James L. Kay II (born December 19, 1982, in

Woodford County, Kentucky Woodford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,871. Its county seat is Versailles. The area was home to Pisgah Academy. Woodford County is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro ...

) is an American politician serving as the Judge/Executive of Woodford County since January 2019. He was previously a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing District 56 from his June 24, 2013 special election to 2019.

Education

Kay earned his BA in

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and

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from the

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and his JD from

University of Kentucky College of Law The University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, also known as UK Rosenberg College of Law, is the law school of the University of Kentucky located in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded initially from a law program at Transylvania Universit ...

Elections

*2013 When District 56 Representative Rollins left the Legislature and left the seat open, Kay won the three-way June 25, 2013 Special election with 3,925 votes (44.0%) against

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candidate Lyen Crews (who had run for the seat in 2010) and

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candidate John-Mark Hack.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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Campaign site
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James Kay
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