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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.
This page includes the following resources:
The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Kentucky
A list and map of counties in Kentucky
An overview of local elections in Kentucky
An overview of the initiative process in Kentucky
Contents
1Counties
1.1County government
1.2Full list of counties
1.3Map of counties
2Elections
2.12024
2.22023
2.32022
2.42021
2.52020
2.62019
2.72018
2.82017
2.92016
2.102015
3Initiative process availability
4See also
5External links
6Footnotes
Counties[edit]
County government[edit]
Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:
Government of Fayette County
Government of Jefferson County
Full list of counties[edit]
According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 118 counties, 417 cities, towns, and villages, and 601 special districts.[1]
Cities and Counties also have the option of consolidating governments under one of the forms provided by state law. Louisville-Jefferson operates as a consolidated local government under Kentucky Revised Statute 67C. Lexington-Fayette operates as an urban county government under Kentucky Revised Statute 67A and the local charter created during the merger process.
The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.
County
Clinton
Allen
Wayne
Scott
Edmonson
Adair
Gallatin
Harrison
Bourbon
Perry
Crittenden
Knott
Lawrence
Morgan
Muhlenberg
Green
Wolfe
Robertson
Lee
Kenton
Madison
Martin
Owsley
Clay
Harlan
Elliott
Hancock
Daviess
Powell
Graves
Jessamine
Monroe
Grant
Taylor
Greenup
Henderson
Logan
Butler
Floyd
Boyle
Estill
Bullitt
Boone
Washington
Carlisle
Whitley
Ohio
Mason
Bracken
Carter
Hopkins
Bell
Pike
Breathitt
Warren
Hickman
McCracken
Union
Leslie
Lyon
Knox
Calloway
Jackson
Ballard
Henry
Mercer
Lewis
Trigg
Marshall
Hart
Lincoln
Pulaski
Campbell
Cumberland
Laurel
Grayson
Magoffin
Montgomery
Larue
Livingston
Shelby
Todd
Breckinridge
Simpson
Rowan
Carroll
Fulton
Hardin
Christian
Anderson
Oldham
Rockcastle
Trimble
Barren
McCreary
Pendleton
Spencer
Letcher
Clark
Woodford
McLean
Menifee
Marion
Fleming
Caldwell
Garrard
Casey
Metcalfe
Russell
Meade
Nelson
Owen
Bath
Nicholas
Boyd
Johnson
Webster
Fayette
Jefferson
Franklin
Map of counties[edit]
Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:
Elections[edit]
Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.
2024[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024
Frankfort, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky school board elections
2023[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023
Lexington, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky school board elections
2022[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022
Frankfort, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky school board elections
2021[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021
Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Kentucky that year.
2020[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020
Lexington, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky school board elections
Past elections
Click here for past election information
2019[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019
Fayette County, Kentucky
Kentucky school board elections
2018[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
Lexington, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky school board elections
2017[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Kentucky that year.
2016[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016
Lexington, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky school board elections
2015[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Kentucky that year.
Initiative process availability[edit]
See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Kentucky
An initiative process is not mentioned explicitly, but seems to be prohibited by Kentucky Revised Statute Section 83A.120 below. The process for referendum is allowed, but is restricted to the limited issues which are established in Section 60 of the Constitution below.[2]
See also[edit]
Kentucky
Municipal government
Other local coverage
Kentucky
Kentucky elections, 2025
Public policy in Kentucky
Endorsers in Kentucky
Top counties
100 largest cities
Current mayors
Current council officials
2025 municipal elections
School board elections, 2025
Local ballot measure elections in 2025
2025 local judicial elections
External links[edit]
Search Google News for this topic
Kentucky municipal code library
Kentucky state government website
Footnotes[edit]
↑U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
↑Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012
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