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KY's Election to Be Filled with Political Firsts

KY's Election to Be Filled with Political Firsts
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By The Associated Press
May. 23, 2015 | LOUISVILLE, KY
By The Associated Press May. 23, 2015 | 09:05 AM | LOUISVILLE, KY
Kentucky voters could make history several times over this November.



Voters could elect the state's first African-American to statewide office, the first millennial and the first governor from Louisville in more than a century.



Jenean Hampton, the lieutenant governor candidate running with Republican Matt Bevin, could be the first African-American elected to statewide office if Bevin's 83-vote lead over James Comer in the Republican primary holds up after a recanvass this week.



Ryan Quarles, the 31-year-old Republican nominee for Agriculture Commissioner, could become one of the youngest statewide elected officials in the country. He joins Republican nominee for treasurer Allison Ball, 33, and 34-year-old Attorney General nominee Whitney Westerfield for a particularly young ticket.



Both Bevin and Democratic nominee Jack Conway live in Louisville.





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