Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky along the southern border with Tennessee. As of the 2020 census,the population was 19,555. Its county seat is Monticello. The county,on the south-central border with Tennessee,was named for Gen. Anthony Wayne,a Revolutionary War hero. As of November 3,2020,Wayne County is a wet county—a measure allowing the sales and consumption of alcoholic drinks passed by a margin of 4,901 for and 3,966 against.
Monticello is a city in Wayne County,Kentucky,in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 6,188 at the time of the 2010 U.S. census.
Julian Morton Carroll was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Kentucky. A Democrat,he served as the 54th governor of Kentucky from 1974 to 1979,succeeding Wendell H. Ford,who resigned to accept a seat in the U.S. Senate. He was most recently a member of the Kentucky Senate,representing Anderson,Franklin,Woodford,Gallatin,and Owen counties. He was the first Kentucky governor from the state's far-western Jackson Purchase region. Thelma Stovall,who served as lieutenant governor with him,was the first woman to be elected lieutenant governor of Kentucky.
Ernest Lee Fletcher is an American physician and politician who was the 60th governor of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007. He previously served three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives before resigning after being elected governor. A member of the Republican Party,Fletcher was a family practice physician and a Baptist lay minister and is the second physician to be elected Governor of Kentucky;the first was Luke P. Blackburn in 1879. He was also the first Republican governor of Kentucky since Louie Nunn left office in 1971.
James Bennett McCreary was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating from law school,he was commissioned as the only major in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry,serving under Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan during the American Civil War. He returned to his legal practice after the war. In 1869,he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives where he served until 1875;he was twice chosen Speaker of the House. At their 1875 nominating convention,state Democrats chose McCreary as their nominee for governor,and he won an easy victory over Republican John Marshall Harlan. With the state still feeling the effects of the Panic of 1873,most of McCreary's actions as governor were aimed at easing the plight of the state's poor farmers.
The Kentucky General Assembly,also called the Kentucky Legislature,is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It comprises the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives.
John William Conway is an American lawyer and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party,Conway served as the 49th attorney general of Kentucky from January 7,2008,to January 4,2016. Prior to his election as attorney general,he was the nominee for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district in the 2002 elections,narrowly losing to Republican incumbent Anne Northup.
David Lewis Williams is an American attorney,Republican politician,and a judge from the U.S. state of Kentucky. From the year 1987 to 2012,Williams represented Senate District 16,a position he secured upon the retirement of fellow Republican Doug Moseley. When Republicans gained control of the state senate in 2000,Williams was chosen as President of the Senate,and held that post continuously until his resignation in November 2012. In September 2010,he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor in the 2011 gubernatorial election. On May 17,2011,Williams secured the Republican nomination over Tea Party movement-backed Phil Moffet. However,he lost the general election by twenty points to incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Beshear. In November 2012,Williams resigned his Senate seat to accept a circuit court judgeship.
The 2003 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Kentucky on November 4,2003. Republican candidate Ernie Fletcher defeated Democrat Ben Chandler and became the first Republican governor of Kentucky in 32 years.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Kentucky:
Steven Lynn Beshear is an American attorney and politician who served as the 61st governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1980,was the state's 44th attorney general from 1980 to 1983 and was the 49th lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1987.
The 2011 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2011,to elect the governor of Kentucky and the lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Incumbent Democrat Steve Beshear won re-election,defeating Republican challenger David L. Williams,then the president of the state senate,and Gatewood Galbraith,an independent candidate. Statewide turnout in this election was 28%.
The 2011 Kentucky Secretary of State election was held on November 8,2011,to elect the Secretary of State of Kentucky. Primaries for this election were held on Tuesday,May 17,2011. In the general election,Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes defeated Republican Bill Johnson.
Bertram Robert Stivers II,is a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing the 25th Senate District since 1997. He served as the Republican Majority Leader of the Kentucky State Senate through 2012 and became the President of the Kentucky Senate on the opening day of the 2013 legislative session on January 8.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Kentucky,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections will coincide with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election. Primary elections were held on May 22,2012.
The 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 3,2015. Incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Beshear was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. Primary elections were held on May 19,2015.
James Cecil Higdon II,known as Jimmy Higdon,is an American businessman from Lebanon,Kentucky,who has been a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate since 2009. He represents District 14,which until August 23,2013,included Marion,Mercer,Nelson,Taylor,and Washington counties in Central Kentucky.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 3,2015. All of Kentucky's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on May 19,2015.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were held on November 8,2022,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Kentucky,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Sara Beth Gregory is an American politician and jurist from Kentucky who is a judge of the 57th Kentucky Circuit Court. She was previously a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and Kentucky Senate.
