Johnny Ray Turner is an American politician. He is a former
Democratic member of the
Kentucky Senate
The Kentucky Senate is the upper house of the Kentucky General Assembly. The Kentucky Senate is composed of 38 members elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. There are no term limits for Kentucky Senators. The Kentu ...
, representing the 29th District from 2001 to 2021. He served as Minority Caucus Chair from 2003 to 2014.
In April 2007, Turner was sentenced to three months' home detention and one year of probation for "non-willful"
vote buying Vote buying (also referred to as electoral clientelism and patronage politics) occurs when a political party or candidate distributes money or resources to a voter in an upcoming election with the expectation that the voter votes for the actor handi ...
.
References
External links
Kentucky Legislature - Senator Johnny Ray Turnerofficial government site
Project Vote Smart - Senator Johnny Ray Turner (KY)profile
*''Follow the Money'' - Johnny Ray Turner
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campaign contributions
KentuckyVotes.org - Sen. Johnny Ray Turner
bills introduced and voting record
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1949 births
Living people
Political corruption
21st-century American legislators
Democratic Party Kentucky state senators