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Who is on the ballot in 40380?

Powell County, KY

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U.S. House, Kentucky District 6
4 candidates
Federal ▾
Ralph Alvarado portrait
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Ralph Alvarado
REP
Biography
Ralph Alvarado is the Republican nominee for Kentucky's open 6th Congressional District seat. A physician with nearly three decades of experience treating patients across Central Kentucky, he previously served as a Kentucky state senator and later as Tennessee's Commissioner of Health, according to his campaign site and Kentucky Lantern reporting.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Health care reform and lowering costs
  • Addressing the cost of living
Campaign siteFull profile
Jay J Bowman portrait
JJ
Jay J Bowman
Independent
Biography
Bowman is a small business owner and entrepreneur who has spent about four decades in self-employment, working in fields including construction and AI-based electronics and pest-control systems, per the campaign site. He grew up in Michigan and Utah before settling in Lexington, Kentucky in the early 1990s, per the campaign site. He is running as an independent for Kentucky's 6th District, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Tax reform
  • Kentucky agriculture and affordability
Campaign siteFull profile
Zach Dembo portrait
ZD
Zach Dembo
DEM
Biography
Zach Dembo is the Democratic nominee for Kentucky's open 6th Congressional District seat. A Navy veteran and former teacher raised in Lexington, he later worked as a federal prosecutor in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and served as policy advisor and legislative director for Gov. Andy Beshear, according to Kentucky Lantern reporting.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Let women make their own healthcare decisions and support families
  • Make Healthcare Affordable for Everyone
  • Commonsense Immigration Reform
Campaign siteFull profile
Pete Lynch portrait
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Pete Lynch
Kentucky Party
Biography
Pete Lynch is an independent candidate for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District. He holds a Ph.D. in American politics and has taught at the University of Kentucky, Centre College, and Eastern Kentucky University, according to his campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Campaign finance reform, lobbying, and political corruption
  • Data centers and AI
  • Medicare for All
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Ralph Alvarado (Republican), Jay J Bowman (Independent), Zach Dembo (Democratic), Pete Lynch (Kentucky Party) meet on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings list. The seat is open: Rep. Andy Barr, the sitting member per the House roster, is not on the November ballot. Declared write-in candidate Robert Quigley does not print on the ballot, per the same list. Party nominees were chosen at the May 19 primary (plurality, no runoffs); independent and minor-party candidates qualified by petition.
U.S. Senate
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Andy Barr portrait
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Andy Barr
REP
Biography
Andy Barr is the sitting U.S. representative for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District, per the House roster. He is an eighth-generation Kentuckian, per the campaign site. The campaign site describes him as a champion for the America First agenda in the House.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Border security
  • Tax cuts
  • Protecting our girls
Key voting record
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-213 in March 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
Charles Booker portrait
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Charles Booker
DEM
Biography
Charles Booker is a lifelong Kentuckian who grew up in West Louisville, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives, where he became a leading voice for health care access, criminal justice reform and economic justice.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Making life more affordable
  • Growing Kentucky small businesses
  • Lowering the price at the pump
Campaign siteFull profile
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Christopher Campbell
Kentucky Party
Biography
Campbell is a lifelong Kentuckian from Marion County, a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, a member of a labor union (Local 1076) and a Kentucky National Guard veteran, per the campaign site. Campbell has worked in the healthcare field in nursing homes, hospitals, health departments and rape crisis centers, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Medicare for all
  • Pro-labor, pro-union policies
  • Public health and environmental sustainability
Campaign siteFull profile

Countywide races in Powell County

ZIP 40380 sits in Powell County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Powell County races (3).

District Judge, 39th Judicial District
1 candidate
County ▾
WG
William Gary Salyers
Nonpartisan INCUMBENT
Biography
William Gary Salyers serves as the District Court judge for the 39th Judicial District, per the Kentucky Court of Justice. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
William Gary Salyers 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 39th Judicial District (Breathitt, Wolfe, Powell) 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.
Kentucky Senate District 30
1 candidate
County ▾
Brandon D. Smith portrait
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Brandon D. Smith
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
The site presents Smith as a State Senator who chairs the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee, per the campaign site. Smith began in public service as a Hazard City Commissioner and went on to serve seven years in the Kentucky House of Representatives, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Finishing the elimination of the state income tax
  • Expanding job skills and vocational training
  • Protecting life, the Second Amendment and traditional family values
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Brandon D. Smith (Republican) is on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky Senate District 30; Brandon D. Smith 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. Brandon D. Smith is the only candidate on the ballot for this seat; unopposed candidates still appear on Kentucky ballots, so the race is on the November 3 ballot but is not contested. Every address in Powell County is in this district, per the certified district list.
Kentucky House District 91
2 candidates
County ▾
DB
Darrell Billings
REP
Biography
Darrell Billings is a lifelong farmer running for the Kentucky House of Representatives, per the campaign site. He describes himself as a supporter of the Second Amendment and says he will advocate for farmers in Frankfort, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • support for the Second Amendment
  • lowering the state income tax
  • advocacy for Kentucky's agricultural sector
Campaign siteFull profile
DJ
David Johnson
DEM
Biography
David Johnson is a public school teacher and special education teacher in Madison and Estill counties running for Kentucky House District 91, per the campaign site. He previously served on the Richmond Human Rights Commission after being appointed by the mayor, per the campaign site. He says he helped advance Kentucky's insulin copay cap during a prior term of advocacy before the General Assembly, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • public school funding and support for special education
  • access to rural healthcare and keeping local hospitals and clinics open
  • local control over decisions about data center construction
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Darrell Billings (Republican), David Johnson (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky House District 91. Not on the November ballot: Bill Wesley, the sitting member per the roster. 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. Every address in Powell County is in this district, per the certified district list.

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