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Elizabethtown City Council Member

Passes laws and regulations for your city.

Full office description

  • City council members make up the legislative body of the city's government and are responsible for the public's health, safety, and welfare. Its legislative duties include enacting ordinances, levying taxes, and adopting a budget.
  • The city council has the authority to investigate all activities of the city government and its employees.
  • City councils in Kentucky typically have between 6 and 12 council members. They serve two-year terms except in Louisville and Lexington where some members serve four-year terms.
  • Council members can be elected to represent a single district or the city at-large. Elections take place in even-numbered years.

How this impacts you

  • TaxesThe city council can directly impact how much you pay in taxes to the city and how your tax money is spent.

  • PolicingThe city council has the final say over how many police officers the city hires, what equipment the police get, and how they are trained.

Election results

WINNER

Marty Fulkerson

15.9%

5,992 votes

WINNER

Anthony Bishop

14.3%

5,399 votes

WINNER

Mika Tyler

14.3%

5,396 votes

WINNER

Julia Springsteen

14.2%

5,366 votes

WINNER

E. Lamar Jones

12.6%

4,747 votes

WINNER

Kenny Lewis

11.1%

4,201 votes

William Bennett

8.8%

3,333 votes

Jim Shaw

8.7%

3,307 votes

Candidates (8)

Choose 6

Anthony Bishop

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E. Lamar Jones

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Jim Shaw

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Julia Springsteen

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Kenny Lewis

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Marty Fulkerson

(N)

Mika Tyler

(N)

William Bennett

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