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City Council, City of Campbellsville

Vote for: 6
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 10
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The city council is the City of Campbellsville's legislative body: it passes ordinances and adopts the city budget. Members are elected citywide to two-year terms; under an October 2025 ordinance the council shrinks from 12 members to six with this election.

Nonpartisan. Ten candidates, all current council members, for up to six seats: under an ordinance the council passed in October 2025, the 12-member council shrinks to six members elected citywide with this election (Central Kentucky News-Journal).

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Sharon Hoskins-Sanders

No party listedIncumbent

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Voted against shrinking the city council from 12 to six

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Voted against shrinking the city council from 12 to six
City Council agrees to shrink
News coverage · Central Kentucky News-Journal · Oct 22, 2025 · pmg-ky2.com
“No votes were cast by Sharon Hoskins-Sanders, Faye Howell, Allen Johnson, Stan McKinney and Kathy Roots-Milby.”

Allen "A. J." Johnson

No party listedIncumbent

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Voted against shrinking the city council from 12 to six

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Voted against shrinking the city council from 12 to six
City Council agrees to shrink
News coverage · Central Kentucky News-Journal · Oct 22, 2025 · pmg-ky2.com
“No votes were cast by Sharon Hoskins-Sanders, Faye Howell, Allen Johnson, Stan McKinney and Kathy Roots-Milby.”

Jacob Chewning

No party listedIncumbent

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six
City Council agrees to shrink
News coverage · Central Kentucky News-Journal · Oct 22, 2025 · pmg-ky2.com
“Voting in favor of the reduction were Jacob Chewning, Deanna Cowherd, Ronnie Dooley, John Eastridge, Jimmy Ewing, Donnie Munford and Heather Wise.”

Heather Wise

No party listedIncumbent

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six
City Council agrees to shrink
News coverage · Central Kentucky News-Journal · Oct 22, 2025 · pmg-ky2.com
“Voting in favor of the reduction were Jacob Chewning, Deanna Cowherd, Ronnie Dooley, John Eastridge, Jimmy Ewing, Donnie Munford and Heather Wise.”

James E. Ewing

No party listedIncumbent

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six
City Council agrees to shrink
News coverage · Central Kentucky News-Journal · Oct 22, 2025 · pmg-ky2.com
“Voting in favor of the reduction were Jacob Chewning, Deanna Cowherd, Ronnie Dooley, John Eastridge, Jimmy Ewing, Donnie Munford and Heather Wise.”

Stan McKinney

No party listedIncumbent

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Voted against shrinking the city council from 12 to six

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Voted against shrinking the city council from 12 to six
City Council agrees to shrink
News coverage · Central Kentucky News-Journal · Oct 22, 2025 · pmg-ky2.com
“No votes were cast by Sharon Hoskins-Sanders, Faye Howell, Allen Johnson, Stan McKinney and Kathy Roots-Milby. … Somebody tell me how this makes for a better council.”

John R. Eastridge

No party listedIncumbent

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six
City Council agrees to shrink
News coverage · Central Kentucky News-Journal · Oct 22, 2025 · pmg-ky2.com
“Voting in favor of the reduction were Jacob Chewning, Deanna Cowherd, Ronnie Dooley, John Eastridge, Jimmy Ewing, Donnie Munford and Heather Wise.”

Ronnie Dooley

No party listedIncumbent

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six
City Council agrees to shrink
News coverage · Central Kentucky News-Journal · Oct 22, 2025 · pmg-ky2.com
“Voting in favor of the reduction were Jacob Chewning, Deanna Cowherd, Ronnie Dooley, John Eastridge, Jimmy Ewing, Donnie Munford and Heather Wise. … Sometimes when you have 12 people on the council, you have so many different opinions that it holds up progress”

Deanna Kemp Cowherd

No party listedIncumbent

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six
City Council agrees to shrink
News coverage · Central Kentucky News-Journal · Oct 22, 2025 · pmg-ky2.com
“Voting in favor of the reduction were Jacob Chewning, Deanna Cowherd, Ronnie Dooley, John Eastridge, Jimmy Ewing, Donnie Munford and Heather Wise.”

Donnie Munford

No party listedIncumbent

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six

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Voted to shrink the city council from 12 to six
City Council agrees to shrink
News coverage · Central Kentucky News-Journal · Oct 22, 2025 · pmg-ky2.com
“Voting in favor of the reduction were Jacob Chewning, Deanna Cowherd, Ronnie Dooley, John Eastridge, Jimmy Ewing, Donnie Munford and Heather Wise.”

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