2026 Candidates

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Constable

Name / (District)

Jimmy “Bucky” Smith (3)

Paul Collins (6)

Elvis Smith (4)

H.K. Tyrone Salyers (1)

Harvey Dean Collins (3)

Anthony Wagers (2)

Richard Brian Hubbard (6)

Johnny Curt Holland (1)

Bent Couch (5)

J. Rodney Bowling (6)

Roy “Little Bit” Hubbard (1)

MICHAEL DARRELL (WAGERS (1)

ISRAEL COUCH (3)

EUGENE JACKSON (4)

Harold Williams (4)

Political Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

November 5, 2025

November 6, 2025

November 7, 2025

November 10, 2025

November 10, 2025

November 10, 2025

November 10, 2025

November 12, 2025

November 19, 2025

November 20, 2025

December 3, 2025

December 12, 2025

December 13, 2025

December 18, 2025

January 7, 2026

Coroner

Name / (District)

Jason Robert Abner

Michael Caudill

Kathy Couch – Hicks

Political Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

November 7, 2025

November 14, 2025

November 25, 2025

County Attorney

Name / (District)

Joseph C. White “Joe”

Email or PO Box

Political Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

November 5, 2025

County Clerk

Name / (District)

Beverly G. Craft

Jackson Gates

Political Party

Republican Party

Democratic Party

Filing Date

November 6, 2025

November 7, 2025

County Judge / Executive

Name / (District)

Tommy L. Harmon

Jeffrey Todd Croucher

Scott D. Smith “Scotty”

Email or PO Box

PO Box 114 Manchester, KY 40962

Political Party

Republican Party

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

November 5, 2025

November 16, 2025

November 7, 2025

Jailer

Name / (District)

Linda Smallwood

Mark Jackson

Darrell D. Mills

Political Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

November 6, 2025

November 17, 2025

January 9, 2026

Magistrate / Justice of the Peace

Name / (District)

Jerry Combs (5)

William Warren “Bill” (5)

Sonya Hoskins-Gray (2)

RUSSELL SMITH “RABBIT” (1)

DELBERT SMITH “JASON” (6)

Jamie J. Jackson (4)

Chris Smith (4)

Christopher Reid “Chris” (2)

Benjamin Burkhart “Ben” (3)

Sonny Gay (3)

Glenn Ray Henson (5)

Michael Smith (4)

Marty Davis (4)

J. “Mike” Davis (5)

William “Bill” Scalf (2)

CECIL WAGERS (4)

Earl “County Earl” Owens (1)

Glenn Smith (3)

Political Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

November 5, 2025

November 5, 2025

November 5, 2025

November 5, 2025

November 5, 2025

November 5, 2025

November 6, 2025

November 6, 2025

November 7, 2025

November 7, 2025

November 14, 2025

November 17, 2025

November 17, 2025

November 26, 2025

December 4, 2025

December 9, 2025

December 31, 2025

January 6, 2026

Mayor

Name

Steve Collins (City of Manchester)

Email or PO Box

Political Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

November 7, 2025

Sheriff

Name

Patrick Robinson

Email or PO Box

Political Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

November 5, 2025

School Board Member

Name

Christy Kennedy Rice

Email or PO Box

Political Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

January 7, 2026

City Legislative Body

Name / City of Manchester

Jennifer Gray-Hooker

Betty Meredith

Traci Rice White

Dorothy J. Sizemore

Russell Gilbert Gregory

Charles Dobber Weaver

Loretta Smallwood

Johnny Holland

Darnell Hipsher

Alma Faye Gregory

Joshua Jackson

Mark Deaton

Political Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

November 10, 2025

November 12, 2025

November 14, 2025

December 29, 2025

December 31, 2025

January 6, 2026

January 6, 2026

January 7, 2026

January 7, 2026

January 8, 2026

January 9, 2026

January 9, 2026

Property Valuation Administrator

Name

Paul G. Durham

Email or PO Box

Political Party

Republican Party

Filing Date

November 13, 2025