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Kentucky gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2023 (May 16 Democratic primary)
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| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: January 6, 2023 |
| Primary: May 16, 2023 General: November 7, 2023 Pre-election incumbent(s): Gov. Andy Beshear (Democratic) Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman (Democratic) |
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| Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in Kentucky |
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A Democratic Party primary took place on May 16, 2023, in Kentucky to determine which candidates would earn the right to run as the party's nominees in the state's gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election on November 7, 2023.
Incumbent Andy Beshear advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of Kentucky.
This page focuses on Kentucky's Democratic Party gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial primary. For more in-depth information on Kentucky's Republican gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Kentucky gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2023 (May 16 Republican primary)
- Kentucky gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2023
Candidates and election results
Governor
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Kentucky
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andy Beshear | 91.3 | 176,589 |
 | Geoff M. Young | 5.1 | 9,865 | |
 | Peppy Martin | 3.6 | 6,913 | |
| Total votes: 193,367 | |||
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Lieutenant governor
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Kentucky
State profile
| 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. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Kentucky
Kentucky voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Kentucky, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.[1]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Kentucky had one Retained Pivot County, 0.55 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.
More Kentucky coverage on Ballotpedia
- Elections in Kentucky
- United States congressional delegations from Kentucky
- Public policy in Kentucky
- Endorsers in Kentucky
- Kentucky fact checks
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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