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Kentucky Judicial candidates

48 tracked profiles with all-party breakdowns for campaign, media, and public research discovery.

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Race Research Context

Kentucky Judicial field analysis

This race hub gives search users and campaign teams a deeper explanation of the Kentucky Judicial candidate field, including party mix, public-record research posture, and next-click paths into candidate pages.

48tracked profiles
0Republican profiles
0Democratic profiles
48other profiles

How to read this race page

OppIntell organizes Kentucky Judicial candidates so researchers can compare party coverage, office labels, district context, and candidate-level source posture from one route. The page is built for search discovery without relying on unverified campaign claims.

What opponents may examine

Campaigns reviewing this race would typically look at filings, public office descriptions, jurisdiction context, candidate profile signals, and source-backed citations. The point is not to invent attack lines; it is to show what public material can become a competitive research narrative.

Republican campaign use case

For Republican campaigns, this hub helps identify what Democratic campaigns, outside groups, and media researchers may say about Republican candidates from public records. It also shows where the Republican side can strengthen receipts before those narratives surface.

Indexability and depth

Race pages become stronger when their linked candidate profiles have valid citations, clear office labels, and enough public context to support indexable pages. Thin candidate pages remain governed so this hub does not send crawlers into weak supporting content.

How many Kentucky Judicial candidates are tracked?

OppIntell currently tracks 48 profiles for this Kentucky Judicial race category.

What does the party breakdown show?

The current breakdown includes 0 Republican, 0 Democratic, and 48 other-party or non-major-party profiles.

How should campaigns use this page?

Use it as a starting point for source-backed comparison: identify the candidates, then drill into profiles and adjacent party, state, or election pages for more context.

Amanda M. Spalding

Nonpartisan · Circuit Judge

55th / 3rdchallenger

Amy C. Burke

Nonpartisan · District Judge

15th / 2ndchallenger

Amy Sullivan Anderson

Nonpartisan · District Judge

11th / 1stchallenger

Ann Ruttle

Nonpartisan · District Judge

16th / 1stchallenger

Ben Leonard

Nonpartisan · District Judge

5challenger

Bolton Bevins

Nonpartisan · District Judge

14th / 1stchallenger

Brent J. Potter

Nonpartisan · District Judge

8th / 2ndchallenger

Brian L. Quattrocchi

Nonpartisan · District Judge

6th / 2ndchallenger

Bryce Caldwell

Nonpartisan · Circuit Judge

6th / 1stchallenger

Christopher Reed

Nonpartisan · Circuit Judge

50th / 1stchallenger

Daniel Fendley

Nonpartisan · District Judge

12th / 1stchallenger

David C. Perkins

Nonpartisan · District Judge

10challenger

David G. Massamore

Nonpartisan · District Judge

4th / 1stchallenger

Debra Hembree Lambert

Nonpartisan · Justice of the Supreme Court

3challenger

Enguerrand Meyrat

Nonpartisan · District Judge

15th / 1stchallenger

Greg Lay

Nonpartisan · Judge of the Court of Appeals

3rd / 2ndchallenger

J. Foster Cotthoff

Nonpartisan · District Judge

3rd / 2ndchallenger

J. Nick Payne

Nonpartisan · District Judge

6th / 1stchallenger

Jane Adams Venters

Nonpartisan · Circuit Judge

28th / 4thchallenger

Janet C. Booth

Nonpartisan · District Judge

13th / 2ndchallenger

Jennifer Dusing

Nonpartisan · Circuit Judge

54th / 4thchallenger

Jenny Hines

Nonpartisan · District Judge

2nd / 2ndchallenger

Jessica N. Beard

Nonpartisan · District Judge

12th / 2ndchallenger

John Brown

Nonpartisan · District Judge

8th / 3rdchallenger

John Lindsey Adams

Nonpartisan · District Judge

3rd / 1stchallenger

Josh M. Smith

Nonpartisan · District Judge

15th / 1stchallenger

Ken Williams

Nonpartisan · District Judge

7challenger

Kim Poe Gilliam

Nonpartisan · District Judge

4th / 2ndchallenger

Kim Winkenhofer Shumate

Nonpartisan · District Judge

9th / 2ndchallenger

Kimberly Geoghegan

Nonpartisan · District Judge

8th / 1stchallenger

Lelah Rogers

Nonpartisan · District Judge

6th / 1stchallenger

Lucy Ferguson Vanmeter

Nonpartisan · Judge of the Court of Appeals

5th / 1stchallenger

Mark Stephen Medlin

Nonpartisan · District Judge

1challenger

Monica Meredith

Nonpartisan · Circuit Judge

55th / 3rdchallenger

Phillip J. Page

Nonpartisan · District Judge

6th / 2ndchallenger

Rebecca Adams Simpson

Nonpartisan · Circuit Judge

8th / 3rdchallenger

Robert L. Gullette Iii

Nonpartisan · District Judge

13th / 1stchallenger

Sarah Hays Spedding

Nonpartisan · District Judge

14th / 2ndchallenger

Shannon Meyer

Nonpartisan · District Judge

6th / 3rdchallenger

Shelt Michael Lewis

Nonpartisan · District Judge

9th / 1stchallenger

Teresa R. Mcmahan-Miller

Nonpartisan · District Judge

10challenger

Todd S. Jones

Nonpartisan · District Judge

2nd / 1stchallenger

W. Russell Duty

Nonpartisan · District Judge

6th / 1stchallenger

Whitney Johns

Nonpartisan · Circuit Judge

50th / 1stchallenger

Will Moynahan

Nonpartisan · Judge of the Court of Appeals

5th / 1stchallenger

William "Joey" Verax Iv.

Nonpartisan · Circuit Judge

18th / 1stchallenger

William "Mike" Hall Jr.

Nonpartisan · District Judge

11th / 2ndchallenger

William C. Mattingly

Nonpartisan · District Judge

6th / 1stchallenger
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