Landon Sexton | |
State Senate: | Kentucky |
District: | 34th |
Term Start: | January 1, 1987 |
Term End: | February 7, 1994 |
Predecessor: | Jon Ackerson (redistricting) |
Successor: | Barry Metcalf |
Birth Date: | 28 December 1941 |
Party: | Republican |
Landon Carter Sexton (born December 28, 1941) is an American politician, and a former Republican member of the Kentucky Senate.[1] He lives in Pine Knot, Kentucky, United States.
On February 16, 1994, Sexton pleaded guilty to accepting a $5,000 cash donation from a Humana lobbyist after the 1990 General Assembly.[2] He was caught taking bribes during a widespread bribery investigation of horseracing by the FBI known as Operation Boptrot. He was sentenced to 15 weekends in jail, 2 months' home detention and two years' probation in 1994.[3]