Leslie A McCarty
Republican · KY · Daviess County Clerk
Leslie McCarty has served two terms as Daviess County Clerk and earlier spent 15 years at the county library working with local history records. She says her focus is smooth elections, lasting land records, and good customer service.
Where Leslie A McCarty stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (4 records), Election Integrity (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 4 support
Added a free email alert service that tells property owners when a deed or mortgage is recorded in their name. The goal is to catch fraud early.
March 18, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: daviessky.org
Reopened the courthouse Records Room after a renovation that added about ten years of storage for land records. Her office also offers free online searches of recorded documents.
September 6, 2022Supports Government Efficiency
Source: daviessky.org
Finalized an election plan that replaced neighborhood precincts with 12 to 18 countywide voting centers. Any voter can use any center, and each center gets its own manager.
September 7, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: messenger-inquirer.com
Cut Daviess County's voting precincts from 85 to 56. She said the change lowered poll worker costs and put each precinct in only one state House district.
October 2, 2019Supports Government Efficiency
Source: 14news.com
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 3 support
Publicly backed Kentucky's 2021 election law. She said it made early voting, voting centers, and added security from 2020 permanent.
March 31, 2021Supports Election Integrity
Source: yahoo.com
Cut Daviess County's voting precincts from 85 to 56. She said the change lowered poll worker costs and put each precinct in only one state House district.
October 2, 2019Supports Election Integrity
Source: 14news.com
Ran a hand recount of more than 12,000 ballots in a close state House race, ordered by the Kentucky legislature. Her office's recount ended in a 6,323 to 6,323 tie.
February 2, 2019Supports Election Integrity
Source: spectrumnews1.com
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Her office issued about 9,000 hail-damage vehicle titles after the March 2025 hailstorm.
March 14, 2026
Source: messenger-inquirer.com
State Auditor found no rule-breaking and no major control problems in her office's 2024 finances.
July 24, 2025
Source: auditor.ky.gov
Won re-election as Daviess County Clerk with no opponent on the ballot.
November 8, 2022
Source: elect.ky.gov
State Auditor found her office kept inaccurate 2020 ledgers and bank records. Ledger gaps were $632,925 in receipts and $297,288 in payments. Her office said it fixed its process.
October 4, 2021
Source: auditor.ky.gov
Set up the 2020 general election during COVID-19 with six in-person voting sites, early voting, and absentee ballot drop-off sites. The June primary had used one voting site.
September 24, 2020
Source: wkyufm.org
Won election as Daviess County Clerk on 2018-11-06. She got 18,103 votes (52.5%) to 16,387 for Democrat Richard House.
November 6, 2018
Source: elect.ky.gov
Managed the Kentucky Room local history collection at the Daviess County Public Library. She recorded oral histories with World War II and Korean War veterans.
March 2, 2016
Source: kath-online.org
Past race Leslie A McCarty ran in:
- Daviess County Clerk · November 3, 2026 · Daviess County, Kentucky · incumbent