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Republican Party primaries, 2024

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Primary Date
May 21, 2024

Federal elections
Republican primaries for U.S. House

State party
Republican Party of Kentucky
State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Republican primaries that took place in Kentucky on May 21, 2024.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Kentucky utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[1][2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Federal elections

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Kentucky, 2024 (May 21 Republican primaries)

The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were on November 5, 2024. Voters elected six candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's six U.S. House districts. The primary was May 21, 2024. The filing deadline was January 5, 2024.

To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.
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District 1

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

District 2

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

District 3

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

District 4

Republican Party Republican primary candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 5

Republican Party Republican primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:
Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 6

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

State elections

State Senate

See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2024
To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Kentucky State Senate elections, 2024

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
  • * = The primary was canceled and the candidate advanced.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJason Howell (i)
Lynn Bechler

District 3

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngCraig Richardson*

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngJamie Skudlarek*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Meredith (i)
Thomas Ballinger

District 7

Green check mark transparent.pngRhonda Davis*  Candidate Connection

Adrienne Southworth (i)  Candidate Connection
Ed Gallrein
Green check mark transparent.pngAaron Reed

District 9

Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Pennington*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Givens* (i)

District 11

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Duane Froelicher
Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Rawlings

District 13

Green check mark transparent.pngReggie Thomas* (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 15

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngRick Girdler* (i)

District 17

Green check mark transparent.pngKiana Fields*

Julia Jaddock
Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Nunn

District 19

Green check mark transparent.pngCassie Chambers Armstrong* (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 21

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBrandon Storm* (i)

District 23

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Sierra*

Green check mark transparent.pngChris McDaniel* (i)

District 25

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Stivers* (i)

District 27

Green check mark transparent.pngMolly Crain*

Green check mark transparent.pngSteve West* (i)

District 29

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJohnnie Turner (i)
Shawn Gilley
Randy Thompson

Did not make the ballot:
Les Stapleton 

District 31

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngPhillip Wheeler* (i)

District 33

Green check mark transparent.pngGerald Neal (i)
Michael Churchill  Candidate Connection
Attica Scott

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 35

Green check mark transparent.pngKeturah Herron*

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 37

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Yates* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngCalvin Leach*  Candidate Connection

House of Representatives

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2024
To see a full list of state House candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2024

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
  • * = The primary was canceled and the candidate advanced.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngFredrick Fountain*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Rudy* (i)

District 2

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Richard Heath (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngKimberly Holloway

District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngCarrie Singler*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngRandy Bridges* (i)  Candidate Connection

District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngLloyd Smith*

Green check mark transparent.pngD. Wade Williams* (i)

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngLauren Hines*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMary Imes* (i)

District 6

Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Edwards*

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Freeland* (i)

District 7

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngSuzanne Miles* (i)

District 8

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngWalker Thomas* (i)

District 9

Green check mark transparent.pngTwyla Dillard*

Green check mark transparent.pngMyron Dossett* (i)

District 10

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Whipple*

Green check mark transparent.pngJosh Calloway (i)
Julie Cantwell  Candidate Connection

District 11

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJ.T. Payne*

District 12

Green check mark transparent.pngAlton Ayer*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJim Gooch Jr.* (i)

District 13

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngD.J. Johnson* (i)

District 14

Green check mark transparent.pngChanda Garner*

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Lewis* (i)

District 15

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngRebecca Raymer* (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Kathy Perry-Russell 

District 16

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJason Petrie* (i)

District 17

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Duvall* (i)

District 18

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngSamara Heavrin* (i)

District 19

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Meredith (i)
Kelcey Rock  Candidate Connection

District 20

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Jackson* (i)

District 21

Green check mark transparent.pngJeffery Humble*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Neighbors* (i)

District 22

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngShawn McPherson* (i)

District 23

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Riley* (i)

District 24

Green check mark transparent.pngJohnny Pennington*

Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Bivens
Asa Waggoner  Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
Brandon Reed (i)

District 25

Green check mark transparent.pngCherlyn Smith*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Bratcher* (i)

District 26

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngPeyton Griffee* (i)

District 27

Green check mark transparent.pngTyler Chapman*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngNancy Tate* (i)

District 28

Green check mark transparent.pngAlmaria Baker*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJared Bauman* (i)

District 29

Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Findley Jr.
Matthew Pfaadt  Candidate Connection
Ricky Santiago  Candidate Connection

Wyatt Allison
Green check mark transparent.pngChris Lewis  Candidate Connection
Debbie Peden  Candidate Connection

District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Grossberg (i)
Mitra Subedi  Candidate Connection

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 31

Green check mark transparent.pngColleen Davis
Carma Marshall

Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Tyler Witten* (i)

District 32

Green check mark transparent.pngTina Bojanowski* (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 33

Green check mark transparent.pngTaylor Jolly*

Green check mark transparent.pngJason Michael Nemes* (i)

District 34

Green check mark transparent.pngSarah Stalker* (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 35

Green check mark transparent.pngLisa Willner* (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 36

Colin McDowell  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Zorn

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Hodgson* (i)

District 37

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Stovall*

Green check mark transparent.pngEmily Callaway* (i)

District 38

Green check mark transparent.pngRachel Roarx* (i)  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngCarrie Sanders McKeehan*

District 39

Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Stanford*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Lockett* (i)

District 40

Nima Kulkarni (i)  (disqualified appeared on ballot)
William Zeitz

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 41

William Adams
Green check mark transparent.pngMary Lou Marzian

Green check mark transparent.pngSara-Elizabeth Cottrell*

District 42

Jonathan Musselwhite
Jack Walker  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngJoshua Watkins  Candidate Connection

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 43

Green check mark transparent.pngPamela Stevenson* (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 44

Green check mark transparent.pngBeverly Chester-Burton (i)
Daniel Cockrell
Shreeta Waldon  Candidate Connection

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 45

Green check mark transparent.pngAdam Moore*  Candidate Connection

Killian Timoney (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Jefferson

District 46

Green check mark transparent.pngAlan Gentry* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngBob DeVore*

District 47

Green check mark transparent.pngRobb Adams*

Green check mark transparent.pngFelicia Rabourn (i)
Mark Gilkison

District 48

Green check mark transparent.pngKate Farrow  Candidate Connection
Debbie Wesslund

Green check mark transparent.pngKen Fleming* (i)

District 49

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Huff (i)
William Harned

District 50

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngCandy Massaroni (i)
Andy Stone

Did not make the ballot:
Don Thrasher 

District 51

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Pollock* (i)

District 52

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngKen Upchurch* (i)

District 53

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJames A. Tipton* (i)

District 54

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Elliott* (i)

District 55

Green check mark transparent.pngKatrina Sexton*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngKim King* (i)

Did not make the ballot:
James Toller  Candidate Connection

District 56

Green check mark transparent.pngChantel Bingham
Dencia Branscum

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Fister* (i)

District 57

Green check mark transparent.pngErika Hancock
Kristie Powe  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngKyle Thompson*  Candidate Connection

District 58

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Henderson*

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Decker* (i)

District 59

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Osborne* (i)

District 60

Green check mark transparent.pngDeborah Flowers*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMarianne Proctor (i)  Candidate Connection
Christopher Pavese  Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
Darren Nichols 

District 61

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngSavannah Maddox (i)
Jarrod Lykins

District 62

Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Kidwell*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngTony Hampton
Bill Parker

District 63

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngKimberly Banta* (i)

District 64

Green check mark transparent.pngHeather Crabbe*

Green check mark transparent.pngKimberly Moser (i)
Karen Campbell  Candidate Connection

District 65

Green check mark transparent.pngAaron Currin*

Green check mark transparent.pngStephanie A. Dietz* (i)

District 66

Green check mark transparent.pngPeggy Houston-Nienaber*  Candidate Connection

C. Ed Massey
Green check mark transparent.pngT.J. Roberts  Candidate Connection

District 67

Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Lehman*  Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
Rachel Roberts (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngTerry Hatton
Brian Ormes

Did not make the ballot:
Jerry Gearding 

District 68

Green check mark transparent.pngBrandon Long*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Clines* (i)

District 69

Green check mark transparent.pngWilanne Stangel*

Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Doan (i)
Diane Brown

District 70

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Lawrence* (i)

District 71

Green check mark transparent.pngRachelle Riddle*

Green check mark transparent.pngJosh Bray* (i)

District 72

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Koch* (i)

District 73

Green check mark transparent.pngRory Houlihan*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Dotson* (i)

District 74

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Hale* (i)

District 75

Green check mark transparent.pngLindsey Burke* (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 76

Joshua Buckman  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngAnne Donworth  Candidate Connection
James Palumbo  Candidate Connection

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 77

Green check mark transparent.pngGeorge A. Brown Jr. (i)
Daniel Whitley

Green check mark transparent.pngJason Griffith*  Candidate Connection

District 78

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMark Hart* (i)

District 79

Green check mark transparent.pngChad Aull* (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 80

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Meade* (i)

District 81

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDeanna Frazier Gordon* (i)

District 82

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngNick Wilson* (i)

District 83

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJoshua Branscum* (i)

District 84

Green check mark transparent.pngZackary Hall*

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Fugate* (i)

District 85

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngShane Baker* (i)

District 86

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngTom Smith (i)
Billy Taylor

District 87

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngAdam Bowling* (i)

District 88

Green check mark transparent.pngCherlynn Stevenson* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngVanessa Grossl*  Candidate Connection

District 89

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngTimmy Truett (i)
Idalia Holland  Candidate Connection

District 90

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDerek Lewis* (i)

District 91

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBilly Wesley (i)
Darrell Billings

District 92

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Blanton* (i)

District 93

Green check mark transparent.pngAdrielle Camuel (i)
Sarah Ritter

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 94

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMitchum Whitaker*

District 95

Green check mark transparent.pngAshley Laferty* (i)

David Pennington
Green check mark transparent.pngBrandon Spencer

District 96

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngPatrick Flannery* (i)

District 97

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBobby McCool* (i)

District 98

Shawn Assar
James Reneau
Joe Virgin
Green check mark transparent.pngTammie Womack

Green check mark transparent.pngAaron Thompson*

District 99

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngRichard White* (i)

District 100

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngScott Sharp* (i)


Voting information

See also: Voting in Kentucky

Election information in Kentucky: May 21, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: April 22, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by April 22, 2024
  • Online: April 22, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: N/A by N/A
  • Online: May 7, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: May 21, 2024
  • By mail: Received by May 21, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

May 16, 2024 to May 18, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (EST/CST)


Context of the 2024 elections

Kentucky Party Control: 1992-2025
Eight years of Democratic trifectas  •  Three years of Republican trifectas
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Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D
Senate D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R

State party overview

Republican Party of Kentucky

See also: Republican Party of Kentucky


State political party revenue

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Republican state party affiliates.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 120 Kentucky counties—0.83 percent—is a pivot county. Pivot counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 pivot counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Elliott County, Kentucky 44.13% 2.50% 25.17%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Kentucky with 62.5 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 32.7 percent. In presidential elections between 1792 and 2016, Kentucky voted Democratic 45.6 percent of the time and Republican 26.3 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Kentucky voted Republican all five times.[4]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Kentucky. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[5][6]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 18 out of 100 state House districts in Kentucky with an average margin of victory of 24.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 18 out of 100 state House districts in Kentucky with an average margin of victory of 25 points. Clinton won one district controlled by a Republican heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 82 out of 100 state House districts in Kentucky with an average margin of victory of 32.8 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 82 out of 100 state House districts in Kentucky with an average margin of victory of 42 points. Trump won 20 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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