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Endorsement checklist
These are the candidates in selected races in Tuesday’s election in which The Courier-Journal has made
endorsements. A ៑ precedes the bold-faced names of endorsed candidates. The candidates of the two
major parties are designated by and (R) or (D); an (I) designates an independent, and an (L) a Liber-
TUESDAY
NOVEMBER 2,
2010

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tarian candidate. An * designates incumbents. School board and judicial races are non-partisan.

刂 刂 刂 KENTUCKY RACES 刂 刂 刂
U.S. SENATE DISTRICT 43 JEFFERSON COUNTY
Rand Paul (R) ៑Darryl T. Owens* (D) CORONER
៑Jack Conway (D) George Conrad Dick (I) Danny R. Chapman (R)
៑Barbara Weakley-Jones*
U.S. HOUSE OF DISTRICT 46
(D)
REPRESENTATIVES Brian Simpson (R)
3RD DISTRICT ៑Larry Clark* (D) JEFFERSON COUNTY
Todd Lally (R) PROPERTY VALUATION
LOUISVILLE METRO ADMINISTRATOR
៑John Yarmuth* (D)
Michael D. Hansen (I)
COUNCIL
DISTRICT 5 Corey Koellner (R)
Edward A. Martin (L) ៑Tony Lindauer* (D)
Donnie Morris Sr. (I)
LOUISVILLE METRO ៑Cheri Bryant Hamilton* (D) JEFFERSON COUNTY
MAYOR SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT 6
Hal Heiner (R) DISTRICT 1
៑Greg Fischer (D) Candace Jaworski (R)
៑Diane Porter*
Nimbus Couzin (I) ៑David James (D)
Attica Woodson Scott
Jerry T. Mills (I) Deonte Hollowell* (I)
Phyllis Morton
Ken Herndon (write-in)
Bonnie Lash Freeman
KENTUCKY STATE DISTRICT 9 Marc Murphy, Courier-J
SENATE DISTRICT 3
Patrick Joseph Duerr (R)
DISTRICT 10 ៑Debbie Wesslund*
៑Tina Ward-Pugh* (D) Junior ROTC program sa- HOW TO
Elizabeth Tori* (R) David E. Toborowsky
៑Dennis Parrett (D) DISTRICT 13 Daniel T. Smithson READERS’ FORUM lute you. Every cent will Letters to t
stay local. They should
DISTRICT 26 Renay Davis (R) JEFFERSON CIRCUIT HAL ROBINSON Readers’ F
៑Vicki Aubrey Welch* (D) Inspired giving Louisville 40299 The Courie
៑Ernie Harris* (R) COURT
6TH DIVISION This past Saturday, I P.O. Box 74
John Black (D) DISTRICT 15 had the supreme opportu- Classy Lady Cards Louisville,
Jody Harral (R) Thomas Joseph Cannon nity to join in the charita- I am writing to compli- Our e-mail
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៑Marianne Butler* (D) ៑Olu A. Stevens* ble collection drive at a ment a group of student
៑Julie Carman Denton* (R) busy suburban intersec- athletes, the Lady Cardi-
Letters can
DISTRICT 17 11TH DIVISION (502) 582-
Rick Hiles (D) tion. This was such a nal Lacrosse Team. Best-read le
DISTRICT 38 ៑Glen Stuckel* (R) John J. VanderToll grand experience that I Recently, I was at Stan- and on topi
William D. Cohen (D) ៑Brian C. Edwards* simply had to brag on my diford Field with about must be ori
៑Marty Meyer (D) fellow citizens. 200 patriotic individuals. ture, addres
Dan Seum* (R) DISTRICT 19 JEFFERSON DISTRICT People of all ages, races We were waiting to wel- number of i
and financial situations the right to
៑Jerry T. Miller (R) COURT come back to Louisville and to limit
KENTUCKY HOUSE 3RD DIVISION dug in and contributed to 40 World War II veterans. Letters to t
Justin Chelf (D)
OF REPRESENTATIVES ៑Sandra L. McLaughlin
a cause they saw to be no- These heroes had been to columns, an
DISTRICT 28 DISTRICT 23 ble and worthwhile. And visit the World War II Me- Courier-Jour
Claude Randall Prather* in the brief 10 to 15 sec- morial in Washington on print, electr
John Brewer (R) ៑James Peden* (R) onds I was able to interact what is called an honor
៑Charlie Miller* (D) John D. Sommers Jr. (D) 7TH DIVISION
with these people, my flight. We form two long empty
៑Jennifer Bryant Wilcox* heart swelled with com- reception lines, with ev- wrappe
DISTRICT 29 DISTRICT 25
D. Steven Parks passion and gratitude. eryone holding an Amer-
៑Kevin Bratcher* (R) Doug Hawkins* (R) One young man told me ican flag. When the arriv-
Dustin Wilcher (D) ៑David Yates (D) 10TH DIVISION he had been out of work ing veterans reach the
Nichole T. Compton for six months, as he dug gate, they either walk or Reduc
DISTRICT 30 JEFFERSON COUNTY ៑Sheila A. Collins* into his pocket and smil- are pushed in wheelchairs Ther
Aaron Wilson (R) ATTORNEY ingly tossed in a quarter: between the lines. We for Ken
៑Tom Burch* (D) Michael Wilson (R) 11TH DIVISION truly a “widow’s mite.” shake their hands and open a
៑Mike O’Connell* (D) Sadiqa N. Reynolds* Others dug into their car’s thank each and every one cessful
DISTRICT 32 center console, the door of them. park a
៑Gina Kay Calvert
៑Julie Raque Adams (R) JEFFERSON COUNTY pockets and cup holders, When the flight arrived charge
Nellie Draus Stallings (D) CLERK 13TH DIVISION extracting all the change Saturday evening and the once in
Matthew Linker (L) they had collected. A cou- departing passengers one thi
៑Barbara “Bobbie” Hol- Ellie Kerstetter ple of young ladies even
៑Deana “Dee” McDonald reached the gate, who need is
DISTRICT 33 sclaw* (R) pulled out their ash trays shows up first? None sonable
Jack D. Wood (D) and dumped a load of other than the Lady Cardi- side the
៑Ron Crimm* (R) 14TH DIVISION
change into the bucket! nal Lacrosse team. Seeing
Kimberly Greenwell (D) JEFFERSON COUNTY ៑Stephanie Pearce Burke We are also so very their uniforms, I immedi-
SHERIFF Mason Trenaman grateful for the $1, $5, $10 ately started the
DISTRICT 38
Mike Roberts (R) 16TH DIVISION
and $20 bills we received. C-A-R-D-S cheer. Here Gratef
Mike Nemes (R) Such generosity put our I’m thinking, “I’ll bet I’m w
៑Tim Firkins* (D) ៑John E. Aubrey* (D) ៑Katie King* drive on the chart for one these young ladies are to the
Don Fitzgerald (I) James Michael Green of the most successful wondering why the hulla- Crestw
DISTRICT 41 we’ve ever had. baloo and why are all letter i
Nathan M. Haney (R) 17TH DIVISION A special thanks to the these people at the airport that he
៑Tom Riner* (D) ៑Erica Lee Williams* parents who handed their with flags,” but they knew have to
A. Christine Ward contribution to their chil- something that I didn’t. nals un
dren to let them have the You see, this team was the gro
experience of reaching at the Baltimore airport Well
out to someone less fortu- with the World War II vet- all the
刂 刂 刂 INDIANA RACES 刂 刂 刂 nate. What a life lesson
they are giving the next
erans, both groups wait- town a
ing for their flight home to heads
generation. Of course, Louisville. During a leng- I’m sur
there were those who sim- thy wait at the airport, address
U.S. SENATE U.S. HOUSE STATE SENATE ply could not contribute. most of the team members than I
OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 46 But their smiling waves of circulated among the vets, to try t
Dan Coats (R) encouragement kept our shaking their hands, kid- way.
៑Brad Ellsworth (D) 9TH DISTRICT ៑Ron Grooms (R) spirits high and will to ding, talking and posing Obv
Rebecca Sink-Burris (L) Todd Young (R) Chuck Freiberger (D) serve strong. for photos with these el- man d
៑Baron Hill* (D) Louisville, at one inter- derly gentlemen. I’ve been unpre-d
Greg Knott (L) HARRISON COUNTY section, you contributed told that some team mem- nado to
SHERIFF $7,535 for this year’s Toys bers spent up to 45 min- ed our
៑Rod Seelye (R) for Tots. The cadets and utes doing this. It re-ener- ing sy
Gary Gilley (D) parents of the Jefferson- gized everyone after what proved
town High School Marine had become a long day. over th
I thought what these when a
team members did was cloud d
very special. I don’t know the gro
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