Andrew "Andy" Schabell
Candidate for County Judge/Executive, Campbell County
Background
- Occupation
- Mayor of Alexandria; corporate transportation manager
- Lives in
- Alexandria
Mayor of Alexandria since 2019 after three terms on its city council, he is a corporate transportation manager at Darling Ingredients in Cold Spring. He won the May 2026 Republican primary over Judge/Executive Steve Pendery, who was first elected in 1998.
Photo: Candidate photo via LINK nky
Documented positions
Taxes & budget
Pledges a line-by-line review of the county budget
He named it his first action if elected; as Alexandria's mayor he cut the city's two full-time office clerks to one full-time and one part-time when a clerk retired.
ReportPendery, Schabell debate ahead of GOP primary for Campbell County judge/executiveNews coverage · LINK nky · May 8, 2026 · linknky.com
“his first action of business would be to go line by line through the budget”
Public safety
Supports county funding for drug enforcement if federal aid ends
About the Northern Kentucky Regional Drug Strike Force, in which Alexandria's officers take part.
ReportPendery, Schabell debate ahead of GOP primary for Campbell County judge/executiveNews coverage · LINK nky · May 8, 2026 · linknky.com
“If the federal government doesn't fund that, as they should, the county government should step in and work hard to find other sources”
Education
Supports state lobbying to keep NKU in Campbell County
Raised after plans for Chase Law School to leave Northern Kentucky University's Highland Heights campus.
ReportPendery, Schabell debate ahead of GOP primary for Campbell County judge/executiveNews coverage · LINK nky · May 8, 2026 · linknky.com
“the judge/executive should work very hard with our state leadership to make sure that NKU stays in Campbell County”
Roads & infrastructure
Supports road upgrades before adding truck-heavy industry
ReportPendery, Schabell debate ahead of GOP primary for Campbell County judge/executiveNews coverage · LINK nky · May 8, 2026 · linknky.com
“We're going to need to build our infrastructure around here ... U.S. 27 can't handle an extra 400 trucks a day”
All sources (5)
- Campbell County Sample Ballot, General Election, November 3, 2026 (composite ballot published under KRS 424.290)
Election filing · Campbell County Clerk (posted by the Kentucky Secretary of State) · web.sos.ky.gov
- 2026 General Election Candidate Filings (Ballot Order; * denotes incumbent)
Election filing · Campbell County Clerk · campbellcountyclerk.ky.gov
- Andy Schabell: candidate profile, Campbell County Judge/Executive
Candidate questionnaire · LINK nky · linknky.com
- Elected Officials: Judge/Executive and County Commissioners
Government record · Campbell County Fiscal Court · campbellcountyky.gov
- Pendery, Schabell debate ahead of GOP primary for Campbell County judge/executive
News coverage · LINK nky · May 8, 2026 · linknky.com
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