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CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing
Deadline (Major Parties): January 29, 2008
Filing Deadline (Third Parties & Independents): August 12, 2008
Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): October 24, 2008
Primary: May 20, 2008
This
page was last updated on May 6, 2008
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
Steve
Beshear (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections
in 2011.

LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
Dan Mongiardo
(D)*
SECRETARY
OF STATE:
C.M. "Trey" Grayson (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
Jack
Conway (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
STATE
TREASURER:
L.J.
"Todd" Hollenbach (D)* - (Campaign
Site)

STATE
AUDITOR:
Crit
Luallen (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
STATE
AGRICULTURE COMMISSONER:
Richie Farmer (R)*
KENTUCKY
LEGISLATURE:
State
House - (Republican
Caucus)
State Senate
U.S.
SENATOR:
Mitch McConnell (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Daniel Essek (R) -
Truck Driver
Mike Cassaro (D) -
Physician & Attorney
Greg Fischer (D) - Businessman
Bruce Lunsford (D)
- Health Care Executive, Ex-State Commerce Secrerary & '03/'07
Governor Candidate
James Rice (D)
Ken Stepp
(D) - Attorney, Navy Veteran & '06 US Rep. Nominee
David Williams (D) - Retiree & Frequent Candidate
David Wylie (D) -
Ex-Postal Worker & Ex-State Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission
Member
Larry
Forgy (Independent) - Attorney & '95 Governor Nominee

Jim
Bunning (R)* - Next Election in 2010.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
Ed Whitfield (R)*
Heather Ryan (D)
- Ex-Non Profit Group Director, Navy Veteran & Democratic
Activist
District
2:
[ Ron
Lewis (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
S. Brett Guthrie
(R) - State Sen., Businessman & Army Veteran
David
Boswell (D) - State Sen., Ex-State Agriculture Commissioner,
Ex-State Rep. & '87 Lt. Governor Candidate
Reid Haire (D)
- Daviess County Judge-Executive

District
3:
John
Yarmuth (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Bob DeVore Jr. (R)
- UPS Employee
Corley Everett (R)
- Property Manager, Ex-Louisville Council Aide & Frequent
Candidate
Anne Northup (R)
- Ex-Congresswoman, Ex-State Rep. & '07 Governor Candidate
District
4:
Geoff Davis (R)*
- (Campaign
Site)
G.E. Puckett (R) - Fundraising Contractor
Warren Stone
(R) - Kenton County Constable & Construction Contractor
Michael Kelley (D) - Physician

District
5:
Harold "Hal" Rogers
(R)*
Jim Holbert (Independent)
- Helicopter Pilot & Army Veteran
District
6:
A.B. "Ben" Chandler III (D)*
Jon Larson (R) - Attorney, Army Veteran & '07 Attorney General
Candidate
Tony McCurdy (R)
- Businessman
STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Constitution Party of Kentucky
Kentucky Democratic Party
Green Party of Kentucky
Libertarian Party of Kentucky
Republican Party of Kentucky
STATE
ELECTION OFFICES:
Secretary
of State's Office
Kentucky
Registry of Election Finance

STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
BluegrassReport.org
(Politics)
Bowling Green Daily News
Central Kentucky News-Journal
Corbin Times-Tribune
Danville Advocate Messenger
Elizabethtown News
Enterprise
Henderson Gleaner
Jefferson Review (Libertarian)
KentuckyDems.com
Kentucky Post (Covington)
Kentucky Standard (Bardstown)
Lexington Herald-Leader
Louisville Courier-Journal
Louisville Eccentric Observer
(Alternative)
Maysville Ledger-Independent
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
Paducah Sun
PageOneKentucky.com
PoliticsKY
Pol Watchers
Princeton
Times Leader
Winchester Sun
WBKO TV-13 (ABC - Bowling Green)
WKAG TV-43 (Independent - Hopkinsville)
Kentucky Educational Television
(PBS - Lexington)
WKYT TV-27 (CBS - Lexington)
WLEX TV-18 (NBC - Lexington)
WTVQ TV-36 (ABC - Lexington)
WAVE TV-3 (NBC - Louisville)
WDRB TV-41 (FOX - Louisville)
WHAS TV-11 (ABC - Louisville)
WLKY TV-32 (CBS
- Louisville)
WPSD TV-6 (NBC - Paducah)
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