Garrard County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
7 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 6 Garrard County races, led by the Kentucky Senate District 22 contest.
Judges
District Judge, 13th Judicial District, Division 1Nonpartisan race · Robert L. Gullette III.
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Robert L. Gullette III. Nonpartisan
Robert L. Gullette III. is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Judge, 13th Judicial District, Division 1, per the Kentucky Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate filings list. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Robert L. Gullette III. 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 13th Judicial District (Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln) 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, 13th Judicial District, Division 2Nonpartisan race · Janet C. Booth
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Janet C. Booth Nonpartisan Incumbent
Janet C. Booth serves as the District Court judge for the 13th Judicial District, Division 2, per the Kentucky Court of Justice. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Janet C. Booth 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 13th Judicial District (Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln) 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 Supreme Court, 3rd DistrictNonpartisan race · Debra Hembree Lambert
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Debra Hembree Lambert is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kentucky Supreme Court, 3rd District.
Debra Hembree Lambert Nonpartisan Incumbent
Debra Hembree Lambert is the incumbent justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, 3rd District, elected in 2018 and chosen by her fellow justices as Chief Justice in January 2025, per the court's official biography. She previously served as a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge and as a circuit/family court judge in the 28th Judicial Circuit. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
Elected by the voters of the 3rd Supreme Court District, which covers 25 counties, so this race is on every November 3, 2026 ballot there. One name is on the ballot for this seat; it still prints. District lines are set by KRS 21A.010.
Full race pageKentucky Court of Appeals, 3rd DistrictNonpartisan race · Greg Lay
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Greg Lay is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kentucky Court of Appeals, 3rd District.
Greg Lay Nonpartisan
Greg Lay is a sitting judge with more than 20 years of judicial experience and is a candidate for Kentucky Court of Appeals, 3rd District, per his campaign site.
Elected by the voters of the 3rd Appellate District, which covers 25 counties, so this race is on every November 3, 2026 ballot there. One name is on the ballot for this seat; it still prints. District lines are set by KRS 21A.010.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Find your districts by addressKentucky Senate District 22Donald R. Douglas (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Donald R. Douglas Republican Incumbent
Donald Douglas is the Republican incumbent for Kentucky Senate District 22, serving since 2021. He is a physician who earned his medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, according to the Kentucky General Assembly's legislator profile. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Donald R. Douglas (Republican) is on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky Senate District 22; Donald R. Douglas is the sitting member, per the General Assembly roster (legislature.ky.gov). Declared write-in candidate Michael Wieland French does not print on the ballot. 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. Donald R. Douglas 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.
Full race pageKentucky House District 80David Meade (R) · Mary Russell (D)
David Meade Republican Incumbent
- Lowering income taxes and reducing spending
- Supporting farmers, manufacturers and small business owners
- Expanding school choice and career and technical education
Per the campaign site.
About David Meade
David Meade is a managing broker at Lincoln Realty and Auction Company and the incumbent Republican state representative for Kentucky House District 80, where he has served as House Speaker Pro Tempore since 2019, according to his campaign site. He is the first Lincoln County resident to hold a House leadership position.
Mary Russell Democratic
Mary Russell is the Democratic candidate for Kentucky House District 80 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
David Meade (Republican), Mary Russell (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky House District 80; David Meade 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.
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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 Garrard County, Kentucky on November 3, 2026?
Garrard County sample ballot 2026: who is running for kentucky supreme court and kentucky court of appeals, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in Kentucky?
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