Kentucky Auditor election, 2023

• Congress elections
  • U.S. Congress
  • Congressional special elections
• State elections
  • Ballot measures
  • State executives
  • State legislatures
  • State legislature special elections
  • State supreme courts
  • Intermediate appellate courts
• Local elections
  • Ballot measures
  • Municipal government
  • School boards
  • Trial courts
  • Political recalls
• Voter information
  • Sample ballot
  • Election calendar
  • Election results
  • Poll opening and closing times
  • Voting policies

← 2019
Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts
Election details
Filing deadline: January 6, 2023
Primary: May 16, 2023 General: November 7, 2023 Pre-election incumbent(s): Mike Harmon (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in Kentucky
Ballotpedia analysis
Federal and state primary competitiveness State executive elections in 2023 Impact of term limits in 2023 State government trifectas State government triplexes Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2023
Kentucky executive elections
Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Secretary of State Treasurer Auditor of Public Accounts Commissioner of Agriculture

Kentucky held an election for state auditor on November 7, 2023. The primary was May 16, 2023. The filing deadline was January 6, 2023. The Democratic primary was canceled after only one candidate filed.

Allison Ball won election in the general election for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts

Allison Ball defeated Kimberley Reeder in the general election for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Ball (R)	60.8	783,217
		Kimberley Reeder (D)	39.2	505,924

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,289,141
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Kimberley Reeder advanced from the Democratic primary for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts

Allison Ball defeated Derek Leonard Petteys in the Republican primary for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts on May 16, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Ball	72.4	190,761
		Derek Leonard Petteys	27.6	72,589

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 263,350
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Candidate profiles

There were no candidate profiles created for this race. Candidate profiles would have appeared here as candidates completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Kentucky

Election information in Kentucky: Nov. 7, 2023, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: Oct. 10, 2023
• By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 10, 2023
• Online: Oct. 9, 2023

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: N/A
• By mail: Received by N/A
• Online: Oct. 24, 2023

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: Nov. 7, 2023
• By mail: Received by Nov. 7, 2023

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Nov. 2, 2023 to Nov. 4, 2023

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

Photo ID

When were polls open on Election Day?

6:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)

Election history

2019

See also: Kentucky Auditor election, 2019

General election

General election for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts

Incumbent Mike Harmon defeated Sheri Donahue and Kyle Hugenberg in the general election for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Harmon (R)	55.7	779,730
		Sheri Donahue (D)	41.0	574,820
		Kyle Hugenberg (L)	3.3	46,563

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,401,113
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts

Sheri Donahue defeated Kelsey Hayes Coots and Chris Tobe in the Democratic primary for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts on May 21, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheri Donahue	46.7	134,988
		Kelsey Hayes Coots	33.1	95,691
		Chris Tobe	20.2	58,551

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 289,230
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Drew Curtis (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mike Harmon advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts.

2015

See also: Kentucky Auditor election, 2015

There was a regularly scheduled election for auditor in 2015. Adam Edelen (D) ran for re-election. The primary election took place May 19, 2015, and the general election occurred on November 3, 2015.

Republican Mike Harmon defeated incumbent Auditor Adam Edelen (D) in the general election.

Kentucky Auditor, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Harmon	51.9%	486,741
	Democrat	Adam Edelen	48.1%	450,316
Total Votes				937,057
Election results via Kentucky Secretary of State

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Kentucky auditor official website