Hopkinsville attorney Katherine Hicks Demps will become the Christian Circuit Court judge in a newly created second division of Family Court.
Demps won the nonpartisan race against opponent Judy Hall, 8,038 to 4,546, according to preliminary election results in Tuesday’s general election.
In another local judicial race, incumbent John Atkins defeated challenger Stephanie Bolen, 9,082 to 4,130, for the Division 2 seat in Christian Circuit Court.
The county’s remaining judges were unopposed in their bids for reelection. They are:
- Circuit Judge Andrew Self (Division 1)
- Circuit Judge Jason Fleming (Division 3, Family Court)
- District Judge John Lindsey Adams (Division 1)
- District Judge Foster Cotthoff (Division 2)
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
