Hardin Local Civic Coverage

— 2026 State & Federal Races —

U.S. Senate & State Offices

General: November 3, 2026 Primary: May 19, 2026 (complete)

State and federal races are administered by the Kentucky Secretary of State, not the county clerk. Below are the November 3 general-election matchups for the races that include Hardin County voters, along with the on-demand primary interviews Hardin Local aired. Several primaries produced nominees we did not interview in the spring; those nominees are noted.

Correction, Sept. 22, 2026: An earlier version of this page said Joseph Redmon (R) was unopposed in November for State Representative, 27th District. Susan C. Doman (D) filed for that seat on Jan. 5, 2026, per the Kentucky Secretary of State, and is on the November 3 ballot. We also added two candidates the page was missing: Christopher Campbell (Kentucky Party) for U.S. Senate and Thomas A. Loecken (Independent) for U.S. House, 2nd District.
Correction, Oct. 13, 2026: Earlier versions of this page listed only two Kentucky House districts for Hardin County. The Hardin County Clerk's General Composite Sample Ballot (Sept. 23, 2026) shows five: District 25 (Steve Bratcher, R, vs Cherlyn Evette Smith, D) covers 22 precincts including all of Elizabethtown, District 18 (Samara Heavrin, R, unopposed) covers 11 southern and western precincts, and District 26 (Peyton Griffee, R, unopposed) covers West Point, Fort Knox 26 and Radcliff Southeast. All three are added below. Your precinct's district is on your precinct ballot page.

November 3 general-election matchups

U.S. Senate (open seat): Andy Barr (R) vs Charles Booker (D) vs Christopher Campbell (Kentucky Party)
U.S. House, KY-2: Brett Guthrie (R, incumbent) vs Megan Wingfield (D) vs Thomas A. Loecken (Independent)
State Senate, District 10: Matt Deneen (R, incumbent) vs Chris Gatrost (D)
State Rep, District 10: Josh Calloway (R, incumbent) vs John B. Whipple (D)
State Rep, District 18: Samara Heavrin (R), unopposed
State Rep, District 25: Steve Bratcher (R) vs Cherlyn Evette Smith (D)
State Rep, District 26: Peyton Griffee (R), unopposed
State Rep, District 27: Joseph Redmon (R) vs Susan C. Doman (D)

About this page. Because state and federal races aren't on the Hardin County Clerk filing list we use as source of truth for the rest of these pages, we may have missed candidates who filed with the state but did not appear on local outreach lists. For the official, complete ballot, please consult the Kentucky State Board of Elections. Order below is by office, then by ballot order where known.

U.S. Senate (Kentucky)

Nov 3: Barr (R) vs Booker (D) vs Campbell (KY Party) · open seat

The three November nominees, Andy Barr (R), Charles Booker (D), and Christopher Campbell (Kentucky Party), are shown first. Hardin Local interviewed three other candidates in the spring (Cameron, Faris, Thompson); none advanced. Those interviews are archived at the bottom of this page.

Andy Barr
R
No interview
No Hardin Local interview for this race.
On the November 3 ballot.
Charles Booker
D
No interview
No Hardin Local interview for this race.
On the November 3 ballot.
Christopher Campbell
KY Party
No interview
No Hardin Local interview for this race.
On the November 3 ballot.

Declared write-in candidate (name not printed on the ballot): Thomas Michael Murphy, filed March 4, 2026.

U.S. House — Kentucky 2nd District

Nov 3: Guthrie (R) vs Wingfield (D) vs Loecken (IND)

Hardin Local did not interview this race in the spring. All three nominees are on the November 3 ballot.

Brett Guthrie
RIncumbent
No interview
No Hardin Local interview for this race.
On the November 3 ballot.
Megan Wingfield
D
No interview
No Hardin Local interview for this race.
On the November 3 ballot.
Thomas A. Loecken
IND
No interview
No Hardin Local interview for this race.
On the November 3 ballot.

Kentucky State Senate — 10th District

Nov 3: Deneen (R) vs Gatrost (D)

Hardin Local did not interview this race in the spring. Both nominees are on the November 3 ballot.

Matt Deneen
RIncumbent
No interview
No Hardin Local interview for this race.
Chris Gatrost
D
No interview
No Hardin Local interview for this race.

Kentucky State Representative — 10th District

Nov 3: Calloway (R) vs Whipple (D)
John B. Whipple
D
General-election interview · recorded Tue, Oct 13, 2026

Kentucky State Representative — 27th District

Nov 3: Redmon (R) vs Doman (D)
Susan C. Doman
D
General-election interview · recorded Tue, Oct 13, 2026

Kentucky State Representative — 18th District

Nov 3: Heavrin (R), unopposed

Hardin County precincts in this district: Van Meter City, Van Meter, Country Club, Glendale, South Dixie, Sonora, Upton, Eastview, Stephensburg, Meeting Creek and White Mills. Hardin Local did not interview this race.

Samara Heavrin
R
✅ Unopposed
Only candidate on the November 3 ballot for this seat.

Kentucky State Representative — 25th District

Nov 3: Bratcher (R) vs Smith (D)

Hardin County precincts in this district: Shelton, Woodland, Longview, Highlands, City Park, Colesburg, Tunnel Hill, Lincoln Trail North, Lincoln Trail South, Elizabethtown East, Mantle, Freeman, Oaklawn, Pine Valley, Helm, Central, Elizabethtown North, Elizabethtown West, Valley Creek, Memorial, Haycraft and Chelf. Hardin Local did not interview this race. Both nominees are on the November 3 ballot.

Steve Bratcher
RBallot position 1
No interview
No Hardin Local interview for this race.
On the November 3 ballot.
Cherlyn Evette Smith
DBallot position 2
No interview
No Hardin Local interview for this race.
On the November 3 ballot.

Kentucky State Representative — 26th District

Nov 3: Griffee (R), unopposed

Hardin County precincts in this district: West Point, Fort Knox 26 and Radcliff Southeast. Hardin Local did not interview this race.

Peyton Griffee
R
✅ Unopposed
Only candidate on the November 3 ballot for this seat.
From the May 19 primary: candidates who did not advance

These interviews were recorded before the May 19, 2026 primary. These candidates are not on the November ballot. The videos stay here for the record.

U.S. Senate

State Representative, 10th District

State Representative, 27th District

Full ballot

For the official, complete November 3 ballot for state and federal races, see elect.ky.gov.

Other 2026 Races

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