Tony Miller (Kentucky)

Last updated June 26, 2019

Tony Miller (born June 22, 1947) is a U.S. politician from Kentucky.

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government. Politicians propose, support and create laws or policies that govern the land and, by extension, its people. Broadly speaking, a "politician" can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in any bureaucratic institution.

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky split from it and became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

Tony Miller served as the Circuit Court Clerk for Jefferson County, Kentucky from 1988 to 2006.

The Kentucky Circuit Courts are the state courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 741,096. It is the most populous county in the commonwealth.

In 2003 Miller ran for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky on a slate with Speaker of the House Jody Richards.^[1] The slate of Ben Chandler and Charlie Owen defeated them in the Democratic primary.

The office of Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky was created under the state's second constitution, which was ratified in 1799. The inaugural officeholder was Alexander Scott Bullitt, who took office in 1800 following his election to serve under James Garrard in 1799. The lieutenant governor serves as governor of Kentucky under circumstances similar to the Vice President of the United States assuming the powers of the presidency. The current Lieutenant Governor is Republican Jenean Hampton.

Jody Richards was a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing the 20th District from 1976 until 2019, former Speaker, and former Speaker Pro Tempore of the Kentucky House of Representatives.

Albert Benjamin Chandler III is an American politician and lawyer who served as the United States Representative for Kentucky's 6th congressional district from 2004 to 2013. A Democrat, Chandler was first elected to Congress in a 2004 special election. He served until 2013, when he was defeated for re-election by Andy Barr in the 2012 election.

Miller was the 2004 Democratic Congressional nominee in Kentucky's Third District, facing four-term incumbent U.S. Congresswoman Anne Northup. Miller led in some early polls, but an aggressively negative campaign by Northup, an inability to stay competitive in fund raising and inconsistent performances in televised debates hurt his chances badly. Northup asserted that Miller was intellectually unqualified to serve in Congress and Miller's poor public speaking abilities did not help refute her claim.

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In October 2004, Miller lost the support of several notable progressives and left-leaning organizations that normally support the Democrat. Northup's 1998 opponent Chris Gorman and the normally Democrat-endorsing Louisville Courier-Journal both endorsed Northup.

The Courier-Journal, also known as the Louisville Courier Journal (and informally The C-J or The Courier), is the highest circulation newspaper in Kentucky. It is owned by Gannett and billed as "Part of the USA Today Network". According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th-largest daily paper in the United States.

Miller went on to lose to Northup by a margin of over 72,000 votes. Northup won with 197,736 votes (60.3%) to Miller's 124,040 (37.8%). It was by far Northup's widest margin in defending her House seat, but Northup lost the seat in the next election to Democrat John Yarmuth.

John Allan Yarmuth is an American politician and former newspaper editor serving as the U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district since 2007. His district encompasses the vast majority of the Louisville Metro Area. Since 2013, he has been the only Democratic member of Kentucky's congressional delegation.

Miller left the office of Circuit Court Clerk in 2006.

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References

↑ Nelson, Jared (19 May 2003). "Lunsford withdrawal sparks primary interest". The Times Leader. Princeton, Kentucky . Retrieved 26 September 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Preceded by Jack Conway	Democratic Nominee, United States House of Representatives, Kentucky 3rd District 2004-2004	Succeeded by John Yarmuth

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[Nelson-1] Nelson, Jared (19 May 2003). "Lunsford withdrawal sparks primary interest". The Times Leader. Princeton, Kentucky . Retrieved 26 September 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}