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\nThe filing deadline for political candidates is looming in the state of Kentucky this week.<\/p>\n
\nThe filing deadline for political candidates is looming in the state of Kentucky this week.<\/p>\n
Those who are planning to run for local or state political office have until 4 pm on Tuesday (1\/30) to file with your county clerk for the May Primary Election. Across the state several educators have filed to run due to the issues in Frankfort. Locally, the following have filed to run in Meade County as of Monday (1\/29):<\/p>\n
* Denotes Incumbent; (D) Democratic Party (R) Republican Party<\/p>\n
Judge Executive:<\/strong> County Clerk:<\/strong> Circuit Court Clerk:<\/strong> County Attorney:<\/strong> Sheriff:<\/strong> Jailer:<\/strong> Magistrate:<\/strong> Property Valuation Administrator:<\/strong> Constable:<\/strong> County Coroner:<\/strong> County Surveyor:<\/strong> State Representative 27th District:<\/strong> 46th District, 1st Division Judge:<\/strong> 46th District, 2nd Division Judge:<\/strong> Commonwealth Attorney 46th District:<\/strong> US Representative:<\/strong> The filing deadline for political candidates is looming in the state of Kentucky this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Election-2018.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-4zK","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 09:03:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17592"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17596,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17592\/revisions\/17596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGerry Lynn (R)*<\/p>\n
\nJudy Jordan (R)* <\/p>\n
\nEllen F. Lindsay (D)<\/p>\n
\nJessica Brown Roberts (D)* <\/p>\n
\nBrian Haag (R)
\nWilliam \u201cButch\u201d Kerrick (R)*
\nGorby \u201cBo\u201d Wright (D)
\nTimothy W. Hendley (D)<\/p>\n
\nJ.J. Scarborough (R)*<\/p>\n
\nDistrict 1: Tom Goddard (R)*
\nDistrict 2: Donald Eli Dix, Jr (D)*
\nDistrict 3: Billy Sipes (R)*
\nDistrict 4: Gary Chapman (R)*
\nDistrict 5: Steve Wardrip (R)*
\n Harold E. Davidson (D)
\nDistrict 6: Randall Hardesty (D)*
\n Kent Allen (R)<\/p>\n
\nRebecca Watts Richardson (D)*<\/p>\n
\nDistrict 1: David Greer, Jr (D)*
\nDistrict 2: James R. Tanner (D)*
\nDistrict 4: Jason Fore (D)*<\/p>\n
\nWilliam R. \u201cBilly\u201d Adams (D)*<\/p>\n
\nTimothy W. Smith (D)*<\/p>\n
\nNancy J. Tate, Brandenburg (R)
\nRachelle Frazier, Brandenburg (R)
\nJeff Greer, Brandenburg (D)*<\/p>\n
\nKenneth Harold Goff II, Leitchfield * <\/p>\n
\nSteven Crebessa, Brandenburg
\nZanda Meyers, Leitchfield<\/p>\n
\nAdam Scott Cart (D)
\nRick Allen Hardin, Leitchfield (R)<\/p>\n
\nBrian Pedigo, Glasgow (D)
\nGrant Short, Owensboro (D)
\nRane Eir Olivia Sessions (D)
\nS. Brett Guthrie, Bowling Green (R)*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"