Tom Emberton

Career

Backed by term-limited Governor Louie B. Nunn, Emberton lost to the Democratic Lieutenant Governor Wendell H. Ford, later a United States. senator Ford polled 470,720 votes (506 percent) to Emberton"s 412,653 (443 percent). Former Democratic United States. Senator and Governor Happy Chandler of Versailles received the remaining 39,493 votes (51 percent), running as an Independent.

In 1987, Democratic Governor Wallace Wilkinson appointed Emberton to fill a vacancy on the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

He held that position until his retirement in 2004. Emberton resides in Edmonton, the seat of Metcalfe County in southern Kentucky.

Achievements

• In 1980, Emberton ran in Kentucky"s 5th congressional district but lost the primary to the eventual winner, Hal Rogers of Somerset in Pulaski County, who still holds the seat.

Membership

Prior to his gubernatorial candidacy, Emberton served as a member of the Public Service Commission in the Nunn administration.