Rex A. McWhorter

Background

McWhorter’s campaign website says he came to Bowling Green in 1969 to attend Western Kentucky University, earned an agriculture degree in 1973, and worked in banking, agricultural finance, business management, and residential mortgage lending before retiring in 2021. It says he has served as Fourth District magistrate since January 2015 and built his family’s life in Warren County. The official 2026 sample ballot lists him as the Republican candidate for Magistrate, Fourth Magisterial District.

Sources: Rex McWhorter campaign website, Kentucky Secretary of State — Warren County 2026 General Election Sample Ballot

What the candidate has said

Statements are attributed to the linked sources.

• Budget stewardship

  He supports responsible budgeting, fiscal discipline, and careful stewardship of taxpayer resources.

  Rex McWhorter campaign website

• Public safety

  He supports investments in fire protection, law-enforcement equipment, and emergency-warning resources.

  Rex McWhorter campaign website

• Infrastructure and development

  He supports continued investment in county roads and infrastructure, expanded broadband, workforce and economic-development efforts, and community projects such as parks and recreation.

  Rex McWhorter campaign website