Bourbon County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
5 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 4 Bourbon County races, led by the Kentucky House District 72 contest.
Judges
District Judge, 14th Judicial District, Division 1Nonpartisan race · Bolton Bevins
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Bolton Bevins Nonpartisan Incumbent
Bolton Bevins serves as the District Court judge for the 14th Judicial District, Division 1, per the Kentucky Court of Justice. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Bolton Bevins is the only name on the ballot for this seat; Kentucky prints unopposed candidates, so the race is on the November 3, 2026 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 14th Judicial District (Bourbon, Scott, Woodford) vote on this seat. Kentucky judicial elections are nonpartisan; a primary narrows the field only when three or more candidates file for a seat. Listed from the Kentucky Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate filings list.
Full race pageDistrict Judge, 14th Judicial District, Division 2Nonpartisan race · Sarah Hays Spedding
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Sarah Hays Spedding Nonpartisan Incumbent
Sarah Hays Spedding serves as the District Court judge for the 14th Judicial District, Division 2, per the Kentucky Court of Justice. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Sarah Hays Spedding is the only name on the ballot for this seat; Kentucky prints unopposed candidates, so the race is on the November 3, 2026 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 14th Judicial District (Bourbon, Scott, Woodford) vote on this seat. Kentucky judicial elections are nonpartisan; a primary narrows the field only when three or more candidates file for a seat. Listed from the Kentucky Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate filings list.
Full race pageKentucky Court of Appeals, 5th District, Division 1Nonpartisan race · Will Moynahan · Lucy Ferguson VanMeter
Will Moynahan and Lucy Ferguson VanMeter are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kentucky Court of Appeals, 5th District, Division 1.
Will Moynahan Nonpartisan
- Fairness and impartiality drawn from his legal and military service
Per the campaign site.
About Will Moynahan
Will Moynahan is the incumbent judge of the Court of Appeals, 5th Appellate District, Division 1, appointed by Gov. Andy Beshear in April 2025, per his campaign site. He previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Kentucky and is a Naval Reserve aviator who flew combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Lucy Ferguson VanMeter Nonpartisan
- Appellate judges should have state trial-court experience
Per the campaign site.
About Lucy Ferguson VanMeter
Lucy Ferguson VanMeter has served as a judge of the Fayette Circuit Court since 2018, per her campaign site. She previously was an equity partner at Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, handling civil and criminal cases across more than 50 Kentucky counties.
Elected by the voters of the 5th Appellate District, which covers Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Madison, Scott and Woodford counties, so this race is on every November 3, 2026 ballot there. District lines are set by KRS 21A.010.
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Find your districts by addressKentucky House District 72Matthew R. Koch (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Matthew R. Koch Republican Incumbent
Matthew R. Koch is the incumbent Republican state representative for Kentucky House District 72, according to the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission's member roster. No working campaign website or independent biographical source was found as of September 8, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Matthew R. Koch (Republican) is on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky House District 72; Matthew R. Koch is the sitting member, per the General Assembly roster (legislature.ky.gov). Party nominees were chosen at the May 19 primary (plurality, no runoffs); independent and minor-party candidates qualified by petition. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot. Matthew R. Koch is the only candidate on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Kentucky ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested.
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Kentucky party nominees were chosen at the May 19 primary (plurality, no runoffs); independent and minor-party candidates qualified by petition, and the field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings list (web.sos.ky.gov/CandidateFilings). Kentucky prints unopposed candidates; declared write-in candidates never print. Kentucky elects its statewide constitutional officers in odd-numbered years, so no governor or row-office race is on this ballot; county officers (judge/executive, clerk, sheriff, attorney, jailer, magistrates, PVA and coroner) run in 2026 and file with county clerks.
Who is on the ballot in Bourbon County, Kentucky on November 3, 2026?
Bourbon County sample ballot 2026: who is running for kentucky court of appeals and kentucky house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
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