• Gov. Paul Patton (D), elected to a second term in fall 1999, is up for re-election in 2003. Sen. Jim Bunning (R) is up for re-election in 2004.

Primaries next year are early battlefronts in both parties' fights for their future, and some of the same issues and divides ...

Kentuckians got a break from political campaigns in 2025, but get ready for the year ahead. In the mid-1990s, Kentucky voters amended the state constitution to create an off-year election.

Beyond passing a two-year state budget, the GOP supermajority of the Kentucky General Assembly plans to advance bills addressing education, data centers, immigration and housing in the 2026 session.

Kentucky Public Radio has covered a tumultuous year of federal cuts and shifts, the lawsuits challenging them, state governance and another hefty legislative session. Rediscover our top politics ...

Kentucky's governor has a second title as we enter the pivotal 2026 election season: Democratic Governors Association ...

The upcoming year is shaping up to be a massive one in the political sphere, particularly in the Buckeye State.

Kentucky has received a request from the U.S. Department of Justice for voter registration data, including sensitive ...

Democrat Gary Clemons captured a landslide victory over Republican Calvin Leach in the 37th Kentucky Senate District.

District 37 seat. Clemons, a labor union leader and U.S. Army veteran, won 72% of the vote, defeating Republican ...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said Gary Clemons was "continuing the trend of Democrats outperforming previous elections." ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Early Voting continues in southwest Louisville for the District 37 Senate special election. It’s to fill David Yates’s vacant State Senate seat after he took over as Jefferson ...