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Woodford 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
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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
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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
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PL
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 Woodford County

ZIP 40383 sits in Woodford County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Woodford County races (5).

District Judge, 14th Judicial District, Division 1
1 candidate
County ▾
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Bolton Bevins
Nonpartisan INCUMBENT
Biography
Bolton Bevins serves as the District Court judge for the 14th Judicial District, Division 1, 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
Bolton Bevins 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 14th Judicial District (Bourbon, Scott, Woodford) 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.
District Judge, 14th Judicial District, Division 2
1 candidate
County ▾
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Sarah Hays Spedding
Nonpartisan INCUMBENT
Biography
Sarah Hays Spedding serves as the District Court judge for the 14th Judicial District, Division 2, 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
Sarah Hays Spedding 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 14th Judicial District (Bourbon, Scott, Woodford) 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 Court of Appeals, 5th District, Division 1
2 candidates
County ▾
WM
Will Moynahan
Nonpartisan
Biography
Will Moynahan is the incumbent judge of the Court of Appeals, 5th Appellate District, Division 1, appointed by Gov. Andy Beshear in April 2025, per his campaign site. He previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Kentucky and is a Naval Reserve aviator who flew combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Fairness and impartiality drawn from his legal and military service
Campaign siteFull profile
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Lucy Ferguson VanMeter
Nonpartisan
Biography
Lucy Ferguson VanMeter has served as a judge of the Fayette Circuit Court since 2018, per her campaign site. She previously was an equity partner at Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, handling civil and criminal cases across more than 50 Kentucky counties.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Appellate judges should have state trial-court experience
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Elected by the voters of the 5th Appellate District, which covers Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Madison, Scott and Woodford counties, so this race is on every November 3, 2026 ballot there. District lines are set by KRS 21A.010.
Kentucky Senate District 12
2 candidates
County ▾
Amanda Mays Bledsoe portrait
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Amanda Mays Bledsoe
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Amanda Mays Bledsoe represents Kentucky's 12th Senate District, covering Boyle, Mercer, and Woodford counties and part of Fayette County, per the campaign site. She holds degrees in Philosophy and Classical Studies from Hillsdale College and a Master's degree in International Affairs and National Security Policy from the Patterson School at the University of Kentucky, per the campaign site. She serves as Senate Appropriations and Revenue vice chair and is a member of the Families and Children, Licensing and Occupations, and State and Local Government committees, per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Tyler K. Dean portrait
TK
Tyler K. Dean
DEM
Biography
Tyler K. Dean is the Democratic candidate for Kentucky Senate District 12 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate filings. Dean's campaign site describes him as having been shaped by adversity and committed to helping others overcome generational barriers, per the campaign site. District 12 covers Boyle, Mercer and Woodford counties and part of Fayette County, including portions of Lexington, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Safer communities
  • Affordable living
  • Support for small businesses and schools
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Amanda Mays Bledsoe (Republican), Tyler K. Dean (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky Senate District 12; Amanda Mays Bledsoe 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. Tyler K. Dean, the Democratic filer, is listed as withdrawn on the Fayette County Clerk's September 3 ballot-order list; the Secretary of State's filings list still carries the name, so it may not print in Fayette County. Every address in Woodford County is in this district, per the certified district list.
Kentucky House District 56
2 candidates
County ▾
Daniel A. Fister portrait
DA
Daniel A. Fister
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Fister is a farmer, property manager and retired general contractor, per the campaign site. Fister's site describes service as Vice Chair of the House Agriculture Committee and as a member of the Kentucky House for the 56th District, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Economic development and job creation
  • Common sense, fiscally responsible state government
Campaign siteFull profile
David Graves portrait
DG
David Graves
DEM
Biography
Graves is a high school science teacher known as Coach Graves who has dedicated a career of more than 30 years to the Woodford County school system, per the campaign site. Graves holds a degree in Police Administration and spent time as a Deputy Jailer, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • The Second Amendment
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Daniel A. Fister (Republican), David Graves (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Kentucky House District 56; Daniel A. Fister 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. Every address in Woodford County is in this district, per the certified district list.

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