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Murray 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

Danny Hudspeth

9.4%

2,673 votes

WINNER

Jeremy Bell

8.5%

2,425 votes

WINNER

Monty McCuiston

8.2%

2,344 votes

WINNER

Wesley Bolin

8%

2,289 votes

WINNER

Rose Ross

7.7%

2,186 votes

WINNER

Bonnie Higginson

7.6%

2,178 votes

WINNER

Linda Cherry

7.6%

2,172 votes

WINNER

Johnny Bohannon

7.3%

2,081 votes

WINNER

Alice Rouse

7.1%

2,026 votes

WINNER

Thomas Hornbuckle Jr

6.6%

1,887 votes

WINNER

Terry Strieter

6%

1,718 votes

WINNER

John Darnall

5.7%

1,628 votes

John Mark Roberts

5.3%

1,500 votes

Clif Darnell

5.1%

1,454 votes

Candidates (14)

Choose 12

Alice Rouse

(N)

Bonnie Higginson

(N)

Clif Darnell

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Danny Hudspeth

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Jeremy Bell

(N)

John Darnall

(N)

John Mark Roberts

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Johnny Bohannon

(N)

Linda Cherry

(N)

Monty McCuiston

(N)

Rose Ross

(N)

Terry Strieter

(N)

Thomas Hornbuckle Jr

(N)

Wesley Bolin

(N)

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