C. B. Embry

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = C. B. Embry

| image = CB Embry.jpg

| caption = Embry waving to a crowd in 2015

| state_senate = Kentucky

| district = 6th

| term_start = January 1, 2015

| term_end = September 26, 2022

| predecessor = Jerry Rhoads

| successor = Lindsey Tichenor (redistricting)

| state_house1 = Kentucky

| district1 = 17th

| term_start1 = January 1, 2003

| term_end1 = January 1, 2015

| predecessor1 = Willard Allen

| successor1 = Jim DeCesare

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|7|29}}

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|9|29|1941|7|29}}

| death_place = Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.

| party = Republican

| spouse =

| children =

| residence = Morgantown, Kentucky

| alma_mater = Duke University
Kentucky Wesleyan College
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
Western Kentucky University (B.S.) 1963

| profession =

| website =

}}

Carlos Brogdon Embry Jr. (July 29, 1941 – September 29, 2022) was an American politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 6 from January 1, 2015, until September 26, 2022, when he resigned due to cancer.{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/35065 |title= C.B. Embry, Jr.'s Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= April 30, 2014}}C.B. Embry resigned; {{cite web |title=Sen. C.B. Embry Formally Resigns Senate Seat |url=https://www.kentuckyfried.com/sen-c-b-embry-formally-resigns-senate-seat/ |website=www.kentuckyfried.com |access-date=27 September 2022 |date=26 September 2022}} He previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives starting on January 1, 2003, and leaving office on January 1, 2015, to serve in the Kentucky Senate. Embry was a mayor of Beaver Dam, Kentucky from 1970 until 1973. Embry died three days after his resignation from the senate for health reasons at a hospice in Bowling Green, at the age of 81.{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/carlos-embry-obituary?id=36681359 | title=Carlos "C. B." Embry Jr. Obituary (2022) | website=Legacy.com }}[https://kychamberbottomline.com/2022/09/30/state-senator-c-b-embry-passes-away-after-cancer-battle/ State Senator C.B. Embry passes away after cancer battle]

Education

Embry attended Duke University, Kentucky Wesleyan College, University of Kentucky, and University of Louisville, and earned his B.S. in English and geography from Western Kentucky University.

Elections

On September 26, 2022, Embry resigned, resulting in the Kentucky Senate District 6 seat becoming vacant. On November 8, 2022, Republican nominee Lindsey Tichenor defeated write-in Democratic candidate Brian Easley. Tichenor was sworn in on January 1, 2023, officially replacing Embry in the Kentucky Senate.{{Cite web |title=C.B. Embry, Jr. |url=https://ballotpedia.org/C.B._Embry,_Jr. |access-date=February 25, 2023 |website=Ballotpedia |language=}}

2018 Embry was unopposed for the May 22, 2018 Republican Primary and defeated Democratic nominee Crystal Chappell in the November 6, 2018 General Election winning with 27,139 votes (67.2%).
2014 Embry was unopposed for the May 20, 2014 Republican Primary and defeated Democratic nominee William Cox Jr. in the November 4, 2014 General Election winning with 21,591 votes (57.1%).
2012 Embry was unopposed for both the May 22, 2012 Republican Primary{{cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky May 22, 2012 Official 2012 Primary Election Results |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012offpriresults.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103152601/http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012offpriresults.pdf |archivedate=November 3, 2014 |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |publisher=Secretary of State of Kentucky |page=23 |location=Frankfort, Kentucky}} and the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 13,077 votes.{{cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 6, 2012 Official 2012 General Election Results |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012genresults.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611025244/http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012genresults.pdf |archivedate=June 11, 2014 |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |publisher=Secretary of State of Kentucky |page=30 |location=Frankfort, Kentucky}}
2010 Embry was unopposed for the May 18, 2010 Republican Primary{{cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky May 18, 2010 Official 2010 Primary Election Results |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2010/off2010pri.pdf |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |publisher=Secretary of State of Kentucky |page=22 |location=Frankfort, Kentucky}} and the November 2, 2010 General election, winning with 11,118 votes (79.7%) against Democratic nominee Les Russell.{{cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 2, 2010 Official 2010 General Election Results |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2010/off2010gen.pdf |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |publisher=Secretary of State of Kentucky |page=34 |location=Frankfort, Kentucky}}
2008 Embry was unopposed for both the 2008 Republican Primary{{cite web |title=2008 Primary Election |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2008/Primary%20Election/STATEwide%20by%20office%20Pri%2008.txt |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |publisher=Kentucky State Board of Elections |location=Frankfort, Kentucky}} and the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 13,249 votes.{{cite web |title=2008 General Election |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2008/General%20Election/STATEwide%20by%20office%20gen%2008.txt |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |publisher=Kentucky State Board of Elections |location=Frankfort, Kentucky}}
2006 Embry was unopposed for both the 2006 Republican Primary{{cite web |url= http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2006/Primary%20Election/STATEresultsbyoffice.txt |title= 2006 Primary Election |publisher= Kentucky State Board of Elections |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= April 30, 2014}} and the November 7, 2006 General election, winning with 9,830 votes.{{cite web |url= http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2006/General%20Election/STATEwidebyoffice.txt |title= 2006 General Election |publisher= Kentucky State Board of Elections |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= April 30, 2014}}
2004 Embry was challenged in the 2004 Republican Primary, winning with 2,176 votes (74.3%){{cite web |title=2004 Primary Election |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2004/Primary%20Election/STATEwidebyoffice.txt |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224165808/http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2004/Primary%20Election/STATEwidebyoffice.txt |archivedate=December 24, 2014 |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |publisher=Kentucky State Board of Elections |location=Frankfort, Kentucky}} and won the November 2, 2004 General election with 11,045 votes (69.3%) against Democratic nominee Larry Ashlock.{{cite web |title=2004 General Election |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2004/General%20Election/2004statebyoffice.txt |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224121418/http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2004/General%20Election/2004statebyoffice.txt |archivedate=December 24, 2014 |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |publisher=Kentucky State Board of Elections |location=Frankfort, Kentucky}}
2002 When District 17 Representative Woody Allen left the Legislature and left the seat open, Embry won the three-way 2002 Republican Primary with 3,164 votes (43.1%){{cite web |title=2002 Primary Election |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2002/Primary%20Election/pristatebyoffice.txt |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |publisher=Kentucky State Board of Elections |location=Frankfort, Kentucky}} and won the November 5, 2002 General election with 7,518 votes (66.4%) against Democratic nominee James Hampton.{{cite web |title=2002 General Election |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2002/General%20Election/2002statebyoffice.txt |accessdate=April 30, 2014 |publisher=Kentucky State Board of Elections |location=Frankfort, Kentucky}}

References

External links

[http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/S006.htm Official page] at the Kentucky General Assembly
{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 35065 | fec = | congress = }}
[http://ballotpedia.org/C.B._Embry,_Jr. C. B. Embry, Jr.] at Ballotpedia
[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=5142 C B Embry Jr] at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

Category:1941 births

Category:2022 deaths

Category:Duke University alumni

Category:Kentucky Wesleyan College alumni

Category:20th-century mayors of places in Kentucky

Category:Republican Party Kentucky state senators

Category:Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives

Category:People from Morgantown, Kentucky

Category:Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky

Category:University of Kentucky alumni

Category:University of Louisville alumni

Category:Western Kentucky University alumni

Category:People from Beaver Dam, Kentucky

Category:21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly