Hopkins County, Kentucky ballot, Nov 3, 2026

Contested races

Source: Ballotpedia, Hopkins County, Kentucky, elections, 2026 (secondary source, not the official ballot) (accessed Oct 18, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at Kentucky Voter Information Center (State Board of Elections).

Office	Candidates
County offices
Hopkins County Magistrate District 3	Vicki Dickerson Thomison (D) vs. Tim Riggs (R)
Hopkins County Magistrate District 4	Charles Yarbrough (D) vs. Ronnie Noel (R)
Hopkins County Magistrate District 5	Chris Bowles (R) vs. Billy N. Parrish (Independent)
Hopkins County Magistrate District 6	Charlie G. Beshears (D) vs. Justin Jones (R)
City & town offices
Earlington City Council At-large Vote for 6	Peggy L. Babb, Martha Jackson Crowe, Vernon Gipson, Ann Gipson, Laura Harvey, Davorian Monroe Jackson, Jessica Pharris, Barbara Ann Shelton
Hanson City Commission At-large Vote for 4	Teresa J. Anthony, Felicia Greer, Chuck Holzknecht, Annamary LeCornu, Emily Williams
Mayor of Hanson	Jimmy Epley vs. Brandon Marsh
Madisonville City Council Ward 1	Misty Lee Cavanaugh vs. John S. Dunning
Madisonville City Council Ward 5	Debbie Enoch vs. Frank Stevenson
Madisonville City Council Ward 6	Kim McMurtrie Jones vs. Ricky R. Woosley
Mayor of Madisonville	Jacob Adams vs. Kevin Cotton
Mayor of Nebo	Karen Lantrip vs. Jackie Pearce
Mayor of Nortonville	Scotty Harvey vs. M. Paul McPeek
Mayor of St. Charles	Shelia Faye Suttles vs. Robinett Woodruff
Mayor of White Plains	Harry Highfill vs. Michael Williams

Also on every Hopkins County ballot: U.S. Senate, your U.S. House district, your legislative districts and any judicial races for your area.

Party labels are as listed by Ballotpedia (R = Republican, D = Democrat). Kentucky county offices are partisan; school board, district court and most city races are nonpartisan. Party nominees were chosen in the May 19 primary; only races on the Nov 3 ballot are listed.

This list comes from Ballotpedia, a secondary source, not the official ballot, and Ballotpedia notes its local lists may be incomplete. Your exact ballot: Kentucky Voter Information Center (State Board of Elections).

Unopposed

One candidate per seat on the list (write-ins may still be possible).

County offices

Hopkins County Attorney: Chesley Riddle (R)
Hopkins County Clerk: Keenan Alise Cloern (R)
Hopkins County Constable District 1: David Moss (D)
Hopkins County Constable District 2: Darrel R. Todd (D)
Hopkins County Constable District 3: James C. Woodruff (D)
Hopkins County Coroner: Dennis H. Mayfield (R)
Hopkins County Jailer: Mike Lewis (R)
Hopkins County Magistrate District 1: Ricky Lane Whitaker (R)
Hopkins County Magistrate District 2: Buddy Cardwell (R)
Hopkins County Magistrate District 7: Hannah Miner Myers (R)
Hopkins County Property Valuation Administrator: Joe Blue (R)
Hopkins County Sheriff: Charlie Young (R)
Hopkins County Surveyor: Thomas W. Crabtree (D)

Courts & justices of the peace

Hopkins County Judge/Executive: Jack Whitfield Jr. (R)
Kentucky 4th District Court Division 1: David G. Massamore
Kentucky 4th District Court Division 2: Kim Poe Gilliam

Schools, colleges & special districts

Dawson Springs Independent School District, At-large (Special): Mary Beth Drennan
Dawson Springs Independent School District, At-large: Michael W. Ausenbaugh, Meredith Hyde
Hopkins County Schools Board of Education Division I (Special): Martha Phelps
Hopkins County Schools Board of Education Division II: Steven Ray Faulk
Hopkins County Schools Board of Education Division IV: Nicholas Foster

City & town offices

Dawson Springs City Council At-large: Rick Bowles, Ashlee Townsend Mawdsley, Mark McGregor, Rhonda C. Mills, Martha Woolsey
Mayor of Dawson Springs: Jenny Sewell
Mayor of Earlington: Albert I. Jackson
Madisonville City Council Ward 2: Marvin D. Hightower
Madisonville City Council Ward 3: Adam Townsend
Madisonville City Council Ward 4: Larry W. Noffsinger
Mayor of Mortons Gap: Chris Phelps
Morton's Gap City Council At-large: Kody Appleby, Ricky Boling, Angela L. Creekmur, Kimberly Proffitt, Wendy Smith, Tammy Vandiver
Nebo City Commission At-large: Keitha Burden, Joseph N. Cates, Charles Jarrell, Alisha Menser
Nortonville City Council At-large: Candace A. Ashby, Danny E. Gunn, James K. Harrison, Greg Rodgers, Kristal P. Stanley, Troy Whitehair
St. Charles City Commission At-large: Darlene Adamson, Kathy Huddleston, Leo Huddleston, Mary Ann Smith
White Plains City Commission At-large: Tammy Askew, David Dunlap, Jefferey Farmer, Danielle Groves