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Kelly Thompson
Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court · 2nd District
Background: He served in the U.S. Army from 1970 to 1976. His career experience includes working as chief trial counsel with the Kentucky Department of Highways, a law clerk with the Kentucky Court of Appeals, a practicing lawyer, and a judge.
At a glance
- Court
- Kentucky Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- 2nd District
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Elected
- Appointed by
- Not applicable (elected)
- Appointment date
- Not applicable (elected)
- Took office
- January 2, 2023
- Current term ends
- January 6, 2031
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 8, 2022
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: Western Kentucky University, 1968
- Bachelor's: Western Kentucky University, 1969
- Law: University of Kentucky, 1972
- Law: University of Kentucky College of Law, 1972
- Prior offices
- Kentucky Court of Appeals 2nd Division 2 (2007 - 2023)
- Profession
- Judge
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Kelly Thompson’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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