A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 5, 2019, with all executive offices in the state up for election. Primary elections were held on May 21, 2019.

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

The 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the governor and

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of Kentucky. The Democratic nominee, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, defeated Republican incumbent Matt Bevin by a margin of just over 5,000 votes, or 0.37%. It was the closest gubernatorial election in Kentucky since

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by total votes, and the closest ever by percentage. Bevin won 97 counties, while Beshear won only 23 counties. Beshear carried only two of the state's six congressional districts, but those districts were the state's two most urbanized, the Louisville-based

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and the Lexington-based 6th. Bevin conceded on November 14, after a recanvass took place that day that did not change the vote count.

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John Hicks also qualified for the ballot and received 2% of the vote. Statewide turnout was just over 42%, much higher than for the 2015 gubernatorial election. The result was a major swing from 2016, when Donald Trump won the state by 30 points and Republicans gained a supermajority in both chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly. Results

Attorney General

The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019. The general election was held on November 5, 2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear declined to seek reelection to a second term to successfully run for Governor. Republican Daniel Cameron defeated Democrat

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. He became the first Republican attorney general of Kentucky since 1948, and the state's first black attorney general. Results

Secretary of State

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes was ineligible to run for a third term due to

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. This was the only statewide race in Kentucky in 2019 besides the gubernatorial election in which the Democratic candidate came close to winning and the only non-gubernatorial statewide election in KY, LA or MS 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 Commissioner of Veterans Affairs of Kentucky and former

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*Geoff Sebesta, comic book artist

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

* Michael Adams, general counsel for the Republican Governors Association and former

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aide *Andrew English, former general counsel for the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and U.S. Navy veteran *Stephen Knipper, cyber security expert, former Erlanger city councilman, and nominee for Secretary of State in

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*Carl Nett, former counterintelligence officer

Polling

Results

General election

Polling

Results

State Auditor

Republican primary

Candidates

* Mike Harmon, incumbent State Auditor of Kentucky

Democratic primary

Candidates

*Kelsey Hayes Coots, teacher *Sheri Donahue, former U.S. Navy engineer *Chris Tobe, pension consultant

Withdrew

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and independent candidate for governor in

Results

General election

Results

State Treasurer

Republican primary

Candidates

* Allison Ball, incumbent State Treasurer of Kentucky

Democratic primary

Candidates

*Michael Bowman, bank manager and former Louisville Metro Council staffer *Josh Mers, insurance agent and treasurer for the Lexington Human Rights Commission

Results

General election

Results

Agriculture Commissioner

Republican primary

Candidates

*Bill Polyniak, farmer and hemp businessman * Ryan Quarles, incumbent

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Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

*Robert Haley Conway, district supervisor of the Scott County Soil and Water Conservation Board and former chair of the Scott County Board of Education *Joe Trigg, Glasgow city councilman

Results

General election

Results

Judiciary

Supreme Court

Candidates

*Christopher Shea Nickell, Kentucky Court of Appeals judge for the 1st Appellate District, Division 1 * Whitney Westerfield, member of the

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for the 3rd District and candidate for Attorney General in

Results

Both candidates were registered

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, but the election was conducted under a non-partisan format.

Court of Appeals

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

;Official campaign websites for Secretary of State
Michael Adams (R) for Secretary of State

Heather French Henry (D) for Secretary of State
;Official campaign websites for Auditor
Sheri Donahue (D) for Auditor

Mike Harmon (R) for Auditor
;Official campaign websites for Treasurer
Allison Ball (R) for Treasurer

Michael Bowman (D) for Treasurer
;Official campaign websites for Agriculture Commissioner
Robert Haley Conway (D) for Ag Commissioner

Ryan Quarles (R) for Ag Commissioner
;Official campaign websites for Supreme Court
Whitney Westerfield for Supreme Court
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