Kentucky

KENTUCKY

8 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Kentucky State Board of Elections)
Total Population, July 1, 2007 est.              4,241,474
Total Registration, Jan. 15, 2008 >              2,854,544
Dem. 1,622,541 (56.84%)   Rep. 1,043,591 (36.56%)   Other 188,412 (6.60%)
Kentucky has: 120 counties.
Largest counties: Jefferson, Fayette, Kenton, Boone. >
Largest cities: Louisville-Jefferson, Lexington-Fayette. >

Government
Governor: Steve Beshear (D) elected Nov. 2007.
State Legislature: Kentucky Legislature House: 100 seats Senate: 38 seats
Local: Cities & Counties NACO Counties
U.S. House: 4R, 2D - 1. E.Whitfield (R) | 2. R.Lewis (R) | 3. J.Yarmuth (D) | 4.G.Davis (R) | 5. H.Rogers (R) | 6. B.Chandler (D).
U.S. Senate: Mitch McConnell (R) up for re-election in 2008, Jim Bunning (R) re-elected in 2004.

The Bluegrass State

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Board of Elections

Constitution Party of KY
KY Democratic Party
Libertarian Party of KY
Republican Party of KY
Green Party of KY

Louisville Courier-Journal
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-KY

blogs:
BluegrassReport.org
KY Kurmudgeon
KY Republican Voice
Bluegrass Policy

Primary - Tuesday, May 20, 2008

According to statute, "The state executive committee of each political party shall, pursuant to its party's rules, determine whether to distribute its party's authorized delegate votes for presidential candidates at its party's national convention based on the results of a party caucus, a presidential preference primary, or a combination of the two (2) methods." The primary date is the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May. (KRS 118.555, KRS 118.561, more).

Democrats
60 Delegates (51 Pledged, 9 Unpledged) and 9 Alternates.
1.48% of the 4,047 Delegate Votes.

Clinton | Obama

Republicans
45 Delegates: 3 RNC; 24 at-large; 18 by CD (3 x 6).
1.89% of the 2,380 Delegates.

McCain
former:
Huckabee | Romney | FThompson
Giuliani - former Congresswoman Anne Northup announced as state chair on Nov. 16, 2007.

also Democrats' release

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	1,069,439	(59.55)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	712,733	(39.69)
Nader/Camejo (Ind.)	8,856	(0.49)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	2,619	(0.14)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)	2,213	(0.12)
Total........1,795,860

2004 Overview
The Kerry campaign had a brief presence in the state after the Democratic Convention, but pulled out after about six weeks. Bush improved upon his 2000 showing, gaining a plurality of 356,706 votes (19.86 percentage points). Bush carried 109 counties to 11 for Kerry.
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies | Bush/Cheney '04

Past Results

1996

Clinton (Dem.)........636,614	(45.84)
Dole (Rep.)............623,283	(44.88)
Perot (Ref.)............120,396	(8.67)
Others (3+w/ins)........8,415	(0.61)
Total........1,388,708

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1992

Clinton (Dem.)........665,104	(44.55)
Bush (Rep.)............617,178	(41.34)
Perot (Ind.)............ 203,944	(13.66)
Others (4+w/in)..........6,674	(0.45)
Total........1,492,900

2000

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	872,492	(56.50)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	638,898	(41.38)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	23,192	(1.50)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	4,173	(0.27)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	2,896	(0.19)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP )	1,533	(0.10)
Phillips/Sobran (Const. )	923	(0.06)
G.D. Strickland (w/in)	80	-
Total........1,544,187

Total Voting: 1,568,058.
Turnout: 61.3% of 2,556,815 registered voters.

2000 Overview
In 1996 Kentucky ended up as the closest state percentagewise in the presidential election, giving Clinton a margin of just 0.96%. 2000 saw a very different story as Bush handily won Kentucky's eight electoral votes, racking up a plurality of 233,594 votes (15.12 percentage points). Bush carried 105 counties to 15 for Gore. A highlight of the campaign was the vice presidential debate at Centre College in Danville on Oct. 5.
General Election Activity

Primary Election -- Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Democratic

Registered: 1,580,524
Total Votes Cast: 253,640
% of Reg. Voters: 16.0%

	Votes	Percent
+John F. Kerry	138,175	60.1%
John Edwards	33,403	14.5%
Uncommitted	21,199	9.2%
Joe Lieberman	11,062	4.8%
Howard Dean	8,222	3.6%
Wesley K. Clark	6,519	2.8%
Al Sharpton	5,022	2.2%
Dennis J. Kucinich	4,508	2.0%
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr.	1,806	0.8%
Total	229,916

57 Delegates (49 Pledged, 8 Unpledged) and 8 Alternates

Republican

Registered: 951,255
Total Votes Cast: 125,637
% of Reg. Voters: 13.2%

	Votes	Percent
George W. Bush	108,603	92.5%
Uncommitted	8,776	7.5%
Total	117,379

46 Delegates (18 CD and 28 AL)