Tuesday was the candidate filing deadline for the May 2018 Primary Election in Kentucky. Here is a list of candidates in the far west Kentucky region.
U.S. Representative District 1
- Alonzo Pennington - Democrat
- Paul Walker - Democrat
- James Comer - Republican (incumbent)
(Sam Gaskins has withdrawn)
State Senate District 2
- Julie Tennyson - Democrat
- Danny Carroll - Republican (incumbent)
State Senate District 4
- J. Dorsey Ridley - Democrat (incumbent)
- Robert “Robby” Mills - Republican
State Senate District 6
- Crystal Chappell - Democrat
- C.B. Embry Jr. - Republican (incumbent)
State Representative District 1
- Desiree Owen - Democrat
- Steven Rudy - Republican (incumbent)
State Representative District 2
- Charlotte Goddard - Democrat
- Richard Heath - Republican (incumbent)
State Representative District 3
- Martha Emmons - Democrat
- Randy Bridges - Republican
- Joni Hogancamp - Republican
State Representative District 4
- Abigail Barnes - Democrat
- Lynn Bechler - Republican (incumbent)
- Fred Stubblefield - Republican
State Representative District 5
- David Ramey - Democrat
- Larry Elkins - Republican
State Representative District 6
- Al Cunningham - Democrat
- Linda Story Edwards - Democrat
- Drew Williams - Democrat
- Randall Fox - Republican
- Chris Freeland - Republican
State Representative District 7
- Joy Gray - Democrat
- Suzanne Miles - Republican (incumbent)
State Representative District 8
- Jeffrey Taylor - Democrat
- Walker Wood Thomas - Republican (incumbent)
State Representative District 9
- William Coleman - Democrat
- Myron Dossett - Republican (incumbent)
State Representative District 12
- Bruce Kunze - Democrat
- Jim Gooch Jr. - Republican (incumbent)
(Democrat Russell Peyton has withdrawn)
State Representative District 15
- Brent Yonts - Democrat
- Melinda Gibbons Prunty - Republican (incumbent)
Commonwealth’s Attorney 1st Judicial Circuit (Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman)
- Michael Stacy - Democrat
Commonwealth’s Attorney 5th Judicial Circuit (Crittenden, Union, Webster)
- Zac Greenwell - Democrat
Circuit Judge 2nd Judicial Circuit (McCracken)
- W.A. “Tony” Kitchen
District Judge 1st Judicial District (Fulton, Hickman)
- Hunter Whitesall II
District Judge 2nd Judicial District (McCracken)
- Todd Jones (1st Div.)
- Chris Hollowell (2nd Div.)
District Judge 3rd Judicial District (Christian)
- John Lindsey Adams (1st Div.)
- J. Foster Cotthoff (2nd Div.)
District Judge 4th Judicial District (Hopkins)
- David Gordon Massamore (1st Div.)
- Kim Poe Gilliam (2nd Div.)
- Bill Whitledge (2nd Div.)
District Judge 5th Judicial District (Crittenden, Union, Webster)
- Daniel Mark Heady
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LOCAL RACES
Here are some of the local races WKMS News is watching for this year's election. See who's running:
Ballard County Judge Executive
- Todd Cooper - Republican (incumbent)
- Warren Thomas - Democrat
Caldwell County Judge Executive
(waiting to confirm final list)
- Tracie Turner - Democrat
- Phillip Sisk - Democrat
- Rick Blackburn - Democrat
- Ellen Dunning - Democrat
- Larry Curling - Republican
Calloway County Judge Executive
- James Gallimore - Democrat
- Kenny Imes - Republican
- Joel Stansberry - Republican
- Vincent Costello - Veterans Party of America
Murray Mayor
(2 will go to November race)
- Ed Davis
- Bob Rogers
- Clifton Darnell
- Fred J. Moore
Murray City Council
(24 will go to November race. 12 seats on council)
- Richard Knight
- Jessica Evans
- Jeremy Bell (Incumbent)
- John Mark Roberts (Incumbent)
- Monty McCuiston
- Linda Cherry (Incumbent)
- Rickie Spann
- John “Johnny” Bohannon (Incumbent)
- David Hornback
- Alice Rouse
- Ron “R.G.” Gladden
- Donnie Winchester
- Dan Miller (Incumbent)
- Patricia “Pat” Seiber
- Robert Billington Jr. (Incumbent)
- Sue Hood
- Rose Ross Elder
- Barbara Cobb
- Burton Young (Incumbent)
- Jane Shoemaker (Incumbent)
- Barry Randall Hill
- James “Froggy” Gish
- Terry Strieter
- Michael Shayne Morris
- Jane Brandon
- Kim Tetrev
- Tina Gorham
- Wesley Bolin (Incumbent)
- Danny O. Hudspeth (Incumbent)
- Pat Scott (Incumbent)
- Robert Barker
- Chris Chapman
- Deana Wright
- Kaitlin Murnane
(Richard Vanover and Carmen Garland have withdrawn)
Carlisle County Judge Executive
- Greg Terry - Democrat (incumbent)
Christian County Judge Executive
- Steve Tribble - Democrat (incumbent)
Hopkinsville Mayor
- Carter Hendricks - Republican (incumbent)
- Jason McCraw - Democrat
- Walter Shamble - Independent
Crittenden County Judge Executive
- Perry Newcom - Republican (incumbent)
- Ricky Winders - Republican
Fulton County Judge Executive
- James “Jim” Martin - Democrat (incumbent)
Graves County Judge Executive
- Jesse Perry - Independent (incumbent)
- Greg Higdon - Democrat
- Michael Dick - Democrat
Mayfield Mayor
- Steven C. Elder
- Kathy O’Nan
Mayfield City Council
(20 will move on to November race. 10 seats on council)
- “The Real” Johnny Jackson (incumbent)
- Chuck Whitnell (incumbent)
- Derrick Parrott
- Alaine Champy
- Berry McDonald (incumbent)
- Brad Rodgers
- John Wesley Lawson
- Phil Myers (incumbent)
- Nathaniel “Nate” Cox (incumbent)
- Cindy Price
- Mel Doughty
- D. Keith Roach
- Chris Smothers
- Elisabeth “Betsy” Jones
- Wayne Potts (incumbent)
- Janna Bennett Adams (incumbent)
- George Quinton Taylor
- Derrick Herndon
- Carol R. Todd
- Johnny Jackson
- Nick Summers (incumbent)
- Jamie Masso
Hickman County Judge Executive
- Kenny Wilson - Republican (Incumbent)
Hopkins County Judge Executive
- Jack Whitfield Jr. - Republican
- Joe Blue - Democrat
Madisonville Mayor
- Kevin Cotton - Republican
- David Jackson -Republican (Incumbent)
- David Oakley -Democrat
Lyon County Judge Executive
- Wade White - Republican (Incumbent)
Marshall County Judge Executive
- Kevin Neal - Republican (Incumbent)
- Will Coursey -Democrat
McCracken County Judge Executive
- Craig Zeiss Clymer - Democrat
Paducah City Commissioner
- Richard Abraham (Incumbent)
- Gerald Watkins
- Raynarldo Henderson
- Sarah Steward Holland (Incumbent)
- Sandra Wilson (Incumbent)
- Scott Jackson
- Brenda McElroy
- Mike Reed
McLean County Judge Executive
- Stephen Kelly Thurman - Democrat (Incumbent)
- Michael Linis Burden - Republican
Trigg County Judge Executive
- Hollis Alexander - Republican (Incumbent)
- Ricky Dale Calhoun - Democrat
Union County Judge Executive
- Tom Stevenson - Democrat
- J.D. Kramer - Democrat
- Michael Hardesty - Democrat
- Bill Holbrook - Democrat
- Jeremy Curtis- Democrat
- David Hart - Republican
- Adam O’Nan - Republican
Webster County Judge Executive
- Stephen Henry - Republican (Incumbent)
This post will be updated.
