Mark Metcalf

Running for this seat

• Registered a campaign committee: Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, July 30, 2026
• Reported by news coverage: Kentucky Lantern, December 31, 2025

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

Background

Kentucky State Treasurer

Kentucky's 42nd state treasurer, in office since January 1, 2024. He practiced law for more than 30 years as a private attorney, state and federal prosecutor, and U.S. Immigration Court judge in Miami, and served six terms as Garrard County Attorney. He served nearly 30 years in the Kentucky Army National Guard, including in Iraq, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2020. He holds a B.A. and J.D. from the University of Kentucky.

Holds this office now.

Left–right placement

No published research score covers Mark Metcalf yet, so we don't place them on the spectrum.

Links

• Campaign site

Sources

• treasury.ky.gov/about/Pages/biography.aspx
• secure.kentucky.gov/kref/publicsearch/CandidateSearch?ElectionDate=5%2