Last Day to Get In On All the Fun

The Kentucky Secretary of State's Office closes at 4. You have until then to file to run in this year's elections. Every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, one of our two U.S. Senate seats, every seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives and half of the seats in the Kentucky Senate are up for grabs. All you need is the filing fee - a maximum of $200.

This is going to be quite the election year, boys and girls: make sure you're a part of it.

Media Czech has the lists of candidates in every single house and senate race, with historical commentary.

State house races:

Deadline is today/tomorrow (Tuesday). As usual, lots of uncontested seats, at the moment. Republicans obviously did a good job contesting more seats than usual, which is smart considering the KY climate.

Here are those who have announced as of the close of Monday:

State senate races:

With the filing deadline at 4:00 in Frankfort tomorrow afternoon, here's a rundown of what the State Senate races look like as of now. While the Republicans are running a few races unopposed today, we’re at least running opponents in 4 races that were unopposed in 2006. Looky:

Kentucky's six seats in the U.S. House:

Is Mr. Faux-Pro-Choice anti-Wall St. regulation Ben Chandler actually not even going to get a Primary? Lawdy, that's pathetic.

In other news, at least there are Democrats running against all 4 Republican Congressman, even thought we'll get smoked. Here's how it looks as of today.

Check out what's available, and how to file:

Here’s the list of members of the Kentucky House of Representatives. All of them are up for re-election.

Here’s the list of members of the Kentucky Senate. The 19 who represent even-numbered Senate Districts are up for re-election.

Here is the list of candidates who have filed for 2010 races statewide.

Here is the list of candidates for state Senate seats.

Here is the list of candidates for state House seats.

Here are the procedures for filing your candidacy.