Candidate Filing Deadline For 2011 Is Tuesday

Tuesday is the deadline to file to run for office in this year's elections in Kentucky. As WFPL's Gabe Bullard reports, interest in this year's races is lower than it was last year.There were many more races on the ballot last year, and that drew hundreds of candidates. And the posts up for election ranged from county clerks to Congressional seats. Just state races and special elections are on the ballot this year. But Secretary of State spokesperson Les Fugate says that doesn't mean the hours before the deadline will be dull."You'll see a lot of action, probably in the final days on the secretary of state's race, the attorney general's race, maybe even the auditor's race," he says. "We're not expecting too many more filings for governor, but you never know who might be out there."Fugate further attributes the surge of candidates last year to dissatisfaction in the federal government."Federal offices were kind of what was driving a lot of the interest, and federal dealings were driving a lot of the interest in races in 2010," he says. "That kind of reached down to all of the races at the local level. That fervor has dissipated a little bit."