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Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner election, 2019
- Primary: May 21
- General election: Nov. 5
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 7
- Early voting: N/A
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 5
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo or non-photo ID required
- Poll times: 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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| Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: January 29, 2019 |
| Primary: May 21, 2019 General: November 5, 2019 Pre-election incumbent(s): Ryan Quarles (Republican) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in Kentucky |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| Federal and state primary competitiveness State executive elections in 2019 Impact of term limits in 2019 State government trifectas State government triplexes Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2019 |
| Kentucky executive elections |
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Kentucky held an election for agriculture commissioner on November 5, 2019.
Incumbent Ryan Quarles won election in the general election for Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture.
Candidates
General election candidates
- Ryan Quarles (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Robert Haley Conway (Democratic Party)
- Joshua Gilpin (Libertarian Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Ryan Quarles (Incumbent) ✔
- Bill Polyniak
State profile
- See also: Kentucky and Kentucky elections, 2019
Partisan data
The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019
Presidential voting pattern
- Kentucky voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Congressional delegation
- Following the 2018 elections, both U.S. Senators from Kentucky were Republican.
- Kentucky had one Democratic and five Republican U.S. Representatives.
State executives
- Democrats held two and Republicans held five of Kentucky's 14 state executive offices. Elections for the other offices are nonpartisan.
- Kentucky's governor was Republican Matt Bevin.
State legislature
- Republicans controlled the Kentucky State Senate with a 29-9 majority.
- Republicans controlled the Kentucky House of Representatives with a 61-39 majority.
Kentucky Party Control: 1992-2025
Eight years of Democratic trifectas • Three years of Republican trifectas
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| Demographic data for Kentucky | ||
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| Kentucky | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 4,424,611 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 39,486 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 87.6% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 7.9% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 1.3% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.1% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 3.3% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 84.2% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 22.3% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $43,740 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 22.7% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Kentucky. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
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