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Who is on the ballot in 40356?

Jessamine County, KY

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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40356 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Jessamine County races

U.S. House, Kentucky District 6
4 candidates
Federal ▾
Ralph Alvarado portrait
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Ralph Alvarado
REP
Biography
Ralph Alvarado is the Republican nominee for Kentucky's open 6th Congressional District seat. A physician with nearly three decades of experience treating patients across Central Kentucky, he previously served as a Kentucky state senator and later as Tennessee's Commissioner of Health, according to his campaign site and Kentucky Lantern reporting.
Top Priorities
  • Health care reform and lowering costs
  • Addressing the cost of living
Per the alvaradoforcongress.com.
Campaign siteFull profile
Jay J Bowman portrait
JJ
Jay J Bowman
Biography
Bowman is a small business owner and entrepreneur who has spent about four decades in self-employment, working in fields including construction and AI-based electronics and pest-control systems, per the campaign site. He grew up in Michigan and Utah before settling in Lexington, Kentucky in the early 1990s, per the campaign site. He is running as an independent for Kentucky's 6th District, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Tax reform
  • Kentucky agriculture and affordability
Per the bowman2026.com.
Campaign siteFull profile
ZD
Zach Dembo
DEM
Biography
Zach Dembo is the Democratic nominee for Kentucky's open 6th Congressional District seat. A Navy veteran and former teacher raised in Lexington, he later worked as a federal prosecutor in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and served as policy advisor and legislative director for Gov. Andy Beshear, according to Kentucky Lantern reporting.
Top Priorities
  • Banning members of Congress from stock trading
  • Banning corporate PAC donations and lobbying by former federal officials
Per the WKYT.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Pete Lynch
Biography
Pete Lynch is an independent candidate for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District running with the support of The Kentucky Party. He holds a Ph.D. in American politics and has taught at the University of Kentucky, Centre College, and Eastern Kentucky University, according to his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Reducing the influence of wealthy donors in Congress
  • Representing the middle class and working families
Per the petelynchforkentucky.com.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Ralph Alvarado (Republican), Jay J Bowman (Independent), Zach Dembo (Democratic), Pete Lynch (Kentucky Party) meet on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings list. The seat is open: Rep. Andy Barr, the sitting member per the House roster, is not on the November ballot. Declared write-in candidate Robert Quigley does not print on the ballot, per the same list. Party nominees were chosen at the May 19 primary (plurality, no runoffs); independent and minor-party candidates qualified by petition.
U.S. Senate
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Andy Barr portrait
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Andy Barr
REP
Biography
Andy Barr is the Republican nominee for Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat and the sitting U.S. representative for the 6th Congressional District, per the House roster. A former attorney, he has served on the House Financial Services and Foreign Affairs committees, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Advance conservative fiscal, border, and energy policy
  • Support Kentucky jobs, veterans, and rural communities
  • Use House experience in financial services and foreign affairs
Key voting record
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-213 in March 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
Charles Booker portrait
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Charles Booker
DEM
Biography
Charles Booker is a Democratic candidate for Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat, a former state representative from Louisville, and the 2022 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. His campaign emphasizes economic dignity, working families, health care, racial justice, rural-urban coalition building, and a populist message aimed at Kentucky voters across party lines.
Top Priorities
  • Raise wages and support working families
  • Expand health-care access and economic dignity
  • Build a rural-urban coalition around accountability and justice
Campaign siteFull profile
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Christopher Campbell
Biography
Christopher Campbell is the Kentucky Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Kentucky on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Countywide races in Jessamine County

ZIP 40356 sits in Jessamine County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Jessamine County races (29).

Jessamine County Judge Executive
1 candidate
County ▾
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David K. West
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
West is the sitting Jessamine County Judge Executive, per Jessamine County government website. West had no opponent filed for the office in the 2026 general election, per Kentucky Secretary of State 2026 General Election candidate filings. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
David K. West (R) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kentucky Secretary of State's county candidate filing list.
Jessamine County Clerk
1 candidate
County ▾
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Johnny M. Collier
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Collier is the sitting Jessamine County Clerk, per Jessamine County Clerk's website. Collier had no opponent filed for the office in the 2026 general election, per Kentucky Secretary of State 2026 General Election candidate filings. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Johnny M. Collier (R) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kentucky Secretary of State's county candidate filing list. The county's other-elected-officials page did not name a sitting clerk, so incumbency could not be confirmed against an official source.
Jessamine County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
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Kevin S. Grimes
REP
Biography
Grimes is the sitting Jessamine County Sheriff, per Jessamine County Sheriff's Office website. The sheriff's office states its mission emphasizes community-oriented policing and crime prevention through collaborative problem-solving, per Jessamine County Sheriff's Office website. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Kevin S. Grimes (R) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kentucky Secretary of State's county candidate filing list. Incumbency not confirmed against an official source within this session's budget.
Jessamine County Attorney
1 candidate
County ▾
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Anna Roberts-Smith
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Roberts-Smith is the sitting Jessamine County Attorney, per Jessamine County government website. Roberts-Smith had no opponent filed for the office in the 2026 general election, per Kentucky Secretary of State 2026 General Election candidate filings. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Anna Roberts-Smith (R) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kentucky Secretary of State's county candidate filing list. Incumbency not confirmed against an official source within this session's budget.
Jessamine County Jailer
1 candidate
County ▾
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Jon R. Sallee
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Sallee is the sitting Jessamine County Jailer, per Jessamine County government website. Sallee had no opponent filed for the office in the 2026 general election, per Kentucky Secretary of State 2026 General Election candidate filings. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Jon R. Sallee (R) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kentucky Secretary of State's county candidate filing list. Incumbency not confirmed against an official source within this session's budget.
Jessamine County Coroner
1 candidate
County ▾
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Cassie Robinson
REP
Biography
The Jessamine County government's website lists Michael Hughes, not Robinson, as the sitting coroner, indicating the seat is open for 2026, per Jessamine County government website. Robinson had no opponent filed for Jessamine County Coroner in the 2026 general election, per Kentucky Secretary of State 2026 General Election candidate filings. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Cassie Robinson (R) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kentucky Secretary of State's county candidate filing list. Incumbency not confirmed against an official source within this session's budget.
Jessamine County Property Valuation Administrator
1 candidate
County ▾
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Brad Freeman
REP
Biography
Freeman is the sitting Jessamine County Property Valuation Administrator, per Jessamine County PVA website. The PVA office's stated mission under Freeman is to provide courteous, accurate and efficient service and fair, timely property assessments, per Jessamine County PVA website. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Brad Freeman (R) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kentucky Secretary of State's county candidate filing list. Incumbency not confirmed against an official source within this session's budget.
District Judge, 13th Judicial District, Division 1
1 candidate
County ▾
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Robert L. Gullette III.
Biography
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.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
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.
District Judge, 13th Judicial District, Division 2
1 candidate
County ▾
JC
Janet C. Booth
INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
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.
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 5th District, Division 1
2 candidates
County ▾
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Will Moynahan
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Fairness and impartiality drawn from his legal and military service, per the campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
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Lucy Ferguson VanMeter
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Appellate judges should have state trial-court experience, per the campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
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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