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Meagan Guthrie earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and politics and a master's degree from Xavier University. She is a married mother.

Meagan has worked in the Hamilton County Office of Addiction Response for the past seven years.

Meagan was appointed to the Ludlow City Council in 2025.

2026 Kentucky General Election

Guthrie currently works as the director of addiction response for Hamilton County across the river. She’s lived with her husband in Ludlow for six years. She said she wanted to focus “really a lot on the coalition building, the grassroots. What can we do to make sure that the community is heard and listened to?” When asked if there were any specific goals she wanted to push for while on the council, she said she wanted to focus on bringing in more businesses to the city.

Meagan Guthrie fills empty Ludlow city council seat

Wants to prioritize coalition-building and ensure community members are heard.

- Wants to prioritize coalition-building and ensure community members are heard.

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As of September 15, 2026, Meagan Guthrie did not have a website or any information online.

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The podcast discussion concerns addiction and overdose response. Guthrie said: “We really did have to make that shift of yes, our goal is always absolutely to get someone into treatment, but we had to shift to keeping people alive long enough to get them into treatment and recovery.”

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Said addiction response should prioritize keeping people alive long enough to enter treatment and recovery.

- Said addiction response should prioritize keeping people alive long enough to enter treatment and recovery.

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When asked if there were any specific goals she wanted to push for while on the council, she said she wanted to focus on bringing in more businesses to the city. “What [can we] do to kind of look at what can incentivize more businesses to want to come to Ludlow and stay in Ludlow,” Guthrie told LINK nky, “but also being respectful of what makes Ludlow so unique.”

Thompson said she really wants EMTs for the Fire Department but it is such a large amount of money she didn’t think council would approve it. Guthrie said the roof is still in the budget, but Thompson told her they can’t go by line item. Guthrie said those are conversations that should be had anyway. She didn’t want to debate any further. “I just don’t think the sky is falling,” she said. “I can’t, in good faith, vote for an unbalanced budget.”

City of Ludlow council at an impasse on budget, meeting fraught with tension as no budget passes - NKyTribune

Council member Meagan Guthrie spoke next. She said that there have been a lot of questions about the fund balance, and she said the actual fund balance is $3.9 million but $900,000 of that is assets, which can’t be touched. She said the rainy day fund should be 3-4 months of operating expenses. So for the proposed budget of $6 million, there should be $1.5 to $2 million in reserves.

Wants to explore incentives for businesses to locate and remain in Ludlow while preserving the city's character.

Opposes approving an unbalanced city budget.

Said the city's rainy-day fund should cover three to four months of operating expenses.

- Wants to explore incentives for businesses to locate and remain in Ludlow while preserving the city's character.
- Opposes approving an unbalanced city budget.
- Said the city's rainy-day fund should cover three to four months of operating expenses.

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