Mike Walker announced on Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the District 7 county magistrate’s race and will remain on the Christian County Board of Education.
“I don’t want to leave my present responsibilities with Christian County Public Schools … particularly at such a critical time in the history of our county,” Walker said in a press release. He added he wants to help steward the next phase of consolidating Hopkinsville and Christian County high schools into one school.
Walker began serving a four-year term on the school board in January 2021.
His departure from the magistrate’s contest leaves Russ Guffey as the only Republican in race. Walker said he endorses Guffey, who will face Dave Fernandez, the lone Democrat in the race, in the November general election.
Jerry Gilliam, a Republican, currently represents District 7 on Christian Fiscal Court. He is running for county judge-executive.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
