Hardin County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Elizabethtown. The county was formed in 1792. Hardin County is part of the Elizabethtown-Fort Knox,KY Metropolitan Statistical Area,as well as the Louisville/Jefferson County—Elizabethtown-Bardstown,KY-IN Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census,the population was 110,702.
Elizabethtown is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Hardin County,Kentucky,United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census,and was estimated at 31,394 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020,making it the 11th-largest city in the state. It is included in the Elizabethtown–Fort Knox,Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is included in the Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown–Madison,Kentucky-Indiana Combined Statistical Area. The Elizabethtown Metropolitan area had a 2019 estimated population of 153,057,making it the 5th-largest metropolitan area in the state.
Ronald Edward Lewis is an American retired politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1994 to 2009,having represented the 2nd congressional district of Kentucky.
The 2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2007. In this election,incumbent Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher ran for reelection to a second term,but was soundly defeated by Democratic challenger Steve Beshear. A primary election to determine the Republican and Democratic nominees for governor was held on May 22,2007,in which Fletcher and Beshear won their respective primaries. Steve Beshear's son Andy was elected Kentucky's State Attorney General in 2015 and Kentucky's Governor in 2019 and 2023.
The Kentucky General Assembly,also called the Kentucky Legislature,is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It comprises the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives.
The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) is the system of public community and technical colleges in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is headquartered in Versailles,Kentucky,and has 16 colleges with over 70 campuses. Programs offered include associate degrees;pre-baccalaureate education to transfer to a public 4-year institution;adult education,continuing and developmental education;customized training for business and industry;and distance learning. KCTCS was founded as part of the Postsecondary Improvement Act of 1997,signed by former Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton,to create a new institution to replace the University of Kentucky's Community College System and the Kentucky Department of Education's network of technical schools. The Kentucky Fire Commission,a separate state entity responsible for training emergency responders,also became part of KCTCS at that time.
James Iver McKay was an American lawyer and politician who served nine terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1831 to 1849.
Thomas Austin Robertson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
William Singleton Young was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky,brother of Bryan Rust Young and uncle of John Young Brown.
Benjamin Hardin was a United States representative from Kentucky. Martin Davis Hardin was his cousin.
The 2003 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Kentucky on November 4,2003. Republican candidate Ernie Fletcher defeated Democrat Ben Chandler and became the first Republican governor of Kentucky in 32 years.
John Y. Hill was an American builder,tailor,bricklayer,cattle herder,hotel operator,and state legislator in Kentucky. He was born in Shepherds Town,Virginia in 1799 and moved to Elizabethtown,Hardin County,Kentucky,in approximately 1818. He worked as a tailor from approximately 1818 and into the 1830s. He also worked as a bricklayer and builder from 1825 and into the 1840s. He also served in the Kentucky House of Representatives. In approximately 1825,he built the Hill House,a Federal-style building in Elizabethtown. In the 1840s,he began operating Hill House as a boarding house. Hill died of pneumonia in August 1859. His second wife,Rebecca Davis Stone Hill,continued to operate Hill House until she died in 1882. General George Armstrong Custer lived at the house from 1871 to 1873.
Kevin D. Bratcher is an American politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing District 29 since January 1997. He was the first Republican House Majority Whip in Kentucky history. Currently,Bratcher is the Chairman of the House Elections,Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were held on November 8,2016,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 the 2016 presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on May 17.
James Carme DuPlessis is an American politician and engineer who served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives for House District 25 from 2015 to 2023. As an engineer,he works for ChemTreat Inc. DuPlessis unseated longtime representative,Jimmie Lee,in the 2014 election and was re-elected in 2016. He did not seek reelection in 2022.
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.
Suzie Pollock is an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 123rd district. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected in 2018 and assumed office in 2019.
The 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 8,2022. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 17. All 100 seats of the house were up for election. Republicans increased their majority in the chamber,gaining five seats.
The 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election will be held on November 5,2024. The Republican and Democratic primary elections will be held on May 21. Following the 2022 election,Republicans and Democrats held 80 and 20 seats,respectively. The deadline for candidates to file was January 5,2024.
