Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Kentucky Blogs -> Kentucky Law Blog

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Kentucky

: Kentucky Law Blog

JUDGES: Financial reports show that Katie King raised $296,550 in her recent election with $194,000 of her own money

By Michael Stevens

ADVERTISEMENTS

Andrew Wolfson has a post-election story on the election finances and concerns over the sources of funds for Judge Katie King's recent election which unseated Judge David Holton who had been appointed by Gov. Beshear. Click on heading for his entire story. Several readers have made some serious comments (and some a little biting) but nonetheless raise concerns about the financial reporting laws in Kentucky and enforcement.

Note that the personal loans from Katie King total an amount of her"own money" was comparable to the total amount spent by each of the individual candidates for the Kentucky Supreme Court race.

King lent $194,000 to her campaign for judge

She says source was 'personal accounts'

By Andrew Wolfson ? awolfson@courier-journal.com ? December 12, 2008

Katie King, who earned $41,465 a year as an assistant county attorney, lent $194,000 to her successful campaign for Jefferson District Court judge, campaign finance records show.

Advertisement

King, who was sworn in and began serving Nov. 26, replied by e-mail to a reporter's query about the money this week by saying it came from her "personal accounts." But she declined to answer questions about how she accumulated the money, whether it came from relatives, or when she acquired it.

King's father, Jim King, the owner of King Southern Bank, president of the Louisville Metro Council and an active participant in his daughter's campaign, referred questions to his lawyer, Sheryl Snyder, who relayed them to Katie King.

* * *

Records filed last week show that Katie King raised $296,550 for the general election, including seven loans she made to her campaign totaling $194,000. She spent $250,966 on the campaign. Holton raised $44,310 and spent all but about $800 of it.

One of the comments to the Courier Story: Professor72 wrote -

Judge King, your honor, you can stop all the speculation immediately. Reveal the campaign bank account deposit records to prove you loaned the money from existing funds in your own bank account before you filed for the office, because that is legal. Referring these simple questions to a lawyer to answer for you seems to indicate you need someone to speak for you so we citizens don't hear the answers from you directly. You are recieving the benefit of the doubt, but why allow any doubt at all?

Full post as published by Kentucky Law Blog on December 13, 2008 (boomark / email).