The Martin County Judge Executive’s Office has had some high turn-over recently. The last person elected to the post was William Davis, who resigned abruptly in March of last year. In the time since, two more people were sworn in to fill the role. Colby Kirk announced his resignation on October 14th.
On Thursday, it was announced that Governor Andy Beshear appointed Martin County doctor, "Doc" Don Lafferty to fill out the remainder of the term. He will be sworn in Friday afternoon and serve as the interim through the end of December.
Lafferty, along with three other people are registered as write in candidates in the upcoming election. The other candidates are Marlena Slone, Jimmy Don Kerr, and Benjamin York.
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