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John D. Minton Jr. is the chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. Minton was elected to the Supreme Court on July 24,2006 to fill a vacancy created by Justice William S. Cooper,who retired on June 30,2006. On the retirement of Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert,Minton was elected by his fellow justices to replace him. He was sworn in as chief justice on June 27,2008.
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%.
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.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. commonwealth of Kentucky have most of the same rights as non-LGBT persons have,but still face some legal challenges not experienced by other people. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Kentucky. Same-sex couples and families headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for all of the protections available to opposite-sex married couples. On February 12,2014,a federal judge ruled that the state must recognize same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions,but the ruling was put on hold pending review by the Sixth Circuit. Same sex-marriage is now legal in the state under the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The decision,which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages,and all other same sex marriage bans elsewhere in the country,was handed down on June 26,2015.
The lead cases on same-sex marriage in Kentucky are Bourke v. Beshear,and its companion case Love v. Beshear. In Bourke,a U.S. district court found that the Equal Protection Clause requires Kentucky to recognize valid same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions. In Love,the same court found that this same clause renders Kentucky's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Both decisions were stayed and consolidated upon appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,which heard oral arguments in both cases on August 6,2014. On November 6,the Sixth Circuit upheld Kentucky's ban on same-sex marriage.
Same-sex marriage in Kentucky has been legal since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26,2015. The decision,which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages,was handed down on June 26,2015,and Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced almost immediately that the court's order would be implemented.
Whitney H. Westerfield is an American politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 3 since January 8,2013. In 2015,Westerfield was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Attorney General of Kentucky,losing to Democrat Andy Beshear by a margin of 0.2 percent.
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.
Andrew Graham Beshear is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd governor of Kentucky since December 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the son of the 61st governor of Kentucky,Steve Beshear.
John Gilpin Heyburn II was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Heyburn served as the Chief Judge of the Court between 2001 and 2008.
Samuel T. Wright III is a former Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. He was elected to the Supreme Court in November 2015,and lost re-election in 2020.
The 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2019,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky. The Democratic nominee,Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear,defeated Republican incumbent Matt Bevin by just over 5,000 votes,or 0.37%,making this the closest gubernatorial election in Kentucky since 1899 by total votes,and the closest ever by percentage. It was also the closest race of the 2019 gubernatorial election cycle.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 5,2019,with all executive offices in the state up for election. Primary elections were held on May 21,2019.
Laurance Browning VanMeter is an associate justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.
John A. Hutchison is a lawyer and jurist currently serving as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. He joined the court in 2018 and has served as chief justice since 2022.
Debra Hembree Lambert is an associate justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court and former Judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
David Buckingham is a former Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Daniel Jay Cameron is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 51st Attorney General of Kentucky. He is the first Republican elected to the office since 1944,and the first African-American Attorney General of Kentucky.
Christopher Shea Nickell is an American lawyer from Kentucky who is an associate justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Robert Brian Conley is an American lawyer serving as an associate justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.
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- ↑ "Supreme Court Justice David A. Barber to be sworn in Monday" . Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ↑ "David Allen Barber". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ↑ "David A. Barber". Kentucky Bar Association. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ↑ "David Allen Barber appointed Supreme Court justice" . Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ↑ "November 3, 2015Official 2015 General Election Results" (PDF). elect.ky.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Kentucky intermediate appellate court elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ↑ "Beshear makes appointments to Ky. boards and commissions" . Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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