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2019 Kentucky Secretary Of State Election
The 2019 Kentucky Secretary of State election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the secretary of state of Kentucky. Primary elections were held on May 21, 2019. Incumbent Democratic secretary Alison Lundergan Grimes was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits, creating the first open election for secretary of state since 2003. Republican nominee Michael Adams narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Heather French Henry. This was the only statewide race in Kentucky in 2019 besides the gubernatorial election in which the Democratic nominee came close to winning. It was also the only non-gubernatorial statewide election in Kentucky, Louisiana, or Mississippi (all of these states were staunchly Republican in 2019) where the Democrat achieved more than 45% of the vote in 2019. Democratic primary Candidates *Jason Belcher, U.S. Air Force veteran and writer *Jason Griffith, teacher and businessman *Heather French Henry, former Kentucky Commissioner of Vetera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Adams (Kentucky Politician)
Michael Gene Adams (born March 27, 1976) is an American politician who is a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. He is the Secretary of State of Kentucky, secretary of state of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Kentucky. He succeeded Alison Lundergan Grimes on January 6, 2020. Early life and career Adams is from Paducah, Kentucky. He graduated from Reidland High School, the University of Louisville, and Harvard Law School. Adams was the first in his family to get a bachelor's degree and attended Harvard Law School on low-income aid. After law school, Adams served as a judicial law clerk for Chief Judge John G. Heyburn II, of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. He worked for Mitch McConnell and Ernie Fletcher before becoming counsel to the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, deputy attorney general of the United States during the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |