Paducah elections · Candidate listing
J. W. "Bill" Bartleman
County Commissioner, 1st District
Republican Party · Incumbent
Election day:
Background
Bartleman is the incumbent McCracken County Commissioner for the 1st District and is listed as the Republican candidate for that district on the November 3, 2026 ballot. No further background or current local-issue positions were found in the reviewed sources.
Sources: The Ballot Brief, 1st District commissioner race, Kentucky Secretary of State, McCracken County sample ballot
What the candidate has said
Statements are attributed to the linked sources.
County employee pay
Bartleman said a compromise was being finalized to provide county employees with “meaningful salary increases.”
West Kentucky Star
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