Kentucky District Court 43

Court

Kentucky District Court 43 is one of 60 district courts in Kentucky. It serves Barren and Metcalfe counties.^[1]

Judges

• J. Gabriel Pendleton^[1]

Former judges

• John T. Alexander

See also

• Courts in Kentucky
• Kentucky counties
• Judicial selection in Kentucky

External links

• Kentucky Court of Justice, "Judicial Directories"
• Kentucky Court of Justice, "District Court Overview"

Elections

See also: Kentucky judicial elections

Kentucky is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Kentucky, click here.

• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2025
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2024
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2023
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2022
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2021
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2020
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2019
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2018
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2017
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2016
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2015
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2014
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2012
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2010

Selection method

See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

The judges of the Kentucky District Courts are elected in nonpartisan elections. They serve four-year terms and must run for re-election if they wish to serve again.^[2][3]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:^[2]

• a U.S. citizen;
• a resident of the represented district for at least two years; and
• licensed to practice law for at least two years.

Election rules

Primary election

All candidates participate in nonpartisan primaries. If more than two candidates compete in a race, the two with the highest number of votes advance to the general election.

Footnotes