Killian Timoney (born September 5, 1975) is an American politician, educator, and former Republican member of the

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from Kentucky's 45th House district from 2021 to 2025. His district comprised parts of Fayette and Jessamine counties. Timoney was defeated in the 2024 Republican primary by challenger Thomas Jefferson, who lost the general election to Democratic candidate Adam Moore.

Background

Timoney was born in

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, to first generation Irish immigrant parents. He graduated from

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before earning a

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in history and

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in education from the

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. While at UK, Timoney was a member of

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. From 1999 to 2012, Timoney worked for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government in the parks and recreation department. In 1998, he began teaching social studies at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and served as the school's assistant athletics director. He would go on to be an associate principal of Watterson Elementary School in

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, before returning Fayette County to be assistant principal of Winburn Middle School and later Director of Plant Operations. Currently, Timoney is employed by Fayette County Public Schools as a special project coordinator.

Political career

Elections

* 2020 Incumbent Republican

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withdrew from the race, and left Timoney unopposed in the 2020 Republican primary. Timoney won the

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with 14,236 votes (51.1%) against Democratic candidate Shirley Mitchell. * 2022 Timoney was unopposed in both the 2022 Republican primary and the

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, winning with 13,061 votes. * 2024 Timoney was defeated in the 2024 Republican primary, having garnered only 1,072 votes (27.9%) against challenger Thomas Jefferson.

References

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