Tim Nolan

Career Nolan was City Solicitor for Newport, Kentucky in 1976, and in that capacity Nolan "requested that Commonwealth Attorney Lou Ball investigate obscenity violations" against a local bookstore and theater.

Nolan served as a state district court judge in Campbell County, Kentucky from 1978 to 1986. He ran for the Kentucky Supreme Court in 1982, losing in the primary election.

In April 2016, Nolan unsuccessfully tried to remove and replace Senator and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention due to McConnell's lack of support for Trump. but he was removed from office days later due to controversy over a social media post. He ran on a platform of "eliminating property tax revenue for schools gradually" and finding other ways to fund education, such as selling naming rights to schools, and advocated state-supported school vouchers and raising teacher salaries. Nolan was noted as continuing to serve on the school board when being "charged with human trafficking" on May 2, 2017, but resigned from the position on May 4 after being "indicted on nine felony and two misdemeanor counts".

Criminal charges

In 2017, Nolan was charged with 28 felonies, including rape, human trafficking, witness tampering, prostitution, unlawful transaction with a minor and sodomy.

Nolan initially pleaded not guilty to the charges on May 12, 2017. On February 9, 2018, at age 71, he pleaded guilty to 21 counts going back to 2004 and included 19 victims, including seven juveniles. The agreement called for 20 years in prison and to pay a $100K fine. He entered an Alford plea for some charges. The counts indicated he engaged in human trafficking, providing drugs and alcohol to minors in exchange for sex, and threatening arrest and eviction unless sex acts were performed. On February 9, 2018, he pleaded guilty to 19 counts of child sex trafficking and human trafficking. He was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison and sent to Northpoint Training Center in the State of Kentucky.

Electoral history