Johnny Bell

{{short description|American politician}} {{for|the Canadian football player|Johnny Bell (Canadian football)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Johnny Bell | image = | office = Majority Whip of the Kentucky House of Representatives | term_start = January 6, 2015 | term_end = January 1, 2017 | predecessor = Tommy Thompson | successor = Kevin Bratcher | state_house1 = Kentucky | district1 = 23rd | term_start1 = January 1, 2007 | term_end1 = January 1, 2017 | predecessor1 = Steve Nunn | successor1 = Steve Riley | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|6|15}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Western Kentucky University<br />Salmon P. Chase College of Law | profession = Attorney | website = }}

'''Johnny W. Bell''' (born June 15, 1965) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing District 23<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/58052 |title= Johnny Bell's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= April 10, 2022}}</ref> from 2007 to 2017. He also served as the Majority Whip of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2015 to 2016. He did not seek reelection in 2016.

==Education== Bell earned his BS from Western Kentucky University and his JD from Northern Kentucky University.

==Elections== *2012 Bell was unopposed for both the May 22, 2012 Democratic Primary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012offpriresults.pdf |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky May 22, 2012 Official 2012 Primary Election Results |page=24 |publisher=Secretary of State of Kentucky |location=Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate=April 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103152601/http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012offpriresults.pdf |archivedate=November 3, 2014 }}</ref> and the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 12,250 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012genresults.pdf |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 6, 2012 Official 2012 General Election Results |page=33 |publisher=Secretary of State of Kentucky |location=Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate=April 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611025244/http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012genresults.pdf |archivedate=June 11, 2014 }}</ref> *2006 To challenge District 23 incumbent Republican Representative Steve Nunn, Bell was unopposed for the 2006 Democratic Primary<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2006/Primary%20Election/STATEresultsbyoffice.txt |title= 2006 Primary Election |publisher= Kentucky State Board of Elections |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= April 29, 2014}}</ref> and won the November 7, 2006 General election with 6,652 votes (53.4%) against Representative Nunn.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2006/General%20Election/STATEwidebyoffice.txt |title= 2006 General Election |publisher= Kentucky State Board of Elections |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= April 29, 2014}}</ref> *2008 Bell was unopposed for both the 2008 Democratic Primary<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2008/Primary%20Election/STATEwide%20by%20office%20Pri%2008.txt |title= 2008 Primary Election |publisher= Kentucky State Board of Elections |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= April 29, 2014}}</ref> and the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 12,418 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2008/General%20Election/STATEwide%20by%20office%20gen%2008.txt |title= 2008 General Election |publisher= Kentucky State Board of Elections |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= April 29, 2014}}</ref> *2010 Bell was unopposed for the May 18, 2010 Democratic Primary<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2010/off2010pri.pdf |title= Commonwealth of Kentucky May 18, 2010 Official 2010 Primary Election Results |page= 23 |publisher= Secretary of State of Kentucky |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= April 29, 2014}}</ref> and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 7,741 votes (56.7%) against Republican nominee Pam Browning.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2010/off2010gen.pdf |title= Commonwealth of Kentucky November 2, 2010 Official 2010 General Election Results |page= 36 |publisher= Secretary of State of Kentucky |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= April 29, 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/H023.htm Official page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709190453/http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/H023.htm |date=2018-07-09 }} at the Kentucky General Assembly *{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 58052 | fec = | congress = }} *[https://ballotpedia.org/Johnny_Bell Johnny Bell] at Ballotpedia *[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=7997 Johnny W. Bell] at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

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