See also: 2015 Kentucky elections.
Election Name: | 2015 Kentucky Secretary of State election |
Country: | Kentucky |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2011 Kentucky Secretary of State election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Election Date: | November 3, 2015 |
Next Election: | 2019 Kentucky Secretary of State election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Image1: | Alison Lundergan Grimes by Gage Skidmore (1).jpg |
Nominee1: | Alison Lundergan Grimes |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 493,204 |
Percentage1: | 51.2% |
Nominee2: | Steve Knipper |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 470,894 |
Percentage2: | 48.8% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Secretary of State | |
Before Election: | Alison Lundergan Grimes |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Alison Lundergan Grimes |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2015 Kentucky Secretary of State election was held on November 3, 2015, to elect the Secretary of State of Kentucky. Primary elections were held on May 19, 2015. Incumbent Democratic Secretary Alison Lundergan Grimes narrowly won re-election to a second term against Republican nominee Steve Knipper.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) | Steve Knipper (R) | Undecided | ||
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SurveyUSA | October 23–26, 2015 | 798 | ± 3.5% | 50% | 37% | 12% | ||
WKU Social Science Research Center | October 19–25, 2015 | 770 | ± 3.5% | 46% | 35% | 19% | ||
Mason-Dixon Polling & Research | October 6–8, 2015 | 625 | ± 4.0% | 47% | 45% | 8% | ||
SurveyUSA | September 22–27, 2015 | 701 | ± 3.8% | 46% | 38% | 15% | ||
SurveyUSA/Bluegrass Poll | July 22–28, 2015 | 685 | ± 3.8% | 46% | 40% | 12% | ||
Public Policy Polling | June 18–21, 2015 | 1,108 | ± 2.9% | 42% | 47% | 12% | ||
Gravis Marketing | January 5–6, 2015 | 608 | ± 4.0% | 47% | 46% | 7% |
Lundergan Grimes won 2 of 6 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.[11]
District | Lundergan Grimes | Knipper | Representative | |||
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47% | 53% | Ed Whitfield | ||||
48% | 52% | Brett Guthrie | ||||
64% | 36% | John Yarmuth | ||||
43% | 57% | Thomas Massie | ||||
43% | 57% | Hal Rogers | ||||
58% | 42% | Andy Barr |