District judge race to be on primary ballot

There will be one dis­trict judge’s race on the May 19 pri­ma­ry bal­lot in Clark County.

Because three can­di­dates filed for the 1^st Division of the 25^th District, they will run against each oth­er in a non­par­ti­san pri­ma­ry elec­tion, and the top two can­di­dates will then advance to the Nov. 3 gen­er­al election.

The three can­di­dates are cur­rent District Judge Tyler S. Frazier and two chal­lengers: Micah Johnson and Darrian D. Botts.

When the books closed with the Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office Friday, Jan. 9, Chief District Judge Earl-Ray Neal was unop­posed in the 3^rd District, and Judge Robert Jennings was unop­posed in the 2^nd.

Only two can­di­dates filed for the Court of Appeals in Division 1 of District 5, the incum­bent, Judge Will Moynahan and Fayette Circuit Court Judge Lucy Ferguson VanMeter, wife of for­mer Kentucky Chief Justice Laurance B. VanMeter of Winchester. Therefore, they won’t be on the bal­lot until the fall election.

The 5^th District of the Court of Appeals cov­ers Clark, Bourbon, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Madison, Scott and Woodford counties.

There are no con­tests on the Clark County pri­ma­ry bal­lot for cir­cuit judge, fam­i­ly court judge or jus­tice of the Supreme Court.