Somerset —
A lot of folks want to be president of the United States, and candidates for the White House are coming out of the woodwork.
In addition to the oft-mentioned Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, there are six other presidential hopefuls including three minor party candidates and, at the moment, three write-in candidates.
Minor party candidates whose names will be on the ballot with Democrat Obama and Republican Romney are:
• Jill Stein, a physician in Lexington, Mass. who ran against Romney for governor in Massachusetts a decade ago, is the Green Party candidate. Her running mate for vice president is Chen Honkala, Philadelphia, Pa.
• Randall A. Terry, Purgitsville, West, Va., an anti-legal abortion activist, has filed as an independent candidate. Terry is also a candidate in Florida for the U.S. House of Representative. His running mate is Missy Reilly Smith of Washington, D.C.
• Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico, is the Libertarian nominee. His running mate is James P. Gray, Newport Beach, California.
Filing deadline for independent and minor party candidates was September 7.
Deadline for declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate is 4 p.m. October 26. Currently there are three write-in candidates for president:
• Dr. Louis Todd House, an anesthesiologist with Dupont Surgical Center in St. Matthews (Kentucky). His wife, Suzanne Dungeon House, would serve as vice president.
• Barbara Ann Prokopich, a resident of Elk, Washington, is a small woman just over 5 feet tall. She likes to be called “Grandma Barb.” Her running mate is Allen R. Farnham, resident of Chattaroy, Washington. Both Elk and Chattaroy are unincorporated suburbs of Spokane.
• Richard Duncan, Aurora, Ohio, is a Realtor and frequent candidate for office. He ran for vice president in 2004, for president in 2008 and U.S. Senator from Ohio in 2006. Ricky Johnson, Sharon, Pa., is his current running mate for vice president.
Elsewhere, in the 31-county, 5th Congressional District of Kentucky, veteran Congressman Hal Rogers, a Republican from Somerset, will be challenged by Kenneth S. Stepp, the Democratic nominee. Rogers was first elected to Congress in 1980.
Chris Girdler, recently named district director for Rogers, is the unopposed GOP nominee to succeed retiring Vernie McGaha as state senator from the 15th Senatorial District.
About 4,000 Pulaski County voters in the 24th House District will help choose between incumbent Terry Mills, a Democrat, and M.J. “Bill” Pickerill, a Republican, for state representative. Both are residents of Lebanon. Pulaski County precincts in the 24th District are Ansel, Buncombe, Mt. Zion, Eubank and Fall Branch.
Sara Beth Gregory, in the 52th House District; David Meade in the 80th House District; Jeff Hoover in the 83rd House District; and Tommy Turner in the 85th House District, all are unopposed Republicans for election or reelection. Mills, Gregory, Hoover and Turner are incumbents. Meade will succeed retiring Danny Ford in the 80th District.
George Flynn is unopposed for another term as Pulaski County circuit clerk and Eddy Montgomery is unopposed for reelection as commonwealth’s attorney in the 28th Judicial District.
Names of unopposed candidates will be on the November ballot for complimentary votes. Small city and school board positions also will be up for election November 6.
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