Misplaced Pages

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Denver Butler" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Denver Butler" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help improve this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed. (January 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. (January 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Denver Earl "Denny" Butler Jr. (born 1970) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Butler represented District 38 from January 2013 to January 2017.

Education

Butler attended Jefferson Community College (now Jefferson Community and Technical College), and earned his BA and BS in justice administration from the University of Louisville. His father, Denver Butler Sr. served in the House of Representatives for District 38 from 1989 to 2007.

Elections

• 2016 Butler was unopposed in the Republican Primary and lost to Democratic nominee McKenzie Cantrell 7,600 votes (50.87%) to 7,341 votes (49.13%).

On November 19, 2015, Butler announced he was switching parties and filing for re-election as a Republican.

• 2014 Butler was unopposed in the Democratic Primary and the General Election.
• 2012 To challenge District 38 incumbent Republican Representative Mike Nemes, Butler was unopposed for the May 22, 2012, Democratic Primary and won the November 6, 2012, General election, with 7,893 votes (59.2%) against Representative Nemes.

References

1. "Denver Butler's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
2. "Louisville race key in fight for Ky House".
3. "Denver "Denny" Butler". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
4. "House Democrat from Louisville switches parties".
5. "Commonwealth of Kentucky May 22, 2012 Official 2012 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Frankfort, Kentucky: Secretary of State of Kentucky. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
6. "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 6, 2012 Official 2012 General Election Results" (PDF). Frankfort, Kentucky: Secretary of State of Kentucky. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.

External links

• Official page at the Kentucky General Assembly
• Campaign site
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Denver "Denny" Butler at Ballotpedia
• Denver Butler at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

• Living people
• Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky
• University of Louisville alumni
• 21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly
• 1970 births
• Democratic Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
• Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives