Terry McBrayer

{{Short description|American politician (1937–2020)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Terry McBrayer

| image =

|office = Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives

|constituency = 76th district (1966–1972)
98th district (1972–1976)

| term_start = January 1, 1966

| term_end = January 1, 1976

| predecessor = Pete Nicholls

| successor = Ron Cyrus

|birth_date = {{birth date|1937|09|01}}

|birth_place =

|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|11|1937|09|01}}

|death_place =

| party = Democratic

}}

Walter Terry McBrayer (September 1, 1937 – October 11, 2020){{cite news|url=https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article246377295.html |title=W. Terry McBrayer, influential Lexington lawyer, lobbyist and politician, dies at 83 |website=Lexiton Herald Leader|access-date=11 October 2020}} was an American lobbyist, attorney, and Democratic politician.

McBrayer was born in Ironton, Ohio. He lived in Greenup, Kentucky and was the senior partner and lead lobbyist for the influential McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland law firm. He was a graduate of Morehead State University and Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville.[https://milwardfuneral.com/obituaries/869-walter-terry-mcbrayer Walter Terry McBrayer-obituary]

McBrayer served in the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing Kentucky's 98th legislative district (Greenup County), from 1966 until his retirement in 1976. During his tenure, McBrayer was elected Speaker Pro-Tempore (1968–1969) and Majority Floor Leader (1970–1972). He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1979,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/archivesearch?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Search+Archives&as_epq=terry+mcbrayer&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_user_ldate=&as_user_hdate=&lr=&as_src=&as_price=p1&as_scoring=a|title=Mcbrayer, Carroll Stress Party Unity in Rally Here|last=Atchley|first=Lowell|date=9 May 1979|work=Kentucky New Era|page=1|accessdate=23 April 2011}} losing in the Democratic primary after a third-place finish (26% of the vote) in a nine-way race to John Y. Brown Jr. (the nominee and eventual winner of the general election) and Harvey Sloane.{{Cite web |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/1973-1979/76-79/79pgov_ltgov.txt |title=1979 Primary Election Results: Governor/Lt.Governor |author= |date= |publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections |website=Ky.gov |accessdate=August 14, 2019 |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}

McBrayer served as President Clinton's Authorized Representative for Kentucky during the 1992 and 1996 campaigns. In 1995, McBrayer was elected chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party and was a committeeman for the Democratic National Committee.

McBrayer died on October 11, 2020, in Lexington, Kentucky, aged 83 of cancer.