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A Proven Prosecutor. A Bold Reformer. A Lifelong Kentuckian.
Rick Hardin is a lifelong Kentuckian who grew up across Louisville and began working at 14, holding jobs in restaurants and small businesses while playing football and baseball at Waggener High School. After high school, he worked his way through college—attending Jefferson Community College and later the University of Kentucky, where he earned a degree in Political Science and Psychology while raising his first child.
Rick went on to attend Appalachian School of Law, passed the Kentucky Bar, and built a legal career serving communities across Brandenburg, Hardinsburg, and Leitchfield. In 2018, he was elected Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 46th Judicial Circuit (Meade, Breckinridge, and Grayson Counties) and was re-elected in 2024 without opposition.
A husband and father of four, Rick lives in rural Kentucky, where he built his family home by hand. His career in law, prosecution, and community leadership has shaped his belief in individual accountability, limited government, and structural reform. He is running for Governor to restore power to the people of Kentucky and build a government grounded in liberty, responsibility, and the rule of law.
