It's Primary Election Day in Kentucky. Here's who's on the ballot around Louisville

Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal
Updated ·2 min read

Early voting has closed, and Election Day for Kentucky's 2024 primaries is set for Tuesday, with plenty on the line in Louisville and the surrounding region.

The primary races decided Tuesday will determine which candidates will be on the ballot in this year's general election, set for Nov. 5. The election this year is about more than our next U.S. president — every Kentucky House seat and all odd-numbered state Senate seats are on the line, along with several other local races such as Metro Council.

Here's a breakdown of races that will appear on ballots in Jefferson County, as well as some of our surrounding counties in Kentucky (Indiana's primary elections took place earlier this month). Many of these races deal with smaller districts inside the county, meaning not every Jefferson County race will appear on every ballot in Jefferson County. You can check out a sample ballot for your district by inputting your address in a portal on the county clerk's website. Additionally, this list does not include primary races with just one candidate.

Polls close Tuesday at 6 p.m., and results should begin to roll in soon after. Keep up with the action that evening through updating coverage at courier-journal.com.

House

Kentucky's state House districts, which went into effect after redistricting ahead of 2022.
Kentucky's state House districts, which went into effect after redistricting ahead of 2022.

  • District 29: Timothy Findley Jr. vs. Matthew Pfaadt vs. Ricky Santiago (D); Wyatt Allison vs. Chris Lewis vs. Debbie Peden (R)

  • District 30: Daniel Grossberg vs. Mitra Subedi (D)

  • District 31: Colleen Orsella Davis vs. Carma Bell Marshall (D)

  • District 36: Colin McDowell vs. William "Woody" Zorn (D)

  • District 40: Nima Kulkarni vs. William Zeitz (D)

  • District 41: Rick Adams vs. Mary Lou Marzian (D)

  • District 42: Jonathan Musselwhite vs. Jack W. Walker vs. Joshua Watkins (D)

  • District 44: Beverly Chester-Burton vs. Daniel Cockrell vs. Shreeta Waldon (D)

  • District 48 (includes portions of Oldham County): Kate Farrow vs. Debbie Wesslund (D)

  • District 49 (Bullitt County): William Harned vs. Thomas Huff (R)

Senate

Kentucky's state Senate districts, which went into effect after redistricting ahead of 2022.
Kentucky's state Senate districts, which went into effect after redistricting ahead of 2022.

  • District 7 (east of Louisville, includes portions of Jefferson County): Ed Gallrein vs. Aaron Reed vs. Adrienne Southworth (R)

  • District 33: Gerald Neal vs. Attica Scott (D)

Louisville Metro Council

  • District 2: Barbara Shanklin vs. Latosha Harrison (D)

  • District 4: Carol Clark vs. Joshua Crowder vs. Joseph "Jody" Dahmer vs. Mary K. Hall vs. Ken Herndon vs. Bobbie James vs. Dino Johnson vs. Demetrius McDowell vs. Stan Moore vs. Dennisha Rivers vs. Bridgett Smith (D)

  • District 6: Phillip Baker vs. Kate Dittmeier Holm vs. J.P. Lyninger (D)

  • District 8: Ben Reno-Weber vs. Taylor McGovern-U'Sellis (D)

  • District 12: Jennifer Brown vs. Jonathan "JJ" Joseph vs. Ryan Thompson (R)

  • District 14: Cindi Fowler vs. Autumn Lockhart vs. Neal A. Robertson (D); Crystal Ann Barajas vs. Crystal Bast (R)

  • District 18: Bonnie Jung vs. Marilyn Parker (R)

  • District 20: Brian Abrams vs. Stuart Benson (R)

  • District 22: Kevin Bratcher vs. Robert John Zoeller Jr. (R)

  • District 24: Tyra Thomas-Walker vs. Ryan Vittitow (D)

Reach Lucas Aulbach at laulbach@courier-journal.com.

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky primary election: Who's on the 2024 ballot in Louisville area