More candidates file in Kentucky

The candidate filing deadline for Kentucky’s May primary election is Tuesday, and as an update and clarification to this week's print edition of The Crittenden Press, there will be two contested races on May 22, but only one for countywide office.

Candidates who have filed to represent Crittenden and Livingston counties as of the close of business Wednesday are:

Crittenden County Circuit Clerk

• Melissa Guill (R)
• Vanda Adamson (R)

Livingston County Circuit Clerk

• Debbie Harth Knoth (D)

Kentucky Judicial District 5 Commonwealth's Attorney
Crittenden, Union and Webster counties

• Zac Greenwell* (D-Marion)

Kentucky Judicial District 56 Commonwealth's Attorney

Livingston, Caldwell, Trigg and Lyon counties

• G.L. Ovey* (D-Eddyville)

Kentucky House District 4

Crittenden, Livingston, Caldwell and a portion of Trigg County

• Lynn Bechler (R-Marion)
• Raymond Giannini (D-Princeton)

Kentucky Senate District 1

Livingston, Lyon, Trigg, Calloway, Graves, Hickman and Fulton counties

• Carroll Hubbard (D-Mayfield)

Kentucky Senate District 3

Crittenden, Union, Caldwell and Christian counties

• Joey Pendleton* (D-Hopkinsville)

First Congressional Representative

Western Kentucky, though congressional redistricting is not finalized

• Ed Whitfield* (R-Hopkinsville)

President of the United States

• Mitt Romney (R)
• Newt Gingrich (R)
• Barack Obama* (D)

*Incumbent candidate

Unopposed candidates in the primary will not appear on the ballot. Non-partisan city government and school board races will appear on the General Election ballot in November.

See next week's edition of The Press for the final filings for the primary election.