List of challengers in state executive elections, 2019

This page contains a list of all challengers who ran in the 2019 state executive official elections. Challenger refers to candidates who were not current incumbents of the state executive offices they sought at the time of the election. This list includes those who were elected officials from other offices. Click on the individual state tabs below for candidate names, which are organized by state, chamber and party.

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Challengers by state

Click on the tabs below to see a listing of declared candidates for state executive elections in each state. The names are organized by position and party:

Kentucky

Governor

Democratic

1. Andy Beshear
2. Adam Edelen
3. Rocky Adkins
4. Geoff Young

Republican

1. William E. Woods
2. Ike Lawrence
3. Geoff Young

Other parties

1. John Hicks (Kentucky)

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Lieutenant governor

Democratic

1. Stephanie Horne
2. Joshua French
3. Jacqueline Coleman

Republican

1. Justin Miller (Kentucky)
2. James Anthony Rose (Kentucky)
3. Ralph Alvarado
4. Michael T. Hogan (Kentucky)

Other parties

1. Ann Cormican

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Attorney general

Democratic

1. Gregory Stumbo

Republican

1. Daniel Cameron
2. Whitney Westerfield
3. Wil Schroder (Kentucky legislator)

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Secretary of state

Democratic

1. Jason Belcher
2. Jason Griffith (Kentucky secretary of state candidate)
3. Geoff Sebesta
4. Heather French Henry

Republican

1. Andrew English
2. Carl Nett
3. Michael Adams
4. Stephen L. Knipper

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Agriculture commissioner

Democratic

1. Robert Conway (Kentucky)

Republican

1. Bill Polyniak

Other parties

1. Joshua Gilpin

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Auditor

Democratic

1. Kelsey Hayes Coots
2. Chris Tobe (Kentucky)
3. Sheri Donahue
4. Drew Curtis

Republican

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Other parties

1. Kyle Hugenberg

Independents

1. Drew Curtis

Treasurer

Democratic

1. Michael Bowman
2. Josh Mers

Republican

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Louisiana

Governor

Democratic

1. Oscar Dantzler
2. Gary Landrieu
3. M.V. Mendoza

Republican

1. Patrick Landry
2. Eddie Rispone
3. Manuel Leach
4. Patrick Doguet
5. Ralph Abraham
6. M.V. Mendoza

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

1. Gary Landrieu
2. M.V. Mendoza

Lieutenant governor

Democratic

1. Willie Jones
2. Rao Uppu

Republican

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Attorney general

Democratic

1. Ike Jackson

Republican

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Secretary of state

Democratic

1. Gwen Collins-Greenup

Republican

1. Amanda Smith (Louisiana)
2. Thomas Kennedy III

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Agriculture commissioner

Democratic

1. Charlie Greer
2. Marguerite Green
3. Peter Williams (Louisiana)

Republican

1. Bradley Zaunbrecher

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Insurance Commissioner

Democratic

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Republican

1. Tim Temple

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Democratic

1. Ciara Hart
2. Ashonta Wyatt
3. Chakesha Webb Scott
4. Shawon Bernard
5. Jonathan Loveall
6. Preston Castille
7. Vereta Lee

Republican

1. Janice Perea
2. Gregory Spiers
3. Marion Bonura
4. Lee Price-Barrios
5. Stephen Chapman
6. Ashley Ellis
7. Ronnie Morris

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

1. Timala Melancon
2. Marion Bonura
3. Lee Price-Barrios
4. Vickie Tolliver Auguste

Treasurer

Democratic

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Republican

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

1. Teresa Kenny

Mississippi

Governor

Democratic

1. Robert Shuler Smith (Mississippi gubernatorial candidate)
2. Michael Brown (Mississippi)
3. Gregory Wash
4. Robert Ray (Mississippi)
5. Velesha P. Williams
6. Albert Wilson
7. Bob Hickingbottom
8. Phillip West
9. William Compton (Mississippi)
10. Jim Hood

Republican

1. William Waller
2. Tate Reeves
3. Robert Foster (Mississippi)

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

1. David Singletary

Lieutenant governor

Democratic

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Republican

1. Shane Quick
2. Delbert Hosemann

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Attorney general

Democratic

1. Jennifer Collins (Mississippi)

Republican

1. Andy Taggart
2. Lynn Fitch
3. Mark Baker (Mississippi)

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Secretary of state

Democratic

1. Johnny DuPree
2. Maryra Hunt

Republican

1. Michael Watson (Mississippi)
2. Sam Britton

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Agriculture commissioner

Democratic

1. Rickey Cole

Republican

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Auditor

Democratic

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Republican

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Insurance Commissioner

Democratic

1. Robert Amos

Republican

No challengers from this party filed to run for this position.

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Public Service Commissioner

Democratic

1. Dorothy Benford
2. Ryan Brown (Mississippi)
3. Bruce Burton
4. Sugar Stallings
5. Connie Moran

Republican

1. Nic Lott
2. Kelvin Schulz
3. Perry Parker (Mississippi)
4. Brent Bailey
5. Dane Maxwell

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Transportation commissioner

Democratic

1. Joe Grist
2. Marcus Wallace
3. Willie Simmons (Mississippi)

Republican

1. Jeremy Martin
2. E. A. Hathcock
3. Geoffrey Yoste
4. Ricky Pennington Jr.
5. Trey Bowman
6. Chad Toney
7. Butch Lee
8. John Caldwell

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

Treasurer

Democratic

1. Addie Lee Green

Republican

1. David McRae
2. Eugene Clarke

Other parties

No third party challengers filed to run for this position.

Independents

No independent challengers filed to run for this position.

See also

• List of candidates in state executive elections, 2019
• List of candidates in state legislative elections, 2019
• List of challengers in state legislative elections, 2019
• State executive official elections, 2019
• 2019 primary election competitiveness in state government
• Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2019