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The deadline has passed. Who’s in for 2023?

The moment you’ve all been waiting for: seeing who is ACTUALLY in for the 2023 election.

It’s 4:30 PM on January 6th, 2023 which means the filing deadline has passed and we now know who is running for office in Kentucky in 2023! So let's take a look at each office.

(*Note: I contacted the Secretary of State’s office at 4:30pm to confirm that this list is final)

Office

Last Name

First Name

Middle Name

Party

Governor

Beshear

Andy


Democratic Party

Governor

Martin

Peppy


Democratic Party

Governor

Young

Geoffrey

M. "Geoff"

Democratic Party

Governor

Cameron

Daniel


Republican Party

Governor

Clark

Jacob


Republican Party

Governor

Cooper

David

O.

Republican Party

Governor

Craft

Kelly


Republican Party

Governor

Deters

Eric


Republican Party

Governor

DeVore

Bob


Republican Party

Governor

Harmon

Mike


Republican Party

Governor

Keck

Alan


Republican Party

Governor

Ormerod

Dennis

Ray

Republican Party

Governor

Quarles

Ryan


Republican Party

Governor

Rice

Johnny

Ray

Republican Party

Governor

Smith

Robbie

C.

Republican Party

Secretary of State

Wheatley

Charles

"Buddy"

Democratic Party

Secretary of State

Adams

Michael


Republican Party

Secretary of State

Knipper

Stephen

L.

Republican Party

Secretary of State

Maricle

Allen


Republican Party

Attorney General

Stevenson

Pamela


Democratic Party

Attorney General

Coleman

Russell


Republican Party

Auditor of Public Accounts

Reeder

Kimberley

"Kim"

Democratic Party

Auditor of Public Accounts

Ball

Allison


Republican Party

Auditor of Public Accounts

Petteys

Derek


Republican Party

State Treasurer

Cooperrider

Andrew


Republican Party

State Treasurer

Metcalf

Mark

H.

Republican Party

State Treasurer

Bowman

Michael


Democratic Party

State Treasurer

Oleka

O.C.

"OJ"

Republican Party

Commissioner of Agriculture

Enlow

Sierra

J.

Democratic Party

Commissioner of Agriculture

Malone

Mikael


Democratic Party

Commissioner of Agriculture

Heath

Richard


Republican Party

Commissioner of Agriculture

Shell

Jonathan


Republican Party

So, there it is! What do you think?

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Trent Garrison

Trent Garrison grew up in southeastern Kentucky, and attended EKU and got his Ph.D. at UK. After working in state government, he attended graduate school at KSU. (Read more on the Contributors page.)

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