David K West
Republican · KY · Jessamine County Judge/Executive
David K West has been Jessamine County Judge/Executive, who runs county government and leads the fiscal court, since 2015. He is a funeral director at Betts & West Funeral Home.
Where David K West stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Walked magistrates through the 2019-2020 county budget. It cut the money taken from savings to balance the budget from over $2 million to about $300,000. It also gave county workers a $1,400 raise.
May 3, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: jessaminejournal.com
Cast the tie-breaking vote to move ahead with plans to expand and renovate the county jail. Magistrates had split 3-3 on a motion to put the project on hold.
June 20, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: jessaminejournal.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Cast the tie-breaking vote to move ahead with plans to expand and renovate the county jail. Magistrates had split 3-3 on a motion to put the project on hold.
June 20, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: jessaminejournal.com
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Joined city and school leaders in a public statement against House Bill 5, a state tax break for bourbon warehouses. He said the county stood to lose $106,000.
February 28, 2023
Source: jessaminejournal.com
Backed the lower 8.8-cent county property tax rate after a higher 9.1-cent rate failed for lack of a second. He said new 911 and insurance fees made the lower rate the wise choice.
October 6, 2020
Source: jessaminejournal.com
Proposed keeping the Confederate soldier statue on the courthouse lawn but removing its Confederate markings. He said it should honor all county residents who served.
June 17, 2020
Source: jessaminejournal.com
Hosted the county's first Fiscal Court open house. More than 100 residents came to ask questions and hear about county department needs.
February 15, 2019
Source: jessaminejournal.com
Won re-election as Jessamine County Judge/Executive, beating Democrat Mike Cassidy 13,316 votes to 6,910.
November 6, 2018
Source: elect.ky.gov
Was sworn in as chairman of the board of the Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky at its yearly convention in Louisville.
June 21, 2018
Source: jessaminejournal.com
Asked the Kentucky Attorney General for a legal opinion on who enforces safety rules at two local mobile home parks, Cool Breeze and Leedean.
October 4, 2016
Source: jessaminejournal.com
Past race David K West ran in:
- Jessamine County Judge / Executive · November 3, 2026 · Jessamine County, Kentucky · incumbent