Landon Carter Sexton (born December 28, 1941) is an American politician, and a former

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

member of the Kentucky Senate. He lives in Pine Knot, Kentucky, United States. On February 16, 1994, Sexton pleaded guilty to accepting a $5,000 cash donation from a Humana lobbyist after the 1990 General Assembly. He was caught taking bribes during a widespread bribery investigation of horseracing by the FBI known as

Operation Boptrot Operation Boptrot, also referred to as Boptrot, was an investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into corruption among the Kentucky General Assembly, the Commonwealth's legislature. The operation was highly successf ...

. He was sentenced to 15 weekends in jail, 2 months' home detention and two years' probation in 1994.

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Living people 1941 births Republican Party Kentucky state senators Place of birth missing (living people) Kentucky politicians convicted of crimes {{Kentucky-politician-stub