Larry Elkins | |
State House: | Kentucky |
District: | 5th |
Term Start: | January 1, 2019 |
Term End: | January 1, 2021 |
Predecessor: | Kenny Imes |
Successor: | Mary Beth Imes |
Office1: | Judge/Executive of Calloway County |
Term Start1: | January 4, 1999 |
Term End1: | September 30, 2018 |
Successor1: | Kenny Imes |
Birth Place: | Murray, Kentucky, U.S.[1] |
Party: | Republican (since 2015) |
Otherparty: | Independent (2013–2015) Democratic (before 2013) |
Spouse: | Janie |
Children: | 3 |
Residence: | Murray, Kentucky, U.S.[2] |
Alma Mater: | Murray State University |
Larry Elkins is an American politician who served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 and as Judge/Executive of Calloway County from 1999 to 2018.
Elkins was born in Murray, Kentucky. He served in the United States Army. He holds a degree from Murray State University.
First elected Judge/Executive in 1998 as a member of the Democratic Party, he became an independent in May 2013.[3] He switched parties again to the Republican party in December 2015.[4] He resigned as Judge/Executive in September 2018 in order to run for the Kentucky House of Representatives.[5] Elkins was elected to represent the 5th district in 2018. He did not seek reelection in 2020.[6]