LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A push to disqualify a Louisville state representative from running for a second term has been shut down.
A judge denied Dennis Horlander's complaint about Nima Kulkarni.
In 2018, Kulkarni won the District 40 seat in Louisville over Horlander, who was a 20-year incumbent. Both are Democrats.
Horlander recently filed a complaint challenging Kulkarni's paperwork to run for reelection this year.
In the complaint, Horlander said one of the names on Kulkarni's candidates petition was not a fellow Democrat, at least not on paper. The name in question is Sharon LaRue, the executive director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women, who registered as a Republican in 1998.
LaRue changed her party affiliation in January, but not before the filing deadline. Horlander's attorney said she voted in the Republican primary in 2023.
Kulkarni, an immigration attorney, became the first Indian American ever elected to Kentucky's House of Representatives. She testified last week, but LaRue did not take the stand.
The case harkens back to a 1987 Kentucky Supreme Court decision. Kulkarni's legal team contended that the law has since changed.
But Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Mitch Perry ultimately ruled in Kulkarni's favor.
Horlander's attorney said he will appeal the ruling. Kulkarni has no Republican challenger in the race.
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