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Chet Hand

Republican · Kentucky · 2026

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Boone County Judge/ExecutiveKentucky · 2026Boone County sample ballot
Top priorities
  • Fiscal responsibility: zero-based budgeting and lower taxes while cutting wasteful spending
  • Responsible growth management as the county expands
  • Transparency and accountability in county government decisions

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Chet Hand is a Boone County Commissioner and a homestead farmer in Walton with an executive leadership background in the private sector, per his campaign site. He won over 14-year incumbent Judge/Executive Gary Moore in the May 19, 2026 Republican primary, per WVXU's report of official Boone County results, and faces no Democratic or independent opponent on the November ballot.

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