Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes has announced that 640 candidates filed with her office to run in the May 20 Primary Election. The deadline to file was January 28, 2014, at 4:00 p.m., local time at the place of filing.
“More than double the number of candidates who filed with my office in 2012 are seeking public office this year, and more than 4,800 candidates filed statewide to run in the Primary” said Grimes. “I’m excited to see so many engaged people who want to serve their fellow Kentuckians, and I’m grateful to our state and local election officials and staff members for their hard work this filing season.”
There are 37 contested primaries for legislative offices that file with the Secretary of State: 2 for U.S. Senator, 4 for U.S. Representative, 6 for State Senator, and 25 for State Representative. There will also be a number of primaries for judicial offices. Candidates for county and city offices file with the county clerk in the county in which they serve.
Drawings for ballot position for the Primary Election will be held in the respective filing officials’ offices at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 30.
Individuals seeking to run as independent, political organization or political group candidates for most partisan offices must file a statement-of-candidacy form no later than Monday, April 1, 2014, and a petition of nomination no later than August 12, 2014.
For spread sheet of all candidates click HERE
