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{{Short description|American politician (born 1949)}}
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|state_senate = Kentucky
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| name = Johnny Ray Turner
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|state = Kentucky
| image = Officials cut ribbon on Shepherd Street Bridge (3) (cropped).jpg
|district = 29th
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| state_senate = Kentucky
|term start = 2000
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| state = Kentucky
|preceded = Benny Ray Bailey, Sr.|succeeded = Incumbent
| district = [[Kentucky's 29th Senate district|29th]]
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|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| term_start = January 1, 2001
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|12|19|}}
| term_end = January 1, 2021
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| preceded = [[Benny Ray Bailey]]
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| succeeded = [[Johnnie Turner (Kentucky politician)|Johnnie Turner]]
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| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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|alma_mater = [[Morehead State University]]
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|profession = Retired teacher, basketball coach, Dean of Students
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|residence = Drift, [[Kentucky]]
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'''Johnny Ray Turner''' (born December 19, 1949) is an American politician. He is a former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Kentucky Senate]], representing the 29th District from 2001 to 2021. He served as Minority Caucus Chair from 2003 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/18843/johnnie-turner|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423023935/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/18843/johnnie-turner|archive-date=2021-04-23|access-date=2021-04-23|website=justfacts.votesmart.org|language=en}}</ref>


In April 2007, Turner was sentenced to three months' home detention and one year of probation for "non-willful" [[Electoral fraud|vote buying]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 May 2005|title=Kentucky: State Senator indicted for vote fraud|url=http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/003058.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202844/http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/003058.html|archive-date=2016-03-03|access-date=2009-01-07|website=votelaw.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Music|first=Mary|date=2013|title=Floyd County Times (KY) - Turner indicted on conspiracy mail fraud charges|url=http://www.floydcountytimes.com/view/full_story/1412406/article-Turner-indicted-on-conspiracy--mail-fraud-charges|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410202058/http://www.floydcountytimes.com/view/full_story/1412406/article-Turner-indicted-on-conspiracy--mail-fraud-charges|archive-date=2013-04-10|website=floydcountytimes.com|access-date=2013-02-21}}</ref>
'''Johnny Ray Turner''' is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Kentucky Senate]], representing the 29th District since 2000. He is currently Minority Caucus Chair.


==History==
== References ==
{{POV-section|date=December 2008}}
In 1983 Knott county businessman Benny Ray Bailey defeated retired state transportation employee Ray Turner for the 29th district State Senate seat. Upon his victory, Bailey sent a certificate to Mr. Turner declaring him an honorary state senator (this action was viewed as an insult). Twenty-one years later Ray Turners' son, Johnny, threw his hat into the ring for the 29th district State Senate seat. Turner, a political novice, fought a rematch against the same man who defeated his father twenty-one years before. Turner in no way had an easy campaign. In fact just a month before the election Turner faced a 36 point deficit in the polls. Turner turned these polls around with a campaign commercial that labeled senator Bailey as someone who lived in the 29th district but worked for the 30th district. The following is a 30-second TV spot that is considered to be what put turner over the top:


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::ANNOUNCER: ''Did you hear the one about the state senator who lives in Knott County making a wrong turn on Highway 80? Instead of turning the right way to go home, he heads the wrong way to Hazard where his business interests are. If this is a joke, why aren't the people of Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson and Knott counties laughing?''

::TURNER: ''It's time for a real change in Frankfort.''

::ANNOUNCER: ''Johnny Ray Turner - real leadership for real results.''

When election night came Johnny Ray Turner won the 29th district state senate democratic primary with 54 percent of the vote. Since then (both in 2004 and in 2008) Senator Turner has been challenged by former senator Baileys' nephew Eric Shane Hamilton. In the 2004 campaign senator Turner won re-election by just 24 votes. In the 2008 election Senator Turner was once again challenged by Mr. Hamilton. In this election Senator Turner was once again re-elected capturing 53.5 percent of the vote.

== Controversies ==

=== Vote-buying Scandal ===
On May 5, 2005, Turner and two co-conspirators were indicted on federal charges of voter fraud stemming from the 2000 race against Bailey. The indictment claimed that the defendants illegally funneled money in order to buy votes, and that they filed false campaign finance reports to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.<ref>http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/003058.html</ref> On December 13, 2006, Turner pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and was later sentenced to three months home detention and a year of probation. Meanwhile, Turner's cousin and campaign manager, Glenn Turner, was convicted and sentenced to six months in prison for lying to a federal grand jury about the source of campaign donations involving a 2002 judicial race.

== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/S029.htm Kentucky Legislature - Senator Johnny Ray Turner] official government site
*[http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/S029.htm Kentucky Legislature - Senator Johnny Ray Turner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231180804/http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/S029.htm |date=December 31, 2009 }} official government site
*[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=35125 Project Vote Smart - Senator Johnny Ray Turner (KY)] profile
*[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=35125 Project Vote Smart - Senator Johnny Ray Turner (KY)] profile
*''Follow the Money'' - Johnny Ray Turner
*''Follow the Money'' - Johnny Ray Turner
**[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=101166 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=91280 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=63576 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=61917 2000] campaign contributions
**[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=101166 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=91280 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=63576 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=61917 2000] campaign contributions
*[http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/SearchVotes.aspx?EntityID=7399&Keywords=&op=Search KentuckyVotes.org - Sen. Johnny Ray Turner] bills introduced and voting record
*[http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/SearchVotes.aspx?EntityID=7399&Keywords=&op=Search KentuckyVotes.org - Sen. Johnny Ray Turner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219220612/http://kentuckyvotes.org/SearchVotes.aspx?EntityID=7399&Keywords=&op=Search |date=2014-12-19 }} bills introduced and voting record
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Latest revision as of 04:57, 5 December 2024

Not to be confused with Johnnie Turner (Kentucky politician) or Johnnie Turner.
Johnny Ray Turner
Member of the Kentucky Senate
from the 29th district
In office
January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2021
Preceded byBenny Ray Bailey
Succeeded byJohnnie Turner
Personal details
Born (1949-12-19) December 19, 1949 (age 75)
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Drift, Kentucky
Alma materMorehead State University
ProfessionRetired teacher, basketball coach, Dean of Students

Johnny Ray Turner (born December 19, 1949) is an American politician. He is a former Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate, representing the 29th District from 2001 to 2021. He served as Minority Caucus Chair from 2003 to 2014.[1]

In April 2007, Turner was sentenced to three months' home detention and one year of probation for "non-willful" vote buying.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System". justfacts.votesmart.org. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Kentucky: State Senator indicted for vote fraud". votelaw.com. May 5, 2005. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  3. ^ Music, Mary (2013). "Floyd County Times (KY) - Turner indicted on conspiracy mail fraud charges". floydcountytimes.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
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