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40946

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Knox County, KY

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

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U.S. House, Kentucky District 5
4 candidates
Federal ▾
NP
Ned Pillersdorf
DEM
Biography
Ned Pillersdorf is the Democratic nominee for Kentucky's 5th Congressional District. A Prestonsburg attorney with a poverty-focused law practice of 44 years, he holds degrees from Vanderbilt University and the McGeorge School of Law, according to his campaign site and the Kentucky Lantern's voter guide.
Top Priorities
  • Protecting Medicaid and Medicare from proposed cuts
  • Protecting food and utility assistance programs
Per the nedforcongress.com.
Campaign siteFull profile
Hal Rogers portrait
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Hal Rogers
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Hal Rogers is the Republican incumbent representing Kentucky's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to his official House website. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Key voting record
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
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 National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Full profile
GS
Gerardo Serrano
Biography
Gerardo Serrano works as a farmer, according to the Politics1 Kentucky candidate roundup, and has run for Kentucky's 5th Congressional District in several previous election cycles before filing as an independent for 2026. The campaign site quotes Serrano saying the two-party system was left behind because neither party puts ordinary Americans first, and that Congress, not the executive branch alone, must authorize military action. Serrano has been endorsed by the advocacy group Take Back Kentucky for the 5th District race.
Top Priorities
  • Requiring congressional authorization before military action, rather than unilateral executive war-making, per the campaign site
  • Support for veterans, lower taxes, and less federal regulation, per Take Back Kentucky endorsement post
  • Second Amendment rights, per Take Back Kentucky endorsement post
Campaign siteFull profile
Mikel Wein portrait
MW
Mikel Wein
Biography
Mikel Wein works as an archaeologist, according to the Politics1 Kentucky candidate roundup. Wein has deep family roots in Letcher County, Kentucky, living on land the family has held on the mother's side since the mid-1800s, per the campaign site. Wein is running as an independent for Kentucky's 5th Congressional District on a platform that includes a proposed 'Resilient Community Corps' to help eastern Kentucky communities recover from flooding and economic decline, along with support for the Medicare for All Act of 2025, according to the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • A 'Resilient Community Corps' to help communities recover from natural disasters and economic decline
  • Support for the Medicare for All Act of 2025 to expand healthcare access and support rural hospitals
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Ned Pillersdorf (Democratic), Hal Rogers (Republican), Gerardo Serrano (Independent), Mikel Wein (Independent) meet on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky's 5th Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings list. Harold Rogers is the sitting member, per the House roster. Declared write-in candidate Billy Ray Wilson 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
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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
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 Knox County

ZIP 40946 sits in Knox County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Knox County races (5).

District Judge, 27th Judicial District, Division 1
1 candidate
County ▾
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W. "Skip" Hammons
INCUMBENT
Biography
W. "Skip" Hammons serves as the District Court judge for the 27th Judicial District, Division 1, 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
W. "Skip" Hammons 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 27th Judicial District (Knox, Laurel) 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, 27th Judicial District, Division 2
1 candidate
County ▾
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John P. Chappell
INCUMBENT
Biography
John P. Chappell serves as the District Court judge for the 27th 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
John P. Chappell 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 27th Judicial District (Knox, Laurel) 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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