The filing deadline has come and gone and Republican Maureen Leamy is the only candidate to have filed paperwork to be on the ballot for Christian County commonwealth’s attorney in November.
County Clerk Melinda Humphries confirmed Tuesday afternoon that Leamy was the only candidate to file, meaning Democrat Stephanie Bolen, who was verbally chosen as her party’s nominee following an executive committee meeting in April, will not have her name on the general election ballot.
Bolen was appointed by Governor Andy Beshear earlier this year to serve the remainder of the term of Rick Boling, who resigned.
The Christian County Republican Party Executive Committee chose Leamy as its nominee and she filed the appropriate paperwork and paid her filing fee on June 1 with the clerk to be on the ballot.
The only remaining option for Bolen at this point would be to run as a write-in candidate.
Online records show that only Leamy has made a filing with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.
Attempts Tuesday afternoon by text and email to reach Bolen for comment were not immediately successful.
The office will be on the ballot again in 2024, as that is when Boling’s unexpired term was scheduled to end.
Meanwhile, there will not be a contested race for the District 4 Christian County School Board race, as incumbent Rebecca Pepper was the only candidate to file before the non-partisan deadline.
Pepper was chosen by the board to serve the remainder of the term of Mike Walker following his resignation earlier this year.