Charles "Buddy" Wheatley is an American politician from the

Commonwealth of Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia t ...

. Wheatley served as a member of the

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for the 65th District from 2019 to 2023. In 2018, Wheatley ran for the House of Representatives, defeating Republican Jordan Huizenga. In 2020, he ran for a second term, defeating Republican Jamir Davis. In 2022, Wheatley ran for a third term but lost to Republican Stephanie Dietz by a 51%-49% margin. On December 20, 2022, Wheatley announced that he was running for Secretary of State in

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. He was ultimately unsuccessful, losing to incumbent secretary of state Michael Adams by a 60.6%-39.4% margin.

Personal life

Wheatley graduated from the

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with a bachelor's degree in Journalism in 1983 and an additional Bachelors of English from

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(NKU) in 1997. Wheatley went on to complete his Juris Doctor from Chase Law School at NKU while serving as a Fire Chief for the Covington Fire Department in Covington, Kentucky, where he served for 20 years. Wheatley is married to Judi Godsey; they have two children.

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Buddy for Kentucky
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