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Louie R. Guenthner Jr.

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Louie R. Guenthner, Jr.
Kentucky State Representative
for District 48 (Jefferson County)
In office
January 1, 1973 – December 31, 1988
Succeeded bySusan Bush Stokes
Personal details
Born(1944-08-09)August 9, 1944
DiedAugust 7, 2012(2012-08-07) (aged 67)
Louisville, Kentucky
Political partyRepublican
OccupationAttorney, Politician

Louie R. Guenthner Jr. (August 9, 1944 – August 7, 2012),[1] was an attorney from Louisville, Kentucky, who was a Republican former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, having represented the 48th District in Jefferson County from 1973 to 1988. The district included the affluent areas of Indian Hills and Prospect. He was defeated in the 1988 primary election for re-nomination to the state House by his fellow Republican, Susan Bush Stokes. He had two children, Melissa Guenthner (now Atkins) and Louis Robert Guenthner, III. He was married to Betty Guenthner, who died in 2007.

Guenthner was the Republican nominee in the 1978 United States Senate election in Kentucky; he lost to the incumbent Democrat Walter Huddleston. Six years later, Mitch McConnell, also of Jefferson County, upset Huddleston, who then became a Washington, D.C.,-based lobbyist.[2] Guenthner also made an unsuccessful run for Jefferson County judge-executive in 1985.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Longtime Kentucky state Rep. Louie Guenthner dies". The Courier-Journal. August 9, 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Grovenor to Guertler". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for United States Senator for Kentucky (Class 2)
1978
Succeeded by