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County Judge/Executive, Campbell County

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Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The county judge/executive is the county's chief executive: presides over the fiscal court, prepares the county budget and runs county government.

Open seat: Judge/Executive Steve Pendery lost the May 19, 2026 Republican primary to Andrew "Andy" Schabell.

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Andrew "Andy" SchabellCandidate photo via LINK nky

Andrew "Andy" Schabell

Republican

Mayor of Alexandria; corporate transportation manager · Alexandria

The gist

  • Pledges a line-by-line review of the county budget
  • Supports road upgrades before adding truck-heavy industry
  • Supports state lobbying to keep NKU in Campbell County
  • Supports county funding for drug enforcement if federal aid ends
More about Andrew
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  1. Pledges a line-by-line review of the county budget

    Pendery, Schabell debate ahead of GOP primary for Campbell County judge/executive

    News coverage · LINK nky · May 8, 2026 · linknky.com

    “his first action of business would be to go line by line through the budget”
  2. Supports road upgrades before adding truck-heavy industry

    Pendery, Schabell debate ahead of GOP primary for Campbell County judge/executive

    News 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”
  3. Supports state lobbying to keep NKU in Campbell County

    Pendery, Schabell debate ahead of GOP primary for Campbell County judge/executive

    News 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”
  4. Supports county funding for drug enforcement if federal aid ends

    Pendery, Schabell debate ahead of GOP primary for Campbell County judge/executive

    News 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”

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