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Karen Faulkner

Nonpartisan · Kentucky · 2026

On the November 3 ballot for District Judge, 30th Judicial District, Division 8, Kentucky

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District Judge, 30th Judicial District, Division 8
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Biography

Karen Faulkner has worked in the Jefferson County courts for twenty years and currently serves as a District Court Judge, per her campaign site. She is a graduate of the University of Louisville and the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, per her campaign site. She worked as a public defender for more than six years before opening a private practice, and has served as an adjunct professor at the Brandeis School of Law, per her campaign site.

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District Judge, 30th Judicial District, Division 8Kentucky · 2026Jefferson County sample ballot

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