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LaGrange 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

Kenneth Powell

9.1%

1,450 votes

WINNER

Latosha Booker-Bishop

9.1%

1,455 votes

WINNER

Laura Taylor

8.9%

1,416 votes

WINNER

Jason Kinser

6.8%

1,088 votes

WINNER

Jason Taylor

6.8%

1,081 votes

WINNER

Trey Kamer

6.8%

1,084 votes

WINNER

Lucy Ricketts

6.7%

1,065 votes

WINNER

Joe Davenport

6%

955 votes

Deborah Pollard

5.9%

943 votes

Elsie Carter

5.7%

904 votes

Kristy Waldridge

5.7%

905 votes

Bill Lammlein

5.5%

885 votes

Kevin Cronin

4.5%

721 votes

Andrew Dunk

4.4%

700 votes

Lea Cockrell

4.2%

674 votes

Chad Spaulding

4%

631 votes

Candidates (16)

Choose 8

Andrew Dunk

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Bill Lammlein

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Chad Spaulding

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Deborah Pollard

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Elsie Carter

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Jason Kinser

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Jason Taylor

(N)

Joe Davenport

(N)

Kenneth Powell

(N)

Kevin Cronin

(N)

Kristy Waldridge

(N)

Latosha Booker-Bishop

(N)

Laura Taylor

(N)

Lea Cockrell

(N)

Lucy Ricketts

(N)

Trey Kamer

(N)

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