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The race

One state House seat is at stake in Kentucky's House District 43, for a two-year term, on November 3, 2026. The seat is open: incumbent Pamela Stevenson (Democratic) is not on the general-election ballot — Pamela Stevenson (D) is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. The confirmed general-election roster, from the Kentucky Secretary of State's 2026 general-election candidate filings, is: Robert LeVertis Bell (Democratic); Lisa Harris (Write-In).

The seat is open: Rep. Pamela Stevenson (D) is retiring to run for the United States Senate (Wikipedia retirement list). Democratic nominee Robert LeVertis Bell faces only a write-in candidate, Lisa Harris, on the Secretary of State's general-election list.

No published district-level competitiveness rating was located for this district at this sourcing depth; chamber-level ratings (Sabato's Crystal Ball and State Navigate, both Safe Republican for the chamber) are not district ratings and are not presented as one.

The candidates, claim by claim

Robert LeVertis Bell (D), nominee. Robert LeVertis Bell is the Democratic nominee on the Secretary of State general-election list.

Pros: A willing nominee giving the district's Democratic voters a choice on the ballot. Cons: No documented break with the Democratic Party toward this publication's values was located in the compiled record — no Manchin-test break. The organizing vote adds to a Democratic caucus whose program this publication opposes; that caucus weight is lighter in the House than in the Senate, but it does not create an exception where no break exists. The flaw, plainly: Enabler class, not extremist — a reliable party-line vote, which is the standing reason the exception for a Democrat is not earned here.

Lisa Harris (Write-In), nominee. Lisa Harris appears on the Secretary of State general-election list as a Write-In candidate.

Pros: An additional choice on the general-election ballot. Cons: No record file for this candidate was verified at this sourcing depth, and no basis for an endorsement under this publication's criteria was located. The flaw, plainly: None proven was located in the compiled record.

OUR CALL

We make no endorsement in this race. No Republican is on the general-election ballot, and no candidate passes the Manchin test on any record located — no documented in-service break with the Democratic Party toward this publication's values (Constitution, capitalism and the free market, Christianity, freedom) was found for the Democratic nominee. Party-line service is enabler class, and the exception for a Democrat is not earned on this file. No extremist classification is made for any candidate here either: no documented DSA membership, self-described democratic-socialist identification, or authored socialist program was located for any candidate on this ballot, and enabler is not extremist.

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Sources

Election result — November 4, 2026

Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.

AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.

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