The primary election for Kentucky will be held on May 21, 2024. If you’re unsure what will be on the ballot when you go to the polls, you can find links to your county’s sample ballot here.
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Don Tracy also referenced the "infatuation... with certain individuals they call 'grass roots' leaders" of some committee members and lack of discipline for misconduct as among his reasons for resigning.
Kim Holloway beat incumbent Republican State Rep. Richard Heath on Tuesday to become the candidate for District 2 State Representative, and she is already preparing for her time in Frankfort.
In 2020, just two months after COVID-19 lockdowns began in Kentucky, voter turnout in McCracken County’s primaries was at 31.7%. In 2016, turnout was 23.4%. Tuesday, it was 13%.
Donna Dixon won Tuesday’s election for commonwealth's attorney over Eddie Jones, the McCracken County commissioner who opposed Dixon on the ballot.
James Mills and Jenny Hines have won the primary election for district judge, second judicial district, second division, defeating Craig Newbern Jr. and S. Scott Marcum.
Donna Dixon has won the primary election for commonwealth's attorney, second judicial circuit, defeating Eddie Jones.
Kimberly Holloway has won the primary election for state representative, second representative district, defeating Richard Heath.
Jason Howell has won the primary election for state senator, first senatorial district, defeating Lynn Bechler.
The presidential primaries that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already clinched are moving closer to their end. Biden and Trump won primaries in Kentucky Tuesday.
All of Donald Trump’s top opponents for the Republican presidential nomination dropped out of the race weeks ago but will be back together on Kentucky’s primary ballot. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others quit the race after Kentucky finalized its ballot, so they could all draw protest votes away from Trump on Tuesday. On the Democratic side, President Joe Biden has little competition. But those Democratic voters can vote for “Uncommitted,” which has drawn protest votes in other states. Kentucky voters will also decide primaries for the U.S. House, the state Senate and the state House.
“This is the fundamental right of Americans and the bedrock of our democracy,” Gov. Andy Beshear said. “I want everybody to get out and vote in this primary.”
Republicans Donna Dixon and Eddie Jones are the only two candidates for the position, and with no Democrats running for the seat, the 2024 primary will decide who will be the only name to appear on the ballot in the fall.
The McCracken County Board of Elections certified the machines that will be used to tally votes during the upcoming primary election in Kentucky. It's a process that happens before every election in the state, but this year, Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams was in town and stopped by to watch part of the process.
Jackie Steele has agreed to the position until Gov. Andy Beshear appoints a new commonwealth’s attorney, or voters elect one in a November special election.
Gov. Andy Beshear appointed Davies Circuit Court Judge Lisa Payne Jones to fill the vacant seat on the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Voting machines in Mayfield were inspected on Tuesday at the Graves County Clerk's Office. Roughly 40 machines were examined prior to the primary election.
Illinois' 2024 primary election will be held from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19. Illinois voters can register and vote on primary day. Early voting is still available through Monday.
Voters in Tennessee will cast their initial ballots for the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday.
The primary election is almost here for Tennessee. On Tuesday, March 5, Tennessee residents will have the opportunity to vote in the Presidential Primary and County Primary elections.
The Judicial Nominating Commission announced nominees to fill the District Court vacancy in McCracken County, which become vacant when Judge Chris Hollowell died on October 4, 2023.
The Union County Clerk and Recorder Office is attempting to reassure the public that there will be no changes to the March 2024 Primary Ballots at this time.
Of the 6,700 new voters registered, 2,111 Republicans were added; and Democratic registration dropped by 2,751.
Paducah City Commission candidate Dujuan Thomas claimed to have a master's degree from American University's Washington College of Law. However, it was discovered that Thomas does not yet have a master's degree from American University; instead, he is working toward getting his degree in legal studies.
Craig Newbern Jr. announced his bid for McCracken County District Court Judge to fill the unexpired term of the late Chris Hollowell.
David Guess confirmed that he is running for mayor of Paducah in 2024; Guess filed the paperwork with the McCracken County Clerk's Office on Wednesday, Jan. 3.
Americans ages 18 to 29 are less likely to cast a ballot in the 2024 presidential election than they were in the 2020 presidential election, according to a Harvard Youth Poll.
Paducah Mayor George Bray announced he is running for re-election on Wednesday afternoon at a Rotary Club meeting held at the Carson Center.
PADUCAH — Incumbent Paducah Mayor George Bray announced his bid for re-election at a Rotary Club meeting Wednesday. It would be his second term.
On Tuesday, at the McCracken County Clerks Office, former Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Donna Dixon, filed her bid to run for Commonwealth Attorney.
Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Jamie Mills announced he's running for McCracken County District Judge.
Nov. 7 brought many to the polls across Kentucky, and the importance of voting had some in the McCracken County community jumping in to help others have their voice heard.
Getting to the polls to vote in Kentucky’s general election tomorrow can be difficult for some. That's why one woman and her friends are offering free rides to and from the polls for anyone who needs it.
Kentucky Chief Justice, Laurance B. VanMeter has officially announced that he will not be seeking re-election as a Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2024.
2024 Presidential Election News
The headwinds facing President Joe Biden’s reelection bid are as apparent in Georgia as any battleground. So, too, are the questions of whether Donald Trump can capitalize on them.
The Biden campaign is blasting former President Donald Trump over abortion rights in a new TV ad coinciding with the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade and days ahead of the first presidential debate.
Thousands will gather in Indianapolis June 11-12 for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The meeting comes at a fraught time in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Delegates will vote on whether to enact a constitutional ban on churches with women pastors. They’ll hear a report — and get outside criticism — of their handling of sexual abuse among their clergy. Membership is in steady decline.
Vetting materials have been sent to several candidates under consideration to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate, according to a person familiar with the process, as the quest to round out the 2024 Republican ticket heats up ahead of next month’s national party convention.
Former President Donald Trump refused to unconditionally accept the results of the upcoming 2024 presidential election in an interview Wednesday with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumes Tuesday with testimony from the third prosecution witness, Gary Farro, a banker who helped Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen open accounts.
The Supreme Court appeared ready to reject former President Donald Trump’s claims of sweeping immunity and the broad protections he has sought to shut down his federal election subversion case, but also reluctant to give special counsel Jack Smith carte blanche to pursue those charges.
A person who was on fire in a park outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s hush money trial is taking place has been rushed away on a stretcher.
Throughout his lengthy career in the public eye and politics going back 25 years, Trump has found himself on every side of the contentious debate, at times shifting stances seemingly to match the politics of the voters he is trying win over.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raised the possibility that the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was not a “true insurrection” and expressed concern about the “weaponization of government” against those charged with crimes in connection to the riot.
A new poll finds that most Americans share many core values on what it means to be an American despite the country’s deep political polarization. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 9 in 10 U.S. adults say the right to vote, the right to equal protection under the law and the right to privacy are important or very important to the U.S.’s identity as a nation. The findings are striking because they come at a time of extreme partisanship when political agreements seem rare. Yet a more pessimistic assessment was reflected in another finding — only about 3 in 10 Americans believe the nation’s democracy is functioning well.
More student debt has been forgiven under Biden than any previous administration – but after his signature debt relief program hit a major legal roadblock last year, his historic efforts may fall short of some voters’ expectations.
Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and some big names from the entertainment world teamed up Thursday night to deliver a rousing New York embrace of President Joe Biden that hauled in a record-setting $26 million-plus for his reelection campaign.
Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday that any Jewish person who votes for Democrats “hates their religion” and hates “everything about Israel,” again playing into an antisemitic trope that Jewish Americans have dual loyalties to the US and to Israel.
The lack of excitement many Americans feel about a presidential rematch has heightened interest in alternatives to the major-party candidates — none more so than Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose famous name has helped him build buzz for his independent bid. Kennedy is a huge longshot to win electoral votes, much less the presidency. But his campaign events have drawn large crowds of supporters and people interested in his message. He plans to announce his vice presidential nominee later this month in Oakland, California, and is stoking expectations that he might pick New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers or former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will hold dueling events Saturday in Georgia as their rematch for the White House moves from an inevitable likelihood to an inescapable reality.
President Joe Biden on Thursday will address Congress and the American people in what could be the most consequential speech of his presidency, seeking to boast about his first term while also warning the country about what he views as a ruinous threat to its very existence.
U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota ended his long-shot 2024 Democratic presidential bid on Wednesday after failing to win a primary contest against President Joe Biden.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will announce Wednesday that she is exiting the Republican presidential race, according to sources familiar with her plans, clearing the path for former President Donald Trump.
The Union County Clerk and Recorder Office is attempting to reassure the public that there will be no changes to the March 2024 Primary Ballots at this time.
Former President Donald Trump will win South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary, CNN projects, further tightening his grip on the nomination and leaving his last remaining major rival, Nikki Haley, to consider her dwindling options.
President Joe Biden and his allies attacked Donald Trump over abortion after the New York Times reported Friday that the former president has privately expressed support for a 16-week federal ban, as Democrats center the politically potent issue ahead of November’s election.
Thrust into an election year that had already been defined in part by voters’ concerns over the president’s age and fitness for office, special counsel Robert Hur’s report amounted to a legal victory but a political landmine for President Joe Biden.
Special counsel: Biden 'willfully' disclosed classified materials, but no criminal charges warranted
The report from special counsel Robert Hur, released Thursday, represents a harshly critical assessment of Biden’s handling of sensitive government materials, but also details the reasons why he should not be charged with the crime.
A robocall that used an AI voice resembling President Joe Biden’s to advise New Hampshire voters against voting in the state’s presidential primary has been linked to a pair of Texas-based telecommunications companies, the state’s attorney general announced on Tuesday.
Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him from the presidency.
President Joe Biden won New Hampshire’s largely symbolic Democratic primary on Tuesday, prevailing in an unusual write-in effort after he refused to campaign or appear on the ballot in the state.
The rally came on the same day as the Republican primary in New Hampshire, where Trump hopes to tighten his grip on his party's presidential nomination, and it demonstrated how Democrats hope to harness ongoing anger over abortion restrictions to blunt his comeback bid.
The Biden campaign will hit the airwaves in battleground states with its first abortion-focused ad of the year, featuring stark, emotional testimony from a woman personally affected by a state abortion ban who lays the blame directly on former President Donald Trump.