Louis J. Hollenbach, IV, known as Todd Hollenbach (born July 21, 1960), is an American former

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and

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who served as the 40th

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. A Democrat, he was elected as treasurer in 2007 and re-elected in 2011. Because of

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, Hollenbach was ineligible to run for a third term as treasurer in 2015 and instead won election to a vacant seat on the Jefferson County,

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District Court in 2015.

Education

Hollenbach received his

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from the

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at Lexington in 1982 and his

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from University of Louisville School of Law in 1985. He is a graduate of

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, an all-male

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, Kentucky.

Early career

Hollenbach was an attorney in private practice from 1985 until his 2007 election as

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. Hollenbach was also commissioner of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights from 1999 to 2007. He was also a member of the bi-partisan Blue Ribbon Commission investigating the Merit Hiring System.

State Treasurer

Hollenbach won his initial election as treasurer against Melinda L. Wheeler in a landslide election in 2007 and took office as the 37th Treasurer in January 2008. In 2011, he successfully ran for a second term as treasurer against Republican K. C. Crosbie and

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Ken Moellman. During the lead-up to the

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, he said that he might run for another office but did not immediately target which office.

District Court Judge

In the 2015 general election, Hollenbach won election to a vacant seat on the Jefferson County District Court. Because the incumbent had resigned after the filing deadline for the

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and had drawn no primary opposition, a total of twenty-one candidates contested the seat. Hollenbach won with just over 19 percent of the vote; the runner-up with 11.6 percent of the ballots cast was the Republican Bob Heleringer, a former

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from Louisville.

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s are not held in Kentucky in such cases;

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prevails.

Personal life

Hollenbach is married with two children and resides in Jefferson County. He is the son of Todd Hollenbach, III, a former Jefferson County Judge (1970–1977) who presided over the Jefferson County Fiscal Court. Since 1976, the position has been known as the County Judge Executive.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hollenbach, Todd 1963 births Kentucky Democrats Kentucky state court judges Living people Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky State treasurers of Kentucky Trinity High School (Louisville) alumni University of Kentucky alumni University of Louisville School of Law alumni