While Northern Kentucky will see a few competitive races in November for the general election, only one NKY city has enough filings to primary in May.
Covington is the only city in the region with enough filings to trigger a primary—which requires double the number of seats plus one filing. Though there are not many primaries this time around, there are contested races for the general election, including Florence, Erlanger, Bellevue, Dayton, Fort Thomas and Newport.
The primary election will take place on May 21, and the general election will be on Nov. 5.
The full list of candidates, arranged in the order they filed, are:
Boone County
Circuit Court Clerk
David Martin—Republican
Florence City Council
Jonathon W. Trimble—Non-partisan
Mel Carroll—Non-partisan
David A. Osborne—Non-partisan
Patricia Wingo—Non-partisan
Angie Cable—Non-partisan
Lesley Chambers—Non-partisan
Diane Ewing Whalen—Non-partisan
Gary Winn—Non-partisan
Brian Kinross—Non-partisan
J. Kelly Huff—Non-partisan
Jenna Kemper—Non-partisan
Boone County School Board Div. 1
Carolyn Hankins Wolfe—Non-partisan
Boone County election filings can be found on the county clerk’s website here.
Kenton County
Circuit Clerk
John C. Middleton–Republican
Commonwealth’s Attorney
Rob Sanders–Republican
Covington Mayor
Ron Washington–Non-partisan
Covington City Commission
Morgan Davenport–Non-partisan
Bill Wells–Non-partisan
Tim Downing–Non-partisan
Devin Kroner–Non-partisan
Bradie Bowen–Non-partisan
Aaron Wolpert–Non-partisan
James Toebbe–Non-partisan
Shannon C. Smith–Non-partisan
Tim Acri–Non-partisan
Cari McMurty Garriga–Non-partisan
Erlanger City Council
Diana Niceley–Non-partisan
Tyson Hermes–Non-partisan
Victoria Kyle–Non-partisan
Rebecca Reckers–Non-partisan
Jennifer Jasper-Lucas–Non-partisan
Michele Fields–Non-partisan
Thomas Cahill–Non-partisan
Gary Meyer–Non-partisan
Don Skidmore–Non-partisan
Renee Skidmore–Non-partisan
Frank A. Wichmann–Non-partisan
Christopher Farmer–Non-partisan
Nicholas Eads–Non-partisan
Renee Wilson–Non-partisan
Aaron Arlinghaus–Non-partisan
Kenton County election filings can be found on the county clerk’s website here.
Campbell County
Bellevue City Council
Mike Almoslechner—Non-partisan
Stephen Guidugli—Non-partisan
Shauna Kruse—Non-partisan
John L. Ondeck—Non-partisan
Philip Lanz—Non-partisan
Kara Harp—Non-partisan
Chasity Bothman—Non-partisan
Steve Wilz—Non-partisan
Kim Kaelin—Non-partisan
Kris Kaelin—Non-partisan
Steven Brun—Non-partisan
Commonwealth’s Attorney
Michael C. Zimmerman—Republican
Circuit Court Clerk
Taunya Nolan Jack—Republican
Dayton City Council
Troy Horton—Non-partisan
Joe Neary—Non-partisan
Beth Nyman—Non-partisan
Christina Kelly—Non-partisan
Jessica Lovins—Non-partisan
Aaron Judd—Non-partisan
John Walker Wirick—Non-partisan
Frank Leslie Harrison Jr.—Non-partisan
Fort Thomas City Council
Eric Strange—Non-partisan
Andy Ellison—Non-partisan
Ben Pendery—Non-partisan
Lauren Mcintosh—Non-partisan
Jeff Bezold—Non-partisan
Adam Blau—Non-partisan
Frances Anne Hoffman—Non-partisan
Highland Heights City Council
Alex Bramel—Non-partisan
Gary Chinn—Non-partisan
Newport City Commission
Mike Radwanski—Non-partisan
Ken Rechtin—Non-partisan
Julie Smith-Morrow—Non-partisan
Vince Proffitt—Non-partisan
Aaron W. Sutherland—Non-partisan
Jerry Rex Peluso—Non-partisan
Newport Mayor
Thomas L. Guidugli—Non-partisan
Campbell County election filings can be found on the county clerk’s website here.
