The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

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Andy Beshear Andrew Graham Beshear ( ; born November 29, 1977) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 63rd governor of Kentucky since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 50th attorney gen ...

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Events

* March 30 –

2023 Fort Campbell mid-air collision On March 29, 2023, two Sikorsky HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, both operated by the 101st Airborne Division, collided over Fort Campbell in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States. All nine servicemembers were killed. The black boxes belonging to the ...

: Two

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helicopters collide over

Fort Campbell Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astride the Kentucky–Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee (post address is located in Kentucky). Fort Campbell is home to the 101st Airborne Div ...

, killing all nine people on board. * April 10 – 2023 Louisville shooting: Five people are killed and eight others are injured in a

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at a bank in

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. The perpetrator, who

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the attack on

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, is also killed. * May 6 –

2023 Kentucky Derby The 2023 Kentucky Derby (branded as the 149th Running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve for sponsorship reasons) was the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby. It took place on May 6, 2023, the first Saturday in May, in Louisvil ...

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wins the

Kentucky Derby The Kentucky Derby () is an American Graded stakes race, Grade I stakes Thoroughbred racing, race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of . Colt (horse), Colts and geldin ...

. * November 7 –

2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election The 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the Governor of Kentucky, governor and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Incumbent Kentucky Democratic Party, Democratic governor ...

is re-elected, defeating

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Daniel Cameron. *

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