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One candidate is tracked for Barren County Sheriff on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Adam Bow. Candidate information follows official Barren County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Adam Bow won a three-way Republican primary with 4,247 votes, ahead of Freddie Joe Wilkerson (789) and Steve Garrison (481), per the Kentucky State Board of Elections' certified Barren County primary recap. No Democrat filed, so Bow is unopposed in November. The seat is open: the Barren County government's Elected Officials page lists Kent Keen, who did not file for re-election in 2026, as the sitting sheriff.
Republican
Bow has worked for the Barren County Sheriff's Office since 2011, first as a deputy and later as a detective, per WCLU Radio. Bow's campaign site describes his platform as continuing deputy training and department accountability, per Adam Bow campaign website.
Source: candidate campaign site.
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