Kentucky judicial elections, 2010

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The Kentucky judicial elections of 2010 consisted of a Primary on May 18, 2010 and a Nonpartisan Election on November 2, 2010. In Kentucky, all judges are elected in nonpartisan elections.

Supreme court

Daniel Venters ran uncontested and was re-elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court. 100% of the votes were in favor of his re-election.

District court

Court	Candidates	Results
Kentucky District Court 1	Hunter B. Whitesell II	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 2, Division 1	W.A. Kitchen	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 2, Division 2	Chris Hollowell	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 3, Division 1	James G. Adams, Jr.	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 3, Division 2	Arnold B. Lynch	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 4, Division 1	W. Logan Calvert	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 4, Division 2	Chris Oglesby and Bill Whitledge	Bill Whitledge won with 52.43% of the vote.
Kentucky District Court 5	Daniel M. Heady and C. Michael Williamson	Daniel M. Heady won with 72.96% of the vote.
District 6, Division 1	Lisa P. Jones	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 6, Division 2	David C. Payne and Patrick T. Flaherty	David C. Payne won with 66.66% of the vote.
District 6, Division 3	Daniel M. Burlew	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 7	Sue Carol Browning and Kenneth R. Williams, Jr.	Sue Carol Browning won with 53.81% of the vote
District 8, Division 1	Sam C. Potter	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 8, Division 2	Brent J. Potter	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 8, Division 3	John B. Brown	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 9, Division 1	John D. Simcoe	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 9, Division 2	Kim Winkenhofer Shumate	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 10	C. Derek Reed	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 11, Division 1	Amy S. Anderson	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 11, Division 2	Jeff Eastham and Connie S. Phillips	Connie S. Phillips won with 69.26% of the vote.
District 12, Division 1	Diana E. Wheeler	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 12, Division 2	Jerry D. Crosby and John Shaughnessy	Jerry D. Crosby won with 61.45% of the vote.
District 13, Division 1	Bill Oliver	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 13, Division 2	Janet C. Booth	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 14, Division 1	Mary Jane Wilhoit Phelps	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 14, Division 2	Vanessa M. Dickson and Stephanie A. Litteral	Vanessa M. Dickson won with 52.52% of the vote.
District 15, Division 1	Elizabeth Chandler Lester	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 15, Division 2	Thomas M. Funk	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 16, Division 1	Ann Ruttle	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 16, Division 2	Ken Easterling	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 16, Division 3	Douglas J. Grothaus	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 17, Division 1	Gregory T. Popovich	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 17, Division 2	Karen A. Thomas	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 18	(Robert E. Bathalter - defeated in primary), Charles W. Kuster, Jr., and Peter Newberry	Charles W. Kuster, Jr. won with 55.49% of the vote.
Kentucky District Court 19	W. Todd Walton II	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 20	Brian C. McCloud	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 21, Division 1	(Nathan Blaze Tomlin - defeated in the primary), Keen W. Johnson and William Roberts	William Roberts won with 60.17% of the vote.
District 21, Division 2	Don Blair	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 22, Division 1	Joseph T. Bouvier	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 22, Division 2	T. Bruce Bell	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 22, Division 3	(Joseph Rugg - defeated in the primary), Maria Ransdell and Kim Wilkie	Kim Wilkie won with 51.52% of the vote.
District 22, Division 4	Julie Muth Goodman	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 22, Division 5	Mike Sanner and Megan Lake Thornton	Megan Lake Thornton won with 70.79% of the vote.
District Court 23	(Jason Riley - defeated in the primary), William Leach and William Trude	William Leach won with 70% of the vote.
District 24, Division 1	Susan M. Johnson	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 24, Division 2	John Kevin Holbrook	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 25, Division 1	Charles W. Hardin	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 25, Division 2	Brandy O. Brown	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 25, Division 3	Earl-Ray Neal	Retained with 100% of the vote
District Court 26	Jeffrey J. Brock	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 27, Division 1	Wendell Lewis Hammons Jr. and Brandon C. Jones	W. Skip Hammons won with 64.18% of the vote.
District 27, Division 2	John Paul Chappell	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 28, Division 1	Jeffrey Scott Lawless	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 28, Division 2	Katie Gregory Wood	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 29	Michael Loy	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 30, Division 1	Annette Karem	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 30, Division 2	Ann Bailey Smith	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 30, Division 3	Sandra L. McLaughlin and Claude Prather	Sandra L. McLaughlin won with 52.14% of the vote.
District 30, Division 4	Michele B. Stengel	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 30, Division 5	Donald E. Armstrong Jr.	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 30, Division 6	Sean R. Delahanty	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 30, Division 7	D. Steven Parks and Jennifer Bryant Wilcox	Jennifer Bryant Wilcox won with 74.69% of the vote.
District 30, Division 8	David P. Bowles	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 30, Division 9	David L. Holton II	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 30, Division 10	Sheila A. Collins and Nichole T. Compton	Sheila A. Collins won with 65.05% of the vote.
District 30, Division 11	Gina Kay Calvert and Sadiqa N. Reynolds	Gina Kay Calvert won with 54.57% of the vote.
District 30, Division 12	Angela McCormick Bisig	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 30, Division 13	Ellie Kerstetter and Deana McDonald	Deana McDonald won with 70.79% of the vote.
District 30, Division 14	(Jan Firkins Brightwell - defeated in the primary), Stephanie Pearce Burke, and Mason Trenaman	Stephanie Pearce Burke won with 62.55% of the vote.
District 30, Division 15	Anne Haynie	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 30, Division 16	James Michael Green and Katie King	Katie King won with 54.91% of the vote.
District 30, Division 17	A. Christine Ward and Erica Lee Williams	Erica Lee Williams won with 50.16% of the vote.
District 31, Division 1	James R. Allen	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 31, Division 2	Eric D. Hall	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 32, Division 1	Scott Taylor Reese and Anna H. Ruth	Scott Taylor Reese won with 59.60% of the vote.
District 32, Division 2	Gerald B. Reams Jr.	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 33	Michael Edward Roper, Leigh Anne Stephens	Leigh Anne Stephens won with 72.55% of the vote.
District 34, Division 1	Cathy E. Prewitt	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 34, Division 2	Jason P. Price and Fred F. White	Fred F. White won with 50.30% of the vote.
District 35, Division 1	Darrel H. Mullins	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 35, Division 2	Kelsey E. Friend	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 36	Dennis B. Prater	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 37	H. Rupert Wilhoit III	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 38, Division 1	Renona C. Browning	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 38, Division 2	John M. McCarty	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 39	Kenny Profitt	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 40, Division 1	(Athena Cooper - defeated in the primary), Scarlett B. Latham, and Larry E. Rogers	Scarlett B. Latham won with 72.20% of the vote.
District 40, Division 2	James M. Lawson	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 41, Division 1	Renee H. Muncy	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 41, Division 2	Henria Bailey-Lewis	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 42	Jeanné Carroll and Randall A. Hutchens	Randall A. Hutchens won with 58.23% of the vote.
Kentucky District Court 43	John T. Alexander	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 44	Jennifer Nagle and Robert Yoakum	Robert Yoakum won with 64.26% of the vote.
Kentucky District Court 45	Brian Crick, (C. Terry Earle - defeated in primary), (Steve Lamb - withdrew on August 10th)	Brian Crick elected with 100% of the vote.
District 46, Division 1	Steven Crebessa and Kenneth Harold Goff, II	Kenneth Harold Goff, II won with 53.48% of the vote.
District 46, Division 2	Shan F. Embry and Darren Sipes	Shan F. Embry won with 55.63% of the vote.
Kentucky District Court 47	James A. Hubbard, Kevin R. Mullins, (Frank Riley - defeated in the primary)	Kevin R. Mullins won with 57.44% of the vote.
District 48, Division 1	Kathy R. Mangeot	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 48, Division 2	Chris Olds	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 49	Martha Blair Harrison and Frank H. Wakefield II	Martha Blair Harrison won with 55.06% of the vote.
Kentucky District Court 50	Jeff L. Dotson	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 51, Division 1	Rob Wiederstein	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 51, Division 2	Charles R. McCollom III	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 52	Royce W. Buck and Deborah Hawkins Crooks	Deborah Hawkins Crooks won with 61.50% of the vote.
District 53, Division 1	Linda S. Armstrong	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 53, Division 2	Donna G. Dutton and Darby Lane Smith	Donna G. Dutton won with 60.12% of the vote.
District 54, Division 1	Rick A. Brueggemann and Jeff Smith, (Defeated in the primary: Stephen P. Huddleston, Keith A. McMain, Marcia L. Thomas)	Jeff Smith won with 51.52% of the vote
District 54, Division 2	Charles T. Moore	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 55, Division 1	Rebecca S. Ward and Roy Emerson Welch	Rebecca S. Ward won with 65.92% of the vote.
District 55, Division 2	Jennifer Porter	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 56, Division 1	James R. Redd III	Retained with 100% of the vote
District 56, Division 2	Jill Clark	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 57	Robert W. Heaton	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 58	Jack M. Telle	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 59	Keith Myers	Retained with 100% of the vote
Kentucky District Court 60	Kristi Renee Castillo and Stephen H. Poindexter	Kristi Renee Castillo won with 58.98% of the vote.

Circuit court

There were 13 candidates who filed for the Kentucky Circuit Courts elections in 2010. Seven of these candidates ran uncontested, while the remaining six ran in contested elections.

Court	Candidates	Results
Circuit 2, Division 1	Tim Kaltenbach	Re-elected with 100% of the vote
Circuit 11, Division 1	Dan Kelly	Re-elected with 100% of the vote
Circuit 18, Division 1	Jay Delaney	Re-elected with 100% of the vote
Circuit 21, Division 1	William E. Lane	Re-elected with 100% of the vote.
Circuit 30, Division 6	Thomas Joseph Cannon and Olu A. Stevens	Stevens won with 60.55% of the vote.
Circuit 30, Division 11	Brian C. Edwards and John J. Vandertoll	Edwards won with 50.17% of the vote.
Circuit 31, Division 1	Johnny Ray Harris	Re-elected with 100% of the vote
Circuit 32, Division 1	George W. Davis, III and Thomas W. Lavender	Davis won with 80.39% of the vote.
Kentucky Circuit Court 44	Robert V. Costanzo	Re-elected with 100% of the vote
Kentucky Circuit Court 45	Brian Wiggins	Re-elected with 100% of the vote

Circuit family court

After the primary, which eliminated 3 candidates, there were 8 candidates seeking positions on this court. Only two of the six seats were contested.

Court	Candidates	Results
Circuit 16, Division 5	Lisa Osborne Bushelman	Re-elected with 100% of the vote
Circuit 17, Division 3	(James Kidney - lost in the primary), Gayle Hoffman, and Richard A. Woeste	Richard A. Woeste won with 57.36% of the votes.
Circuit 25, Division 3	(Lost in primary: Elizabeth Elkins Bond, Jubal L. Miller), Ira Newman and Nora J. Shepherd	Nora J. Shepherd won with 66.41% of the vote.
Circuit 31, Division 3	Dwight Stacy Marshall	Elected with 100% of the vote
Circuit 37, Division 2	David D. Flatt	Re-elected with 100% of the vote
Circuit 48, Division 3	Squire Williams	Re-elected with 100% of the vote

See also

• Judicial elections, 2010
• Judicial selection in Kentucky
• Campaign finance requirements for Kentucky judicial elections

External links

• Judicial selection in Kentucky
• Kentucky secretary of state
• 2010 Election Calendar
• The Times Tribune "Local candidates file for state, federal offices," January 28, 2010 (dead link)
• McCreary County Record "Record Debuts Survey of 2010 Candidates," February 18, 2010
• Commonwealth Journal "Hot races expected to draw voters," May 17, 2010

Footnotes

Kentucky courts

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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