Secretary of State of Kentucky
The current secretary of state is Republican Michael Adams, who was elected on November 5, 2019; he took office on January 6, 2020.The office was created by Article II, Section 17 of the Kentucky Constitution of 1792 simply as "the secretary".Article III, Section 21, of the Kentucky Constitution of 1850 changed the title of the office to Secretary of State.[2][3] Emma Guy Cromwell ran for the office of Secretary of State, defeating another woman, Mary Elliott Flanery, and two men in the 1923 Democratic primary.In the general election, Cromwell went on to defeat her Republican opponent, Eleanor Wickliffe.