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The Kentucky Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The party is a longstanding institution in the Commonwealth;45.7% of Kentuckians were registered as Democrats in 2022,more than the 44.8% who were registered with the Republican Party.
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Bertram Robert Stivers II,is a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing the 25th Senate District since 1997. He served as the Republican Majority Leader of the Kentucky State Senate through 2012,and became the President of the Kentucky Senate on the opening day of the 2013 legislative session on January 8.
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Garland Hale "Andy" Barr IV is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the administration of Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher.
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Whitney H. Westerfield is an American politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 3 since January 8,2013. In 2015,Westerfield was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Attorney General of Kentucky,losing to Democrat Andy Beshear by a margin of 0.2 percent.
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Andrew Graham Beshear is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd governor of Kentucky since December 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the son of the 61st governor of Kentucky,Steve Beshear.
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The 2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 8,2022 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent Kentucky. Incumbent Republican Rand Paul won reelection to a third term,defeating Democrat Charles Booker.
The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21,2019. The general election was held on November 5,2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear declined to seek reelection to a second term to instead successfully run for Governor. Republican nominee Daniel Cameron won with 57.8% of the vote. He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since Eldon S. Dummit in 1944,and the state's first black attorney general.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were held on November 8,2022,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Kentucky,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The 2022 Louisville mayoral election was the sixth quadrennial Louisville Metro mayoral election,held on November 8,2022. Incumbent Democratic mayor Greg Fischer is term-limited and cannot seek reelection to a fourth term in office.
The 2015 Kentucky Secretary of State election was held on November 3,2015 to elect the Secretary of State of Kentucky. Primary elections were held on May 19,2015. Incumbent Democratic Secretary Alison Lundergan Grimes narrowly won re-election to a second term against Republican nominee Steve Knipper.
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- ↑ "Senate Republican Leaders go after Andy Beshear's power with three new bills". Lexington Herald-Leader. 2020.
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