KY · How to vote
Voting in Kentucky.
Three ways to vote, three deadlines. ID rules and vote-by-mail policy below — verify the specifics with the Kentucky Secretary of State at the link.
1Official source of record
Kentucky State Board of Elections
3Federal candidate finance · 2026 cycle
Money in the Kentucky federal races
Top-fundraising candidate per race, sourced live from the FEC OpenFEC API. Click through to fec.gov for full disclosures.
U.S. HOUSE
1FEC OpenFEC API2026-05-03
2District map · TIGER/Line 2025 boundaries
Every district in Kentucky, on one map
Click any congressional, state senate, or state house polygon for the sitting member and a brief description. Toggle layers below the map to see overlapping legislative geography. Source polygons: US Census TIGER/Line 2025.
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true polygons · 2025 vintage · click a district for details1US Census TIGER/Line 20252026-05-03
3Current officeholders
Who represents Kentucky now
Sitting federal members and the governor. Names from Congress.gov (refreshed weekly) and hand-verified state data.
GOVERNOR
Andy Beshear (Democratic)
U.S. SENATE
Foreign Relations+1
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry+1
Appropriations+4
VICE CHAIRMANCommittee of Congress on the Library
CHAIRPrinting
CHAIRRules and Administration
U.S. HOUSE
1Congress.gov API v32026-05-03
3State legislature
Kentucky legislators
State senators and representatives by district. Names from OpenStates, refreshed weekly. Multi-member districts (e.g. WV, NH, MD, VT, NJ) list all sitting members under the same district.
STATE SENATE · 38 members · 38 districts
D1Jason Howell (R)
D2Danny Carroll (R)
D3Craig Richardson (R)
D4Robby Mills (R)
D5Steve Meredith (R)
D6Lindsey Tichenor (R)
D7Aaron Reed (R)
D8Gary Boswell (R)
D9David Givens (R)
D10Matt Deneen (R)
D11Steve Rawlings (R)
D12Amanda Bledsoe (R)
D13Reggie Thomas (D)
D14Jimmy Higdon (R)
D15Rick Girdler (R)
D16Max Wise (R)
D17Matt Nunn (R)
D18Robin Webb (R)
D19Cassie Armstrong (D)
D20Gex Williams (R)
D21Brandon Storm (R)
D22Don Douglas (R)
D23Chris McDaniel (R)
D24Shelley Frommeyer (R)
D25Robert Stivers (R)
D26Karen Berg (D)
D27Steve West (R)
D28Greg Elkins (R)
D29Scott Madon (R)
D30Brandon Smith (R)
D31Phillip Wheeler (R)
D32Mike Wilson (R)
D33Gerald Neal (D)
D34Jared Carpenter (R)
D35Keturah Herron (D)
D36Julie Adams (R)
D37Gary Clemons (D)
D38Mike Nemes (R)
STATE HOUSE · 100 members · 100 districts
D1Steven Rudy (R)
D2Kim Holloway (R)
D3Randy Bridges (R)
D4Wade Williams (R)
D5Mary Beth Imes (R)
D6Chris Freeland (R)
D7Suzanne Miles (R)
D8Walker Thomas (R)
D9Myron Dossett (R)
D10Josh Calloway (R)
D11J.T. Payne (R)
D12Jim Gooch (R)
D13D.J. Johnson (R)
D14Scott Lewis (R)
D15Rebecca Raymer (R)
D16Jason Petrie (R)
D17Robert Duvall (R)
D18Samara Heavrin (R)
D19Michael Meredith (R)
D20Kevin Jackson (R)
D21Amy Neighbors (R)
D22Shawn McPherson (R)
D23Steve Riley (R)
D24Ryan Bivens (R)
D25Steve Bratcher (R)
D26Peyton Griffee (R)
D27Nancy Tate (R)
D28Jared Bauman (R)
D29Chris Lewis (R)
D30Daniel Grossberg (D)
D31Susan Witten (R)
D32Tina Bojanowski (D)
D33Jason Nemes (R)
D34Sarah Stalker (D)
D35Lisa Willner (D)
D36John Hodgson (R)
D37Emily Callaway (R)
D38Rachel Roarx (D)
D39Matt Lockett (R)
D40Nima Kulkarni (D)
D41Mary Lou Marzian (D)
D42Joshua Watkins (D)
D43Pamela Stevenson (D)
D44Beverly Chester-Burton (D)
D45Adam Moore (D)
D46Al Gentry (D)
D47Felicia Rabourn (R)
D48Ken Fleming (R)
D49Thomas Huff (R)
D50Candy Massaroni (R)
D51Sarge Pollock (R)
D52Ken Upchurch (R)
D53James Tipton (R)
D54Daniel Elliott (R)
D55Kim King (R)
D56Dan Fister (R)
D57Erika Hancock (D)
D58Jennifer Decker (R)
D59David Osborne (R)
D60Marianne Proctor (R)
D61Savannah Maddox (R)
D62Tony Hampton (R)
D63Kim Banta (R)
D64Kim Moser (R)
D65Stephanie Dietz (R)
D66T.J. Roberts (R)
D67Matt Lehman (D)
D68Mike Clines (R)
D69Steven Doan (R)
D70William Lawrence (R)
D71Josh Bray (R)
D72Matt Koch (R)
D73Ryan Dotson (R)
D74David Hale (R)
D75Lindsey Burke (D)
D76Anne Donworth (D)
D77George Brown (D)
D78Mark Hart (R)
D79Chad Aull (D)
D80David Meade (R)
D81Deanna Gordon (R)
D82Nick Wilson (R)
D83Josh Branscum (R)
D84Chris Fugate (R)
D85Shane Baker (R)
D86Tom Smith (R)
D87Adam Bowling (R)
D88Vanessa Grossl (R)
D89Timmy Truett (R)
D90Derek Lewis (R)
D91Bill Wesley (R)
D92John Blanton (R)
D93Adrielle Camuel (D)
D94Mitch Whitaker (R)
D95Ashley Laferty (D)
D96Patrick Flannery (R)
D97Bobby McCool (R)
D98Aaron Thompson (R)
D99Richard White (R)
D100Scott Sharp (R)
Source: openstates.org
3At-a-glance rules
Photo ID requestedExcuse-required absenteeOnline voter registrationAutomatic voter registration
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
Kentucky requires a photo ID. Accepted: driver's license, state ID, US government ID, or any Kentucky-issued photo ID. Free voter ID available.
VOTE BY MAIL
Absentee voting available with a valid excuse (out of county, disability, age 62+, etc.). In-person early voting available for 3 days before election.
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-04-153NCSL absentee + VBM rules2026-04-15
Local elections in Kentucky are administered by your County Clerk / Election Office. For ballot or registration help, contact your county clerk or election office.
Official action — KY
The state’s own tools, with links to verify.
Each card below routes to the official Kentucky system. Where the state delegates to county Supervisors of Elections, the card says so honestly.
Statewide→
Check my registration
Voter Information Center. Name + DOB + last 4 SSN.
Statewide→
Register / update online
KY DL required (no SSN-only fallback). 29-day pre-election deadline. KY SOS subdomain Akamai-blocks Playwright; manual only.
Statewide→
Find my polling place
State + county→
Preview my ballot
SOS index of county-clerk sample-ballot pages. Voter selects county.
Statewide→
Request a mail ballot
ABR Web online absentee. KY tightened eligibility post-2021 HB 574 — EXCUSE REQUIRED with broader 'concern of contracting/spreading communicable disease' exception. 14-day pre-election deadline. KY SOS subdomain Akamai-blocks Playwright; manual only.
Statewide→
Track my mail ballot
Tracker rolled into ABR Web. KY SOS subdomain Akamai-blocks Playwright; manual only.
Statewide→
See who's on the ballot
Auto-updating filings DB. Filing deadline 2026-01-09 for May 2026 primary.
Statewide→
Statewide ballot measures
KY has no citizen initiative. None certified for Nov 2026.
Statewide→
Live + past results
SBE results; historical archive. Live election-night posted by county.
Statewide→
Election calendar
Primary 2026-05-19, general 2026-11-03.
1UOCAVA · military & overseas voters
Federal deadlines for Kentucky
Active-duty service members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas have separate deadlines under UOCAVA. Sourced live from the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program.
2026-05-19Ballot Request — State PrimaryReceived by*
2026-05-19Ballot Return — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-05-19Registration — State PrimaryBy Mail: Postmarked by
2026-05-19Registration — State PrimaryBy Email or Fax: Received by
2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionReceived by*
2026-11-03Ballot Return — General ElectionReceived by
2026-11-03Registration — General ElectionBy Email or Fax: Received by
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