John Schickel

John Schickel
Member of the Kentucky Senate
from the 11th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2009
Preceded byDick Roeding
Personal details
Born (1954-03-29) March 29, 1954 (age 70)
Union County, Kentucky, U.S.
Residence(s)Union, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma materNorthern Kentucky University
Occupationretired law enforcement officer
Websitewww.lrc.ky.gov/...

John Schickel (born March 29, 1954) is an American Republican politician. He is a member of the Kentucky State Senate, being first elected in 2008.[1][2] He is not running for reelection in 2024.

Schickel earned an M.P.A. degree from Northern Kentucky University.[3] A retired law enforcement officer,[3] he served as a Florence police officer for over a decade, the Boone County jailer from 1987 through 2001, and a U.S. marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2002 through 2008.[4][5]

Senator Schickel has filed suit to overturn a $1000 (one thousand dollar) limit on undisclosed gifts to elected officials in Kentucky—as a violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.[6]

  1. ^ "John Schickel's Political Summary". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "John Schickel". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Senate District 11: Senator John Schickel (R)". Kentucky Legislature. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  4. ^ "Panel OKs jailer as U.S. marshal". The Cincinnati Enquirer. March 9, 2002.
  5. ^ "Election 2012: Newcomer challenges incumbent senator in Boone County". Cincinnati.com. April 17, 2012. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014.
  6. ^ "Kentucky Republican state Senator: the First Amendment protects my right to receive bribes," Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing, 24 September 2015