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Kentucky State Board of Elections
2010 Kentucky Congressional Races
Filing Deadline: 1/26/10, Primary: 5/18/10, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/10/10, Write-In Filing Deadline: 10/22/10, General Election: 11/2/10,
Last Updated: March 17, 2010 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
Governor, 58.7% in '07, 1st term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democrat, |
Steven L. "Steve" Beshear (D),
'03 & '07 candidate / demolition contractor Otis "Bullman" Hensley Jr. (D), |
Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer (R)?, |
'99 Gov. nominee / '03 Att. Gen. candidate Gatewood Galbraith (I), |
Lt. Governor, Tied with Gov., 1st term, 58.7%% in 2007, running for U.S. Senate, Next election in 2011, Daniel Mongiardo (D) running for U.S. Senate, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democrat, |
| Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson (D), |
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consultant Dea Riley (I), |
Secretary of State, 2nd term, 57.0% in 2007, running for U.S. Senate, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
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C. Merwin "Trey" Grayson, III (R), |
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Attorney General, 1st term, 60.5% in 2007, running for U.S. Senate, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Jack Conway (D), |
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Treasurer, 1st term, 57.5%% in 2007, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| L.J. "Todd" Hollenbach, IV (D), |
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Auditor, 2nd term, 59.2% in 2007, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Eugenia Crittenden Blackburn "Crit" Luallen (D), |
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Agriculture Commissioner, 2nd term, 64.0% in 2007, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Richie Farmer (R), |
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Senator, 50.7% in '04, 2ndterm, Jim Bunning (R) retiring, Next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Tossup, Chris Cillizza: One of the Most Likely Seats to Switch Party, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Hotline's Competitive Senate Race, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss-Up, Ken Rubin: Tossup, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-Up, |
| Att. Gen. Jack Conway (D), Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo (D), Physician James E. Buckmaster (D), ex-U.S. Customs agent Darlene F. Price (D), businessman Maurice M. Sweeney (D), |
Sec. of St. C. Merwin "Trey" Grayson, III (R), WWII vet Gurley L. Martin (R), Dr. Rand Paul (R), Jon J. Scribner (R), ex-Superintendent of Public Instruction John Stephenson (R), |
John Long (I)?, |
Senator, 53.0% in '08, 5th term, next election in 2014, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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A. Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 64.4% in '08, 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| '08 candidate Charles Kendall Hatchett (D), |
Edward "Ed" Whitfield (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 52.6% in '08, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-Up, |
| party activist / real estate agent Ed Marksberry (D), |
S. Brett Guthrie (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 59.4% in '08, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Safe Demcoratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Democrat, NRCC Target, |
| John Yarmuth (D), |
investment advisor Larry Hausman (R), pilot Todd Lally (R), restaurateur Jeffrey T. "Jeff" Reetz (R), CPA Brooks Wicker (R), |
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4th Congressional District, 63.0% in '08, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| veteran John Waltz (D), |
Geoffrey C. Davis (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 84.1% in '08, 15th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| '08 candidate / veteran James E. "Jim" Holbert (D), teacher David Prince (D), '06 nominee / attorney Kenneth Stepp (D), |
Harold "Hal" Rogers (R), |
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6th Congressional District, 64.7% in '08, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Likely Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| A.B. "Ben" Chandler III (D), |
businessman Perry W. Barnes (R), attorney Garland "Andy" Barr (R), John T. Kemper III (R), funeral supply salesman Matt Lockett (R), George Pendergrass (R), retired businessman Mike Templeman (R), |
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1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
| = Democrat retain control, |
= Democrats take over control, |
| = Republican retain control, |
 = Republicans take over control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
3. Key to Kentucky Political Parties:
4. Kentucky Media Links:
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