Kentucky judicial primary elections, 2014

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Kentucky held its judicial primary elections on May 20, 2014. For more election information, see: Kentucky judicial elections, 2014.

Primary results

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Court	Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote
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30th Judicial Circuit	A. Christine Ward	No	48.8%A
33rd Judicial Circuit	Alison C. Wells	No	38.2%A
41st District Court	Allen B. Roberts	No	40.0%A
30th District Court	Amber B. Wolf	No	37.5%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Angela Johnson	No	39.9%A
30th District Court	Annette Karem	Yes	50.7%A
31st Judicial Circuit	Ashley Tackett Laferty	No	31.6%A
18th Judicial Circuit	Barbara L. Paul	Yes	16.1%A
5th Judicial Circuit Court	Ben Leonard	No	40.7%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Bill Tingley	No	23.5%A
5th Judicial Circuit Court	Brandi Hagan Rogers	No	33.6%A
30th District Court	Brendan Joseph McLeod	No	22.8%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Bryan Daniel Gatewood	No	17.3%A
31st Judicial Circuit	C.V. Reynolds	No	13.1%A
14th District Court	Chad Wells	No	27.3%A
30th District Court	Charles J. Adkins	No	23.3%A
2nd District Court	Chris Hollowell	Yes	57.4%A
2nd District Court	Craig F. Newbern Jr.	No	21.5%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Danny Kang	No	13.1%A
31st Judicial Circuit	David Allen Barber	No	13.4%A
4th District Court	David G. MassamoreA	No	49.2%A
8th Judicial Circuit	David Lanphear	No	28.5%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Deana McDonald	No	66.9%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Denise Brown	No	46.4%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Denise Malone Helline	No	13.0%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Dennis C. Burke	No	23.5%A
30th District Court	Derwin L. Webb	No	29.3%A
14th Judicial Circuit	Dorothy Jo Mastin	No	21.1%A
27th Judicial Circuit	Durenda Lawson	Yes	29.6%A
31st Judicial Circuit	Earl McGuire	No	9.0%A
54th Judicial Circuit	Edward Drennen	No	16.4%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Eric Crump	No	12.6%A
30th District Court	Eric Haner	Yes	35.2%A
18th Judicial Circuit	Eric Tedder	No	10.4%A
23rd Judicial Circuit	Heather Combs	No	36.4%A
18th Judicial Circuit	Heather Fryman	No	48.5%A
Twenty-Sixth Circuit	Henry S. Johnson	Yes	37.0%A
54th Judicial Circuit	Howard L. Tankersley	No	6.7%A
24th District Court	Howe E. Baker	No	6.5%A
31st Judicial Circuit	J. Sam Doyle	No	4.7%A
13th Judicial Circuit Court	Jackie Horn	No	33.9%A
30th District Court	James Michael Green	No	41.4%A
16th Judicial Circuit	James T. Redwine	No	22.3%A
16th Judicial Circuit	Jason Hiltz	No	15.0%A
13th Judicial Circuit Court	Jeff Moss	No	32.9%A
8th Judicial Circuit	Jennifer L. Brinkley	No	6.7%A
2nd District Court	Jeremy Ian Smith	No	21.1%A
15th Judicial Circuit	John Brent Threlkeld	No	29.3%A
53rd Judicial Circuit	John David Myles	Yes	30.8%A
8th Judicial Circuit	John H. McCracken	No	19.6%A
30th Judicial Circuit	John Hamlet	No	17.0%A
33rd Judicial Circuit	John Hansen	No	15.2%A
24th District Court	John T. Chafin	No	47.8%A
30th District Court	Josh P. Schneider	No	33.2%A
Twenty-Sixth Circuit	Karen S. Davenport	No	30.5%A
16th Judicial Circuit	Kathy Lape	No	31.8%A
Kentucky Court of Appeals	Kelly Thompson (Kentucky)	Yes	63.4%A
Twenty-Sixth Circuit	Kent Hendrickson	No	32.5%A
5th Judicial Circuit Court	Laura Alvey Peak	No	25.7%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Lauren Adams Ogden	No	24.0%A
14th Judicial Circuit	Lisa Hart Morgan	No	37.3%A
54th Judicial Circuit	Marcia L. Thomas	No	25.9%A
53rd Judicial Circuit	Marie Hellard	No	45.3%A
27th Judicial Circuit	Marilyn Benge McGhee	No	37.1%A
Kentucky Court of Appeals	Mark H. Flener	No	28.6%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Mark Hyatt Gaston Sr.	No	20.0%A
13th Judicial Circuit Court	Mark T. Miller	No	16.1%A
16th Judicial Circuit	Mary K. Molloy	No	16.6%A
23rd Judicial Circuit	Michael Dean	No	44.0%A
13th Judicial Circuit Court	Mike A. Hamilton	No	17.1%A
41st District Court	Monica Rice-Smith	No	26.1%A
30th District Court	Nichole Taylor Compton	No	26.5%A
Kentucky Court of Appeals	Osi Onyekwuluje	No	8.0%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Paul J. Mullins	No	15.2%A
24th District Court	Paul L. Pack	No	45.6%A
15th Judicial Circuit	R. Leslie Knight	No	49.4%A
4th District Court	Randall Hardesty	No	21.5%A
8th Judicial Circuit	Rebecca Adams Simpson	No	27.0%A
41st District Court	Richard Couch	No	15.7%A
54th Judicial Circuit	Rick A. Brueggemann	No	51.1%A
16th Judicial Circuit	Robert A. Winter, Jr.	No	14.4%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Robert M. Guarnieri	No	14.2%A
33rd Judicial Circuit	Sam R. Collins	No	12.6%A
18th Judicial Circuit	Sam W. Arnold III	No	25.0%A
33rd Judicial Circuit	Scott Blair	No	34.0%A
41st District Court	Stella B. House	No	18.2%A
14th District Court	Stephanie A. Litteral	No	25.3%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Stephanie L. Morgan-White	No	18.6%A
27th Judicial Circuit	Stephen M. Jones	No	33.3%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Stuart A. Scherer	No	17.4%A
53rd Judicial Circuit	Susan M. Meschler	No	24.0%A
14th Judicial Circuit	Tamra Gormley	Yes	41.6%A
30th Judicial Circuit	Tara Hagerty	No	68.4%A
23rd Judicial Circuit	Thomas J. Smith	No	19.6%A
31st Judicial Circuit	Thomas M. Smith	No	28.3%A
14th District Court	Vanessa M. Dickson	Yes	47.4%A
8th Judicial Circuit	W. Ralph Beck	No	18.5%A
15th Judicial Circuit	William R. Adkins	No	21.3%A

See also

• Portal:Judicial elections
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2014
• Kentucky judicial elections
• Judicial selection in Kentucky

Footnotes

Kentucky courts

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Federal courts:

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky

State courts:

Kentucky Supreme Court • Kentucky Court of Appeals • Kentucky Circuit Courts • Kentucky District Courts • Kentucky Family Court

State resources:

Courts in Kentucky • Kentucky judicial elections • Judicial selection in Kentucky