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2 candidates are tracked for Jefferson County Board of Education, Division 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Gail Logan Strange and Jody Hurt. Candidate information follows official Jefferson County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Nonpartisan Jefferson County Board of Education seat on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot; 2 filers per the Secretary of State candidate filings.
Gail Logan Strange is a communications and crisis-management executive who previously directed church and mid council communications for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and corporate and community relations for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, per her campaign site. She was appointed to the Jefferson County Board of Education's District 1 seat in December 2023 and is one of the board's incumbents running again under the newly restructured five-member board, per WDRB.
2026 priorities
- Continuing to advocate for all JCPS students and families as the district's board is restructured., per the campaign site
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-11.
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Jody Hurt filed for Jefferson County Board of Education, Division 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kentucky Secretary of State candidate filings (filed 6/2/2026). No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 15, 2026.
