Even before the first vote is counted Tuesday, citizens in counties all across the commonwealth can know they will have a new leader of county government.
Kristie Dutton with the Kentucky Association of Counties says typically there’s about a one-third turnover ever four years in county office holders. She says that mark for county judges was reached after the May Primary.
Dutton notes that will mean a learning curve for several county elected officials. “We are expecting a big influx of people needing to learn the duties of the office and the most efficient way to do them,” said Dutton.
Dutton says 38 Kentucky county judge executives either lost in the primary or retired. She says the turnover rate will be substantially higher than 2014.
