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Candidates for District Judge



District Judge (131)
Name /
Running Mate
POBox Address /
Email
Office District/Division Party Date Filed
Mark Stephen Medlin District Judge 1st Nonpartisan 11/26/2025
Todd S. Jones District Judge 2nd / 1st Nonpartisan 11/24/2025
Jenny Hines District Judge 2nd / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/19/2025
John Lindsey Adams District Judge 3rd / 1st Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
J. Foster Cotthoff District Judge 3rd / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
David G. Massamore District Judge 4th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/18/2025
Kim Poe Gilliam District Judge 4th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/14/2025
Ben Leonard District Judge 5th Nonpartisan 12/1/2025
W. Russell Duty District Judge 6th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
J. Nick Payne District Judge 6th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/13/2025
Lelah Rogers District Judge 6th / 1st Nonpartisan 12/17/2025
William C. Mattingly District Judge 6th / 1st Nonpartisan 1/5/2026
Brian L. Quattrocchi District Judge 6th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Phillip J. Page District Judge 6th / 2nd Nonpartisan 1/8/2026
Shannon Meyer District Judge 6th / 3rd Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Ken Williams District Judge 7th Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
Kimberly Geoghegan District Judge 8th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Brent J. Potter District Judge 8th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
John Brown District Judge 8th / 3rd Nonpartisan 11/18/2025
Shelt Michael Lewis District Judge 9th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Kim Winkenhofer Shumate District Judge 9th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/14/2025
Teresa R. McMahan-Miller District Judge 10th Nonpartisan 11/7/2025
David C. Perkins P.O. Box 236 Hodgenville, KY 42713 District Judge 10th Nonpartisan 11/19/2025
Amy Sullivan Anderson P.O. Box 1183 Campbellsville, KY 42719-1183 District Judge 11th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
William "Mike" Hall Jr. District Judge 11th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/7/2025
Daniel Fendley District Judge 12th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/13/2025
Jessica N. Beard District Judge 12th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Brittany McKenna District Judge 12th / 2nd Nonpartisan 12/19/2025
Robert L. Gullette III District Judge 13th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Janet C. Booth P.O. Box 344 Stanford, KY 40484 District Judge 13th / 2nd Nonpartisan 12/17/2025
Bolton Bevins District Judge 14th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/14/2025
Sarah Hays Spedding District Judge 14th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Josh M. Smith District Judge 15th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Enguerrand Meyrat P.O. Box 84 Dry Ridge, KY 41035 District Judge 15th / 1st Nonpartisan 1/9/2026
Amy C. Burke District Judge 15th / 2nd Nonpartisan 12/5/2025
Ann Ruttle District Judge 16th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
Kenneth L. Easterling District Judge 16th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/18/2025
Douglas J. Grothaus District Judge 16th / 3rd Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
Cameron J. Blau District Judge 17th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/19/2025
Erin Sizemore District Judge 17th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/14/2025
Brian T. Canupp District Judge 18th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Gregory E. J. Coulson District Judge 18th Nonpartisan 12/5/2025
Kim Leet Razor District Judge 19th Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
Paul E. Craft District Judge 20th Nonpartisan 11/20/2025
William "Willie" Roberts District Judge 21st / 1st Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
Don Blair District Judge 21st / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/7/2025
Denotra Spruill Gunther District Judge 22nd / 1st Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Shannon Brooks District Judge 22nd / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Alex Garcia District Judge 22nd / 2nd Nonpartisan 12/23/2025
Aaron F. Fallahi District Judge 22nd / 2nd Nonpartisan 1/8/2026
Lindsay Hughes Thurston District Judge 22nd / 3rd Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Melissa Moore Murphy District Judge 22nd / 4th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
John Tackett District Judge 22nd / 5th Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
William Delton "Bo" Leach District Judge 23rd Nonpartisan 12/1/2025
John T. Chafin District Judge 24th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/24/2025
David Brett Butcher District Judge 24th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Tyler S. Frazier District Judge 25th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/13/2025
Darrian D. Botts District Judge 25th / 1st Nonpartisan 1/5/2026
Robert Jennings District Judge 25th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Earl-Ray Neal District Judge 25th / 3rd Nonpartisan 11/14/2025
Timothy Jason Jackson District Judge 26th Nonpartisan 11/19/2025
W. "Skip" Hammons P.O. Box 1869 Barbourville, KY 40906 District Judge 27th / 1st Nonpartisan 12/3/2025
John P. Chappell District Judge 27th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/12/2025
Benjamin "B. J." Hardy District Judge 28th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
Katie Gregory Slone District Judge 28th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Michael Loy District Judge 29th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Anthony Lewis Jones District Judge 30th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Amber B. Wolf District Judge 30th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Kristina Marie Garvey District Judge 30th / 3rd Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Yvette De La Guardia District Judge 30th / 4th Nonpartisan 11/17/2025
Jennifer H. Leibson District Judge 30th / 5th Nonpartisan 11/19/2025
Lisa L. Langford District Judge 30th / 6th Nonpartisan 11/7/2025
Teddy B. Gordon District Judge 30th / 6th Nonpartisan 1/8/2026
Megan McDonald District Judge 30th / 7th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Karen Faulkner District Judge 30th / 8th Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Jonathan Max Allen District Judge 30th / 8th Nonpartisan 1/8/2026
Tanisha Ann Hickerson District Judge 30th / 9th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Sara Michael Nicholson District Judge 30th / 10th Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Jessica Ann Moore District Judge 30th / 11th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Josephine Layne Buckner District Judge 30th / 12th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Anne Delahanty District Judge 30th / 13th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Stephanie Pearce Burke District Judge 30th / 14th Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Mary Jude Wolford District Judge 30th / 15th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Katie King District Judge 30th / 16th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Jimmy "Blue" Marcum District Judge 31st / 1st Nonpartisan 11/21/2025
Tyler Green P.O. Box 362 Prestonsburg, KY 41653 District Judge 31st / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Ashley Tackett Laferty District Judge 31st / 2nd Nonpartisan 1/8/2026
Scott T. Reese District Judge 32nd / 1st Nonpartisan 11/7/2025
Devon E. Reams District Judge 32nd / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/14/2025
B. Cody Goehring District Judge 33rd Nonpartisan 11/7/2025
Cathy E. Prewitt P.O. Box 724 Corbin, KY 40702 District Judge 34th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/20/2025
Fred F. White District Judge 34th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/12/2025
Robert F. Wright P.O. Box 1405 Pikeville, KY 41502 District Judge 35th / 1st Nonpartisan 12/17/2025
Tommy "T.J." May District Judge 35th / 2nd Nonpartisan 1/8/2026
Dennis B. Prater P.O. Box 1587 Salyersville, KY 41465 District Judge 36th Nonpartisan 11/26/2025
Rupert Wilhoit District Judge 37th Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
Gregory R. Vincent District Judge 38th / 1st Nonpartisan 1/7/2026
Daniel Boling District Judge 38th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
William Gary Salyers District Judge 39th Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Scarlett B. Latham District Judge 40th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
Lee Whittenburg District Judge 40th / 2nd Nonpartisan 12/22/2025
Tom Simmons District Judge 40th / 2nd Nonpartisan 12/30/2025
Athena Cooper Bradshaw P.O. Box 2488 Russell Springs, KY 42642
District Judge 40th / 2nd Nonpartisan 1/7/2026
Allen B. Roberts District Judge 41st / 1st Nonpartisan 11/21/2025
Henria Bailey-Lewis District Judge 41st / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/24/2025
Chris Hendricks District Judge 42nd Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
John Gabriel Pendleton District Judge 43rd Nonpartisan 11/21/2025
Robert "Robby" Yoakum District Judge 44th Nonpartisan 11/14/2025
Eric S. Stovall District Judge 45th Nonpartisan 11/12/2025
Bradley S. Butler P.O. Box 32 Hardinsburg, KY 40143 District Judge 46th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/24/2025
Steven Crebessa District Judge 46th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
J. "Nick" Whitaker P.O. Box 81 Jackhorn, KY 41825 District Judge 47th Nonpartisan 12/5/2025
Kathy R. Mangeot District Judge 48th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/10/2025
Chris Olds District Judge 48th / 2nd Nonpartisan 12/19/2025
Christopher Tomlinson District Judge 49th Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Patrick F. Barsotti District Judge 50th Nonpartisan 11/24/2025
LaKeysha W. Singleton District Judge 50th Nonpartisan 1/9/2026
Ashley Renee Hampton District Judge 51st / 1st Nonpartisan 11/7/2025
Lindsey Noller Turner District Judge 51st / 1st Nonpartisan 12/8/2025
Leslie M. Newman District Judge 51st / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/6/2025
Scott R. Robbins District Judge 52nd Nonpartisan 12/12/2025
Laura Witt District Judge 53rd / 1st Nonpartisan 11/19/2025
Donna Dutton District Judge 53rd / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/12/2025
Jeffrey S. Smith District Judge 54th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Marcia Thomas District Judge 54th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/5/2025
Jennifer Elizabeth Porter District Judge 55th Nonpartisan 11/14/2025
Brandon Knoth District Judge 56th / 1st Nonpartisan 1/8/2026
Matt Schalk District Judge 56th / 2nd Nonpartisan 11/24/2025
John S. "Jack" Kelley V. District Judge 57th Nonpartisan 12/22/2025
Jacob P. Ford District Judge 58th Nonpartisan 11/25/2025
Kristi Castillo P.O. Box 734 Burkesville, KY 42717 District Judge 59th Nonpartisan 11/10/2025

Withdrawn / Deceased / Disqualified (2)
Name /
Running Mate
POBox Address /
Email
Office District/Division Party Date Filed
Phillip J. Page District Judge 6th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/13/2025
Micah Johnson District Judge 25th / 1st Nonpartisan 11/7/2025

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