Learn more about the midterm candidates and issues with help from online news sources and voting guides.
While most of the sources below focus their attention on national candidates, they may still be helpful for state and local candidates.
Some, such as Ballotpedia and Vote 411, provide voluntary surveys that can help you learn where a candidate stands on the issues.
Sample Ballot
Download the Jessamine County sample ballot.
Voting Dates and Locations
In-person, no excuse early voting
Dates: Oct. 29-31 from 8 am-4 pm
Locations: Jessamine County Clerk’s Office in the Fiscal Court Room and Wilmore City Hall
Election Day
Nov. 3 from 6 am-6 pm
Locations: Jessamine County voters can vote at any of the polling places below.
- Jessamine County Public Library – 600 South Main St, Nicholasville, KY 40356
- Bethel Christian Church – 1991 Phillips Lane, Nicholasville, KY 40356
- East Jessamine Middle School – 901 Union Mill Rd, Nicholasville, KY 40356
- Faith United Comm. Church – 3080 Brannon Rd, Nicholasville, KY 40356
- Jessamine County Fire Station – 1310 South Main St. Nicholasville, KY 40356
- Little Hickman Christian Church –1010 Brumfield Lane, Nicholasville, KY 40356
- Nicholasville Elementary School – 414 West Maple St, Nicholasville, KY 40356
- Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School – 1500 Wilmore Rd, Nicholasville, KY 40356
- Southland Christian Church – 5001 Harrodsburg Rd, Nicholasville, KY 40356
- Wilmore Elementary School – 150 Campground Lane, Wilmore, KY 40390
Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1
This amendment to the state constitution would limit a governor’s ability to pardon or commute sentences for a period before their election and after their successor’s inauguration.
Learn more about Amendment 1 in the Kentucky Lantern.
Debates
“Barr and Booker Square off in Ky. Debate for U.S. Senate,” which appeared on WKYT on Monday, Oct. 19.
Ralph Alvarado and Zach Dembo, candidates for Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, debated on Thursday, Oct. 22 on FOX 56. You can watch clips from the debate on Fox 56’s YouTube channel.
News Sources and Voting Guides
Read Local Newspapers Online With NewsBank
Find out about federal, state, and some local candidates online through the library’s NewsBank database, where you can read both The Jessamine Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader.
If you are using the database from home, enter your library card number.
We also subscribe to the print editions of The Jessamine Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader, which you can read at the library.
Ballotpedia
The nonprofit, nonpartisan Ballotpedia calls itself the “digital encyclopedia of American politics.” Find candidate bios, voting records, survey answers, and more.
BallotReady
Enter your address to view nonpartisan information about the issues and candidates on your ballot. Because it’s pulled from around the web, the amount of info for each candidate varies.
Build your own printable ballot that you can take with you to the polls.
Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky Lantern’s 2026 election coverage includes articles about U.S. House and Senate races in Kentucky, campaign money, and other issues important to voters.
This free news service is independent and nonpartisan and “is an affiliate of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.”
Kentucky’s 2026 Kentucky Public Radio Voter Guide
Enter your address to compare statewide candidates and build your ballot. Includes brief profiles of the state candidates written by reporters from across the Kentucky Public Radio network. Candidates who are running unopposed are not profiled.
You can also find election coverage on the WEKU website and the WUKY website.
Vote Smart
This nonpartisan, nonprofit website researches candidates using primary sources. Get information on candidate positions, ratings from special interest groups, speeches, funding, and more.
Vote 411
This website from the League of Women Voters lets you enter your address to build a personalized voter guide and print out a ballot to take with you.
If the candidates have filled out the site’s questionnaire, you can read their positions on various issues.