman Steve Knipper

State Auditor

Republican Ticket

• State Representative Mike Harmon

Democratic Ticket

• Incumbent Adam Edelen

State Treasurer

Democratic Ticket

• Executive Chairman of Great Northern Building Products Neville Blakemore
• State Representative Jim Glenn
• Jefferson County Commissioner Daniel Grossberg
• Former State Representative and former Mayor of Jeffersonville Richard Henderson
• State Representative Rick Nelson

Republican Ticket

• Allison Ball
• Kenny Imes, State Representative
• Jon Larson, former Fayette County Judge/Executive

Agriculture Commisioner

 

Kentucky Supreme Court, 7th District Special Election

(A non-partisan special election will be held along with the May 19, 2015 primary elections to fill the 7th district seat of the Kentucky Supreme Court.)

• Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge and former Kentucky Supreme Court JusticeJanet Stumbo
• Kentucky Circuit Court Judge Sam Wright

For more information:
Ballotopedia 

 

Remember, if you don't vote now, you shouldn't complain about your elected officials later!