Bench & Bar January/February 2025

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Pursuant to the provisions of Section 118 of the Kentucky Constitution, SCR 7.010 and SCR 7.030, on November 20, 2024, ballots were tabu lated online for the election of Bar members to the Judicial Nominating Commissions for the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, 57 Judicial Circuits and ten (10) Judicial Districts The following candidates for each designated commission received the indicated number of votes: JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSIONS

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7 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JUSTIN DAVID CROCKER, Logan ALICIA C. JOHNSON, Logan 8 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SHAWN R. ALCOTT, Warren 9 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ROBERT K. BOND, Hardin MATTHEW C. HESS, Hardin 10 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT J. D. CRADDOCK III, Hart KEITH A. SPARKS, Nelson 11 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ELMER GEORGE, Marion THEODORE H. LAVIT, Marion 12 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LAURA E. STOESS, Oldham JAMES L. THEISS, Oldham 13 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DAVID W. THOMAS, Jessamine MATT MCGILL, Warren MICHAEL A. OWSLEY, Warren

CANDIDATES DAVID L. BAIRD , Pikeville 12.3% 434 JAMES R. “JASON” COLTHARP, JR., Paducah 8.1% 288 JACK CONWAY, Jefferson 28.5% 1011 CHARLES E. ENGLISH, JR., Bowling Green 24.2% 858 PIERCE HAMBLIN, Fayette 39.2% 1388 VALERIE KERSHAW, Lexington 12.5% 441 CHRISTOPHER P. O’BRYAN, Louisville 12.2% 433 ELIZABETH M. REEDER, Crestview Hills 10.7% 379 MARCIA MILBY RIDINGS, London 19.6% 694

81.3% 13 56.3% 9

33.8% 45 55.6% 74 55.6% 74

64.7% 22 85.3% 29

1 ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT AMY J. HARPER, Hickman ERIC L. GIBSON, Carlisle

100.0% 14 64.3% 9

78.1% 25 75.0% 24

2 ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CRAIG W. HOUSMAN, McCracken

82.7% 67 59.3% 48

VAN F. SIMS, McCracken

62.5% 15 45.8% 11

3 RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CHARLES ROBERT HAGGARD, Christian 75.9% 22 JACK N. LACKEY, JR., Christian 86.2% 25 4 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JOHN KEITH CARTWRIGHT, Hopkins 92.3% 24 CHARLES G. FRANKLIN, II, Hopkins 73.1% 19

65.7% 46 65.7% 46

78.7% 37 HELEN GULGUN BUKULMEZ, Garrard 29.8% 14 14 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT RICHARD M. RAWDON, JR., Scott 58.9% 53 JONATHAN C. ROUSE, Woodford 75.6% 68

5 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BRUCIE W. MOORE, Union CHARLES A. WILLSON, Webster 6 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JOHN W. STEVENSON, Daviess R. MICHAEL SULLIVAN, Daviess

77.8% 7 44.4% 4

85.7% 54 82.5% 52

15 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT RUTH H. BAXTER, Carroll STEVEN N. HOWE, Grant

57.9% 11 73.7% 14

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