David Allen Barber
David Allen Barber was a judge of the Kentucky Supreme Court 7th District.
Barber ran for election for the Division 2 judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Appellate District. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Barber was a justice on the Supreme Court of Kentucky representing the seventh appellate district. He was appointed by Governor Steve Beshear on March 4, 2015, to replace Will T. Scott, who resigned in order to run for governor. He was sworn in on March 23 and served until December 2015.[1][2][3][4][5]
Biography
David Barber earned a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Louisville in 1960, a master's degree in speech communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1991, and a J.D. from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 1994.[1][6] At the time of his appointment, Barber was a partner at the law firm of Richardson, Barber & Williamson in Owingsville, Ky. He also served as a policy and legal advisor to House Speaker Greg Stumbo. Barber was a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge from 2000 to 2007. In the early 1990s, Barber was general counsel to the House of Representatives before his appointment as an administrative law judge with the Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims. Early in his legal career, Barber served as the attorney for the city of Martin and the Floyd County School Board and was elected as Floyd County attorney.[7]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Division 2
Larry E. Thompson defeated David Allen Barber in the general election for Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Division 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Larry E. Thompson (Nonpartisan) | 53.9 | 64,551 |
 | David Allen Barber (Nonpartisan) | 46.1 | 55,310 | |
| Total votes: 119,861 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Division 2
The following candidates ran in the primary for Kentucky Court of Appeals 7th Division 2 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Allen Barber (Nonpartisan) | 22.0 | 22,746 |
| ✔ | | Larry E. Thompson (Nonpartisan) | 18.6 | 19,167 |
| Gene Smallwood Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 17,715 | ||
 | Kevin Sinnette (Nonpartisan) | 14.5 | 14,993 | |
| Jim Vanover (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 14,816 | ||
| Donald Combs (Nonpartisan) | 13.4 | 13,801 | ||
| Total votes: 103,238 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marcia Wireman (Nonpartisan)
2014
See also: Kentucky judicial elections, 2014
Barber ran for election to the 31st Judicial Circuit.
Primary: He was defeated in the primary on May 20, 2014, receiving 13.4 percent of the vote. He competed against C.V. Reynolds, Earl McGuire, Ashley Tackett Laferty, J. Sam Doyle, and Thomas M. Smith.
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Lane Report, "Gov. Beshear appoints David Allen Barber Supreme Court justice," March 5, 2015
- ↑ The Lane Report, "Supreme Court Justice David A. Barber to be sworn in Monday," March 19, 2015
- ↑ Matthew Rand, "WKYT.com, "Supreme Court election profile: Sam Wright," October 28, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Court of Justice, "Justice David Allen Barber," archived September 11, 2015
- ↑ Abigail Whitehouse, The Interior Journal, "Ky. Supreme Court ruling could impact how 911 is funded," December 1, 2015
- ↑ LinkedIn, "David Barber," accessed March 9, 2018
- ↑ Kentucky Court of Justice, "Justice David Allen Barber biography," accessed September 1, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Election: 2014 Primary Election: Circuit Judge," accessed January 29, 2014
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "Unofficial 2014 Primary Results," June 2, 2014
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky
State courts:
Kentucky Supreme Court • Kentucky Court of Appeals • Kentucky Circuit Courts • Kentucky District Courts • Kentucky Family Court
State resources:
Courts in Kentucky • Kentucky judicial elections • Judicial selection in Kentucky
