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Kathryn Mattingly Webster

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Kathryn Mattingly Webster

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Elections and appointments
Last election

May 17, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Kentucky, 2006

Law

Northern Kentucky University, 2011

Personal
Birthplace
Kentucky
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Kathryn Mattingly Webster ran for election for judge of the Kentucky 22nd Circuit Court 7th Division. She lost in the primary on May 17, 2022.

Mattingly Webster completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kathryn Mattingly Webster was born in Kentucky. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky in 2006 and a law degree from Northern Kentucky University in 2011. Her career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: City elections in Lexington, Kentucky (2022)

General election

General election for Kentucky 22nd Circuit Court 7th Division

Diane Minnifield defeated incumbent Jeffrey Taylor in the general election for Kentucky 22nd Circuit Court 7th Division on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Diane Minnifield (Nonpartisan)
 
63.2
 
46,328
Image of Jeffrey Taylor
Jeffrey Taylor (Nonpartisan)
 
36.8
 
27,031

Total votes: 73,359
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Kentucky 22nd Circuit Court 7th Division

Diane Minnifield and incumbent Jeffrey Taylor defeated Kim Green, Kathryn Mattingly Webster, and Michael T. Davis in the primary for Kentucky 22nd Circuit Court 7th Division on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Diane Minnifield (Nonpartisan)
 
29.0
 
11,523
Image of Jeffrey Taylor
Jeffrey Taylor (Nonpartisan)
 
24.3
 
9,666
Image of Kim Green
Kim Green (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
22.4
 
8,929
Kathryn Mattingly Webster (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
15.5
 
6,172
Michael T. Davis (Nonpartisan)
 
8.8
 
3,492

Total votes: 39,782
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Kathryn Mattingly Webster completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mattingly Webster's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Kathryn Mattingly Webster is a candidate for Fayette Circuit Court, Division 7. In 2006, she was the victim of a violent crime in Fayette County, and her best friend was killed as a result. Kathryn chose to dedicate her life to public service and help other victims of violent crime. She currently works as a prosecutor at the Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, in the Special Victims Unit. She has worked as a prosecutor since graduating law school in 2011. Her specialty includes domestic violence, sexual assault and other crimes against vulnerable populations. She is a member of several organizations dedicated to ending domestic violence, on the board of Ampersand (formerly the Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center) and a member of the Lexington Junior League. She is the mother of two boys.
  • Kathryn has spent her career as a public servant in the Fayette County Commonwealth's Attorneys office where she has focused primarily on cases dealing with women, children, and domestic violence.
  • Kathryn is the only candidate who has been in the courtroom as a victim, a witness, and an attorney and that gives her the most unique perspective on the judicial system and how it can be made better for everyone in it.
  • KAt believes that the court can be more accessible to community members, and can help the community solve larger, more systemic problems instead of being reactionary, and disconnected. She believes that the law should apply to everyone regardless of status, but at the same time the court can do more to stop the cycle of violence and incarceration that she has seen play out within families for many years. In addition to these larger goals, Kathryn will work to: (1) Reduce the backlog in criminal and civil cases caused by the pandemic, Set up a court for addressing domestic violence issues between partners and families. The court would supervise convicted domestic batterers post-sentencing to ensure that they are complying with pr
Sentencing Reform and Cash Bail Reform

In terms of sentencing reform, Mattingly said she’s interested in drug and mental health treatment and services to help offenders with reentering the workforce. “Our judges need to be open to alternatives for nonviolent offenders,” she said.

She said she’s also interested in bail reform. “Historically, cash bail can result in over-incarceration of people of color and people who live below the poverty line,” she said, noting that electronic monitoring can help make sure people return to court.

Read more at: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/election/voter-guide/article260698707.html#storylink=cpy

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 16, 2022