Lincoln County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Kentucky House, Circuit Judge, 28th Judicial Circuit, and District Judge, 13th Judicial District, and more, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
Judges
Circuit Judge, 28th Judicial Circuit, Division 4Nonpartisan race · Jane Adams Venters
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Jane Adams Venters
Jane Adams Venters serves as the Family Court judge (a division of Circuit Court) for the 28th Judicial Circuit, Division 4, per the Kentucky Court of Justice. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Jane Adams Venters 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 28th Judicial Circuit (Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle) 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, 13th Judicial District, Division 1Nonpartisan race · Robert L. Gullette III.
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Robert L. Gullette III.
Robert L. Gullette III. is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Judge, 13th Judicial District, Division 1, per the Kentucky Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate filings list. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Robert L. Gullette III. 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 13th Judicial District (Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln) 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, 13th Judicial District, Division 2Nonpartisan race · Janet C. Booth
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Janet C. Booth
Janet C. Booth serves as the District Court judge for the 13th Judicial District, Division 2, per the Kentucky Court of Justice. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Janet C. Booth 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 13th Judicial District (Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln) 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 pageKentucky Supreme Court, 3rd DistrictNonpartisan race · Debra Hembree Lambert
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Debra Hembree Lambert is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kentucky Supreme Court, 3rd District.
Debra Hembree Lambert
Debra Hembree Lambert is the incumbent justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, 3rd District, elected in 2018 and chosen by her fellow justices as Chief Justice in January 2025, per the court's official biography. She previously served as a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge and as a circuit/family court judge in the 28th Judicial Circuit. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
Elected by the voters of the 3rd Supreme Court District, which covers 25 counties, so this race is on every November 3, 2026 ballot there. One name is on the ballot for this seat; it still prints. District lines are set by KRS 21A.010.
Full race pageKentucky Court of Appeals, 3rd DistrictNonpartisan race · Greg Lay
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Greg Lay is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Kentucky Court of Appeals, 3rd District.
Greg Lay
Greg Lay is a sitting judge with more than 20 years of judicial experience and is a candidate for Kentucky Court of Appeals, 3rd District, per his campaign site.
Elected by the voters of the 3rd Appellate District, which covers 25 counties, so this race is on every November 3, 2026 ballot there. One name is on the ballot for this seat; it still prints. District lines are set by KRS 21A.010.
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Find your districts by addressKentucky House District 80David Meade (R) · Mary Russell (D)
David Meade
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Lowering income taxes and reducing spending
- Supporting farmers, manufacturers and small business owners
- Expanding school choice and career and technical education
About David Meade
David Meade is a managing broker at Lincoln Realty and Auction Company and the incumbent Republican state representative for Kentucky House District 80, where he has served as House Speaker Pro Tempore since 2019, according to his campaign site. He is the first Lincoln County resident to hold a House leadership position.
Mary Russell
Mary Russell is the Democratic candidate for Kentucky House District 80 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
David Meade (Republican), Mary Russell (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky House District 80; David Meade 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 Lincoln County, Kentucky on November 3, 2026?
Lincoln County sample ballot 2026: who is running for circuit judge and kentucky supreme court, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in Kentucky?
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