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.
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County results Lundergan Grimes: 50–60% 60–70% Knipper: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alison Lundergan Grimes (incumbent) | 131,654 | 73.24% | |
Democratic | Charles Lovett | 48,096 | 26.76% | |
Total votes | 179,750 | 100.00% |
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% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Alison Lundergan Grimes (incumbent) | 493,204 | 51.16% | –9.47 | |
Republican | Steve Knipper | 470,894 | 48.84% | +9.47 | |
Total votes | 964,098 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |