Ballot measure to move Kentucky elections to presidential years gains steam

[Former Kentuckian]

So will someone serve a five year term (serving 2019-2024) or a one-year term (2023-2024)?

This has been bumping around for a while and the plan in the past was that someone would serve a five year term. Not sure if that's still the case.

I'm on the fence about this. Democrats (or least some of us) here believe this will boost Republicans, but I'm not sure it will help Republicans anymore than the current way we're doing things does. Turnout for our last gubernatorial election was freaking pathetic and Bevin arguably benefited (at least a little) from that. And it's not as if the Democratic nominee for President is always an anchor around the necks of downballot candidates. In 2016, Hillary won 32.7% of the vote and only two counties while Dem nominee for Senate Jim Gray won 42.7% and seven counties (and outperformed 2014 nominee Alison Grimes, who had a much larger campaign operation).

I guess I just don't know how I feel about it. Part of me thinks moving it to a presidential year would actually help Dems a little, but I just don't know....

[Former Kentuckian]

I hate off-year elections, but I'm fine with midterms. I like midterms because I like the idea of having a referendum on the presidency.

[Former Kentuckian]

Would a gubernatorial candidate have the right to run for president simultanously, too?
Or would he suffer the same fate as Ron Paul's ne'er-do-well son?

Pretty sure it's state law all around that you can't run for two offices at the same time here. Rand was just barely able to get away with having the Republican primary turned into a caucus (which he literally paid for lmao), but withdrew before it even took place. I don't think the ballot measure will change that law.