Johnson County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Kentucky House and District Judge, 24th Judicial District, and more, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
Judges
District Judge, 24th Judicial District, Division 1Nonpartisan race · John T. Chafin
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
John T. Chafin
John T. Chafin serves as the District Court judge for the 24th Judicial District, Division 1, per the Kentucky Court of Justice. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
John T. Chafin is the only name on the ballot for this seat; Kentucky prints unopposed candidates, so the race is on the November 3, 2026 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 24th Judicial District (Lawrence, Johnson, Martin) vote on this seat. Kentucky judicial elections are nonpartisan; a primary narrows the field only when three or more candidates file for a seat. Listed from the Kentucky Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate filings list.
Full race pageDistrict Judge, 24th Judicial District, Division 2Nonpartisan race · David Brett Butcher
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
David Brett Butcher
David Brett Butcher serves as the District Court judge for the 24th Judicial District, Division 2, per the Kentucky Court of Justice. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
David Brett Butcher is the only name on the ballot for this seat; Kentucky prints unopposed candidates, so the race is on the November 3, 2026 ballot but is not contested. Voters across the 24th Judicial District (Lawrence, Johnson, Martin) vote on this seat. Kentucky judicial elections are nonpartisan; a primary narrows the field only when three or more candidates file for a seat. Listed from the Kentucky Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate filings list.
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Find your districts by addressKentucky House District 97Bobby W. McCool (R) · Rebekah D. Skaggs (D)
Bobby W. McCool
Bobby W. He faces Democrat Rebekah Skaggs in November. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Rebekah D. Skaggs
Top priorities
From other published sources
- Describes her campaign mission as restoring "common sense and integrity to Frankfort", per Paintsville Herald, from her campaign announcement
About Rebekah D. Skaggs
Skaggs spent 32 years as a classroom teacher in Johnson County Schools and was named Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year in 2008, per the campaign site. Skaggs holds a bachelor's and master's degree from Morehead State University in elementary education and reading, and served as a Kentucky Education Association Uniserv director from 2011 to 2020, per the campaign site. Skaggs is president of the Johnson County Democratic Women's Club, per the campaign site.
Bobby W. McCool (Republican), Rebekah D. Skaggs (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky House District 97; Bobby W. McCool is the sitting member, per the General Assembly roster (legislature.ky.gov). Party nominees were chosen at the May 19 primary (plurality, no runoffs); independent and minor-party candidates qualified by petition. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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Kentucky party nominees were chosen at the May 19 primary (plurality, no runoffs); independent and minor-party candidates qualified by petition, and the field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings list (web.sos.ky.gov/CandidateFilings). Kentucky prints unopposed candidates; declared write-in candidates never print. Kentucky elects its statewide constitutional officers in odd-numbered years, so no governor or row-office race is on this ballot; county officers (judge/executive, clerk, sheriff, attorney, jailer, magistrates, PVA and coroner) run in 2026 and file with county clerks.
Who is on the ballot in Johnson County, Kentucky on November 3, 2026?
Johnson County sample ballot 2026: who is running for kentucky house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
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