Rocky Adkins

Candidate for Kentucky Governor (Democratic). The election is November 2, 2027.

Running for this seat

Not on the ballot yet: the official list comes from Kentucky Secretary of State. How we list candidates.

Background

Former senior adviser to Gov. Andy Beshear; former state representative

First elected to the Kentucky House in 1987, he served as majority leader until 2017 and then as minority leader for two years. He finished second in the 2019 Democratic primary for governor and then served as a senior adviser to Gov. Andy Beshear until July 2026. He launched his campaign for governor in Lexington on July 21, 2026.

In their own words

  • Lower everyday costs: groceries, housing, child care, utilities and medicine
  • Fully fund public schools
  • "Always fight to protect health care access for Kentuckians"
  • "A good job is not a Democrat or Republican job. It's just a good job."
  • Address the shortage of affordable housing

From the candidate's own campaign materials.

Left–right placement

Slightly left, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). Based on the 666 donors to their 2020 campaign for governor. DIME doesn't name donors: it places each one by everyone they give to, then places the candidate by their donors Source

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← Kentucky Governor · Kentucky statewide elections, 2027

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