Name: Kevin Morgan
Party: Republican
Age: 64
Education: Henderson County Senior High School (class of 1979); Henderson County Vocational School (Class of 1979); Associate in Science – Henderson Community College (Class of 1996); Bachelor of Science in Business – Brescia University (Class of 2002); Masters of Science in Management – Brescia University. (Class of 2006)
I was a member of the Alpha Chi Honor Society and was awarded their leadership award in 2002.
Professional experience: I have experience in construction design and management; corporate publications; training and instruction; management; procurement; customer service; Quality Assurance; Lean Six Sigma; drafting; freight transportation; automation device repair/replacement and management as an imbedded resource in heavy industry for over 21 years.
I worked for PB&S Chemical/Brenntag for 24 years beginning my career in the chemical repackaging plant and eventually advancing to the position of Operations Specialist reporting to the Vice President of Operations. I designed and managed many construction and equipment design projects in West Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana and Kentucky. I managed the publication of the Brenntag Corporate magazine, managed ISO 9002 processes for the Operations Group of Brenntag, and installed many of the chemical process piping and equipment that I designed.
I have been in my current position for 21-plus years. I manage automation device repair, replacement and inventory management for two accounts where I am embedded. I have responsibility for reporting and professional customer service, and I am available to my customers 24/7/365.
Current occupation: Asset Management Professional – Rockwell Automation, supporting heavy industry. I am a part-time certified Motorcycle Safety Foundation/Harley Davidson Motorcycle Coach serving Evansville, IN, Paducah, KY and Bowling Green, KY. My fiancé and I also founded a Feral and Stray Cat Assistance Organization – Misti’s Promise Feral and Stray Cat Assistance Organization, in 2025.
Family: Engaged to Carol Lawson.; two adult children (Devin Morgan (Ashely) and Katelyn Alexander (Stephen;) and three grandchildren (Addison, Liam and James Morgan).
Why did you decide to run for this office?
I believe that we are all called to give back to our community. I have spent my adult life doing just that. Now, as I consider my retirement from my second career, I believe I can contribute to the betterment of our community through public service as the Magistrate in the very district I call home. District 4 is where Carol and I perform most of our cat assistance work, providing medical care, food, shelter and arranging spay/neuter services to reduce stray and feral cat populations, humanely, thus helping our community with this issue.
Carol and I attend church in this district and we both have lived a lot of history in District 4.
I believe God’s plan for me is to serve our community and Carol and I agreed that District 4 is where I can serve the community the best.
Why do you believe you are the best choice for this seat?
I grew up in Henderson. I attended high school here. I attended Weaverton Elementary school.
I founded an assistance program for middle-school children at Bennett Memorial United Methodist Church in the 1990’s.
I was a Site-Based Council member at South Middle School for three years.
I mentored children in two schools in District 4, and I attend church in the East End.
I have called District 4 my home since 2011.
In short, I am invested in Henderson County, but most of all, I am invested in District 4. District 4 is my home. I earned an education and life experiences that I will continue to use to help all citizens in Henderson County regardless of the outcome of this election – but I feel my skills are better served as a member of the Henderson County Fiscal Court.
I believe that the people of Henderson County should be served with the same professional commitment that I bring to everything I do. I think the people of our community deserve the best and I am committed to delivering my best to them, every day.
What are your top priorities for the next term, if elected?
I believe Henderson County is at a crossroads and our future path will be determined by decisions made over the next four years. With new highway routes, green energy projects and the need for new and better paying jobs for our citizens, we need to research and weigh every opportunity that presents itself so we can eliminate those projects that look great on paper, but that bring no real value to Henderson, and support those that add real value to the lives of ALL Henderson County Citizens. Our job is to ensure the fiscal management of this county and do so in the manner that best serves our citizens.
That said, I feel our county’s biggest challenges are the three current green energy investment projects planned for our county by corporations residing outside of our community. To properly serve the people of our county in this regard, we must completely investigate and review every aspect of each Green Energy project—existing and planned—to ensure we make the best choices for every citizen of Henderson County. When reviewing these projects—and future projects like them—we must consider the needs of the one, as well as the wants of the many. We must ensure that any choice we make is safe for everyone without sacrificing any member of the community. We need facts from unbiased sources to honorably serve the citizens of Henderson County. And we must do a better job of communicating the proposals, facts regarding safety, benefits and potential harm of these projects. Most of all, we must ensure that anything we approve does not increase the tax burden on our citizens. Henderson deserves better than we have been receiving in this regard.
As someone who has spent nearly 22 years working for heavy industry customers, observing highly skilled mechanics, welders, electricians and automation technicians—from Kentucky—earning high wages in other states, I would like to see more focus on affordable adult vocational training to attract large and medium industrial and commercial employers to our county, to complement existing industries we already have. I have been told that many of our local industries are staffed by out-of-county employees because we do not produce enough technically educated folks who can hold those jobs. I recall stories of how—in the early 1970s—Big Rivers, Eaton Axle and Firestone agreed to come to Henderson if our schools provided local vocational education to produce the mechanics, welders and machinists required to staff those plants. I was one of those who took advantage of vocational education, and it served me well. Skilled crafts-people are in big demand as many skilled laborers are retiring. Many communities have not taken up the challenge of meeting that demand. Henderson could benefit by increasing the focus on adult vocational education by being a leader in the training education arena. That, in turn, could lead to interest from new business investment.
Our community college is doing a fair job at providing some vocational education skill curriculum, but I find a better concentration at dedicated technical colleges. I have personal experience in comparing these services and feel Henderson needs a more diverse and more focused technical education offering that is designed to support high-paying skilled craft work needed by tri-state manufactures.
A final brief statement to support your candidacy. I believe we are all called to serve our communities and to help our neighbors. It has been a way of life for me that I feel will help me to be an effective Magistrate. These folks are my neighbors, my friends, my church and my family. It would be my pleasure to serve District 4.
