The following candidates have filed for 2026 races through the Breckinridge County Clerk’s Office (*- designates incumbent; bold italic indicates May 19th primary winner)…
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY JUDGE-EXECUTIVE: Maurice Lucas (R*), Shane Beavin (R), Kevin Bruce Drane (R), Jesse Stephen Clark (R)
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY SHERIFF: Billy Richardson (R*), Duke Foster (R), Todd Pate (R)
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY CLERK: Samantha Bennett (R- unopposed)
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY JAILER: Tara Pile Shrewsberry (R*), Wayne Beauchamp (R), Ashley Board (R), Ernest Rutherford (R),
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY ATTORNEY: Nikki Anthony Armes (R*- unopposed)
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY P-V-A: Dana Hinton Bland (D*- unopposed)
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY SURVEYOR: Robert Adam Critchelow (R*-unopposed)
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY CORONER: William “Bill” Lohden (R*- unopposed)
FISCAL COURT- 1ST DISTRICT MAGISTRATE: Jeremy Armstrong (R*), Jim Beauchamp (R)
FISCAL COURT- 2ND DISTRICT MAGISTRATE: John Michael Henning (R), Larry Moad (R), William H. Blair (R), Marcus French (R), Hailey Rhodes (D-unopposed)
FISCAL COURT- 3RD DISTRICT MAGISTRATE: Gary Greenwell (R*- unopposed)
FISCAL COURT- 4TH DISTRICT MAGISTRATE: Chancellor Ray Peterson (D- unopposed), David Albright (R*- unopposed)
FISCAL COURT- 5TH DISTRCT MAGISTRATE: Edwin Sam Moore (R*), Brett Mingus (R), Sarah Bitner (D)
FISCAL COURT- 6TH DISTRICT MAGISTRATE: Brandon Henning (R*), Tim Milburn (R), Thomas Roach (R), Patrick Young (D- unopposed)
COUNTY CONSTABLE- 1ST DISTRICT:
COUNTY CONSTABLE- 2ND DISTRICT: William “Billy” Carwile, Sr. (R- unopposed)
COUNTY CONSTABLE- 3RD DISTRICT: Joseph “Joe” Freeman Drake, Jr. (R- unopposed)
COUNTY CONSTABLE- 4TH DISTRICT: Harold Parente (R), Ricky Lucas (R)
COUNTY CONSTABLE- 5TH DISTRICT: Andrew Adkins (R*- unopposed)
COUNTY CONSTABLE- 6TH DISTRICT: Samantha Smiley (R*- unopposed)
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, 2ND DISTRICT (Non-Partisan/General Election): Vanessa Lucas (*)
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, 4TH DISTRICT (Non-Partisan/General Election): Mark Biggs(*)
MAYOR- CITY OF HARDINSBURG (Non-Partisan/General Election): Alice Beauchamp, Nathan Smith
HARDINSBURG CITY COUNCIL (Non-Partisan/General Election): Judy Young Finley, Susan Shelman (*), Nettie Dean Parker (*), Jamie Beavin, Quentin Brown, Morris Lee Carman (*), Jerry Dubree, Heath Eskridge, Wade Thomas Weatherholt
MAYOR- CITY OF CLOVERPORT (Non-Partisan/General Election): Jennifer Goatley Ammons, Ethan Lamar, Candy Weatherholt(*)
CLOVERPORT CITY COUNCIL (Non-Partisan/General Election): David Poole, Mike Hinton, Brandy Ball, Ashley Cartwright, Virginia Giffin, Derek Henderson (*), Jeff Hendrick, David Parker, Donald Schulz and Danny Smiley (*).
CLOVERPORT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION (Non-Partisan/General Election): Jessica Smiley-Horsley, Christa Wethington
MAYOR- CITY OF IRVINGTON (Non-Partisan/General Election): Karen D. Baker, Charles Douglas Lucas (*)
IRVINGTON CITY COUNCIL (Non-Partisan/General Election): William Snyder (*), Joseph Medley(*), Ronnie Robinson, William Bruce Basham, Donald Board, Terra Ditto and Robert Young III (*)
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The following candidates have filed for area races through the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office (*- designates incumbent)
UNITED STATES SENATOR: Andy Barr (R), Jonathan Holiday (R), Donald Wenzel (R), Jimmy Leon (R) Michael James Faris (R), Nate Morris (R); Logan Forsythe (D), Joshua Blanton, Sr. (D), Pamela Stevenson (D), George Washington (R), Valerie Frederick (R), Vincent Anthony Thompson (D), Amy McGrath (D), James D. Duncan (R), Charles Booker (D), Dale Romans (D), Daniel Cameron (R), Anissa Catlett (R), A. Nick Shelley (R)
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE- 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Megan Wingfield (D), William Dakota Compton (D); Brett Guthrie (R*), Hank Linderman (D), Joshua M. Ferguson (R), David Hatfield (D), G. “Shay” Perry-Adelmann (R), Thomas Loecken (IND)
KENTUCKY STATE REPRESENTATIVE- 10TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT: Julie Cantwell (R); Josh Calloway (R*), John Whipple (D- unopposed)
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE- 46TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, DIVISION ONE: Bradley Butler (*- unopposed)
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE- 46TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, DIVISION TWO: Steven Crebessa (*- unopposed)
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The following candidates have withdrawn from their respective races…
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY JUDGE-EXECUTIVE: Derek Powell (IND)
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY CLERK: Jared Butler (R*)
