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A county judge/executive (or simply, judge/executive, and often written judge-executive) is an elected official in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky who is the head of the executive branch of a government in a county. [1] The judge/executive is a member and presiding officer of the Fiscal Court, the county's legislative body. The position is ...
The Kentucky State Capitol building in Frankfort. Kentucky's legislative branch consists of a bicameral body known as the Kentucky General Assembly.. The Senate is considered the upper house of the General Assembly; it has 38 members and is led by the President of the Senate, currently Robert Stivers ().
They are either elected by the citizens of the county or appointed by the county council or governor of the state. The county executive signs bills passed by the county council into local ordinance, manages county government agencies, finances, projects, and services, and appoints the sheriff, county administrator, judges, and other officials ...
This is a list of U.S. statewide elected executive officials.These state constitutional officers have their duties and qualifications mandated in state constitutions. This list does not include those elected to serve in non-executive branches of government, such as justices or clerks of the state supreme courts or at-large members of the state legislatures.
In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties. Kentucky was admitted as a state in 1792, when it had nine counties. [4] Each county has a legislative council called the Fiscal Court; [5] despite the name, it no longer has any responsibility for judicial proceedings. [6]
Here’s what to know about the commonwealth’s closed primary.
Eardley, of Georgetown, filed to run Dec. 15, according to the secretary of state’s website. Eardley also ran against Muse Johnson when she was elected in 2018, according to past reporting by WKYT.
Politically, Kentucky refused to ratify the 13th (ended slavery in 1865), 14th (granted Black Americans citizenship and due process under the law in 1868) and 15th (gave Black men the right to ...