2010 Kentucky General Assembly
LRC approves 2010 legislative calendar
Posted: 9-2-09
FRANKFORT – The schedule for the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2010 session has been approved by legislative leaders. The session is scheduled to convene on Jan. 5 and adjourn April 13. It is expected to last 60 working days – the maximum allowed by the state constitution in even-numbered years. Legislators will not meet on Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day or on Feb. 15 in observance of Presidents’ Day. The veto recess – the period of time in which lawmakers commonly return to their home districts to see which bills, if any, the governor chooses to veto – will last from March 30 through April 9, with lawmakers returning to the Capitol on April 12 for the final two days of the session. The session calendar can be viewed online at: www.lrc.ky.gov/sch_vist/10RS_calendar.pdf.
Webb elected to Kentucky Senate
Posted: 8-25-09
Morehead State University alumnus Rep. Robin Webb, D-Grayson, captured the vacant 18th Senate District seat by winning a special election Tuesday. She will take office as soon as her victory is certified by the Kentucky Board of Elections.
Unofficial returns showed Webb with 8,684 votes to 8,402 for Republican Jack Ditty of Russell and 953 for Guy Gibbons of Russell, running as an independent. The turnout was 23.6 percent in the six-county district which has more than 76,000 registered voters.
Webb was in her sixth term as state representative serving Carter and Lewis counties. She was first vice chair of the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee.
She succeeds former Sen. Charlie Borders, also an MSU graduate, who resigned in July to accept an appointment to the Kentucky Public Service Commission. Webb will serve the remaining 18 months of Borders’ unexpired term. The 18th District includes Bracken, Carter, Greenup, Lewis, Mason and Robertson counties.
Her House seat will be filled in a special election to be called by Gov. Steve Beshear with nominees picked by Republican and Democratic committees in Carter and Lewis counties.
Two other MSU alumni serve in the Kentucky Senate. They are Sen. Johnny Ray Turner, D-Drift, and Sen. Walter Blevins, D-Sandy Hook.