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Who is on the ballot in 40461?

Garrard County, KY

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

7 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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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
PL
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
AB
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
CB
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
CC
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 Garrard County

ZIP 40461 sits in Garrard County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Garrard County races (6).

District Judge, 13th Judicial District, Division 1
1 candidate
County ▾
RL
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 Supreme Court, 3rd District
1 candidate
County ▾
DH
Debra Hembree Lambert
INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
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
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.
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 3rd District
1 candidate
County ▾
GL
Greg Lay
Biography
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.
Campaign siteFull 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
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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