Walter Blevins

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Walter Blevins

| image =

| office = Judge/Executive of Rowan County

| term_start = January 5, 2015

| term_end = December 31, 2018

| predecessor = Jim Nickell

| successor = Harry Clark

| office2 = Majority Whip of the Kentucky Senate

| term_start2 = January 5, 1999

| term_end2 = August 22, 1999

| predecessor2 = Fred Bradley

| successor2 = Elizabeth Tori

| office3 = President pro tempore of the
Kentucky Senate

| term_start3 = January 7, 1997

| term_end3 = January 5, 1999

| predecessor3 = Charles W. Berger

| successor3 = Joey Pendleton

| state_senate4 = Kentucky

| district4 = 27th

| term_start4 = January 9, 1992

| term_end4 = January 4, 2015

| predecessor4 = Woody May

| successor4 = Steve West

| state_house5 = Kentucky

| district5 = 71st

| term_start5 = January 1, 1982

| term_end5 = January 9, 1992

| predecessor5 = Woody May

| successor5 = Jerry Ravenscraft

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|29}}

| birth_place = Paintsville, Kentucky, U.S.

| party = Democratic

| education = Morehead State University (BS)
University of Kentucky (DDM)

}}

Walter "Doc" Blevins Jr. (born March 29, 1950) is an American politician from Kentucky who was the Judge/Executive of Rowan County, a member of the Kentucky Senate, and a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Blevins was first elected to the house in 1981, defeating incumbent Democratic representative Woody May for renomination.{{cite news |date=May 27, 1981 |title=Wolfe voters turn out Rep. Woody May |work=The Lexington Leader |page=A4}} Blevins was elected to the senate in a January 1992 special election following the resignation of May, who had been elected to the senate in 1983.{{cite news |date=January 7, 1992 |title=E. Ky. voters to elect new senator for district that shifts Wednesday |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=A1}}

Blevins was elected Judge/Executive in 2014 following the retirement of incumbent Jim Nickell. He resigned his seat in the senate and was succeeded by Republican Steve West.{{cite news |date=March 4, 2015 |title=Republican wins state Senate seat |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=A8}} He did not seek reelection in 2018.{{cite news |date=December 19, 2018 |title=Rowan County Clerk, Judge-Executive's early retirement sparks complications |url=https://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Rowan-County-Clerk-Judge-Executives-early-retirement-sparks-complications-503126471.html |work=WKYT |access-date=March 2, 2024}}