Third District State Senator Whitney Westerfield of Hopkinsville has filed to run for the First District Kentucky Supreme Court seat in the upcoming general election.
Westerfield, who is the current chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary, says he launched his campaign to uphold the constitution and defend the rule of law in Western Kentucky.
Westerfield tells the News Edge he is running for the seat because he thinks it’s important for someone to stand up to Kentucky’s constitution.
If elected, Westerfield says he will passionately apply the law as cases come before the court.
Westerfield has served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee since his first election to the Senate in 2012. He sponsored Senate Bill 200 in 2014 and last year pushed Marsy’s Law to protect victims of crime.
In addition, Westerfield has been an active member of the Kentucky Bar since October 2006.
Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Shea Nickell also filed this week to run for the 1st District Kentucky Supreme Court in the General Election on November 5. The deadline to file for the Kentucky Supreme Court vacancy was created by the retirement of Justice Bill Cunningham is Tuesday, June 4.
The 1st District is comprised of the following counties: Allen, Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Edmonson, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Muhlenberg, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, and Webster.
