The mayor of London has been indicted for making excessive contributions to the Beshear campaign as well as to the Kentucky Democratic Party.
Randall Weddle, 44, was indicted by a Laurel County Grand Jury on four counts of campaign contribution restriction/expenditure limits. He is accused of unlawfully contributing more than $2,000, indexed for inflation, to the Andy Beshear for Governor campaign during one election and for unlawfully contributing more than $5,000 to the Kentucky Democratic Party in one year, the attorney general’s office said in a press release.
Weddle, who was first elected mayor in 2022, is accused of putting $223,000 in campaign donations he made on behalf of family members and associates on his personal credit card, “essentially shielding his own donations behind other people’s names in order to skirt state and federal donor limits,” according to the attorney general’s office.
Attorneys for Weddle told the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance board in 2024 that Weddle was not aware he was barred from making donations on behalf of other people. He then took steps to recoup the money shortly after the donations were made in December 2022.
“The undisputed fact remains that Mr. Weddle self-reported the mistaken contributions charged to his credit card, and he did so directly to the governor in April,” the attorneys wrote in a letter obtained by the Herald-Leader. “Shortly thereafter, all of the incorrect contributions were reversed and refunded.”
The Attorney General’s Special Prosecution Unit will prosecute the case on behalf of the commonwealth.
(Photo: London Mayor Randall Weddle, courtesy of PBS.com)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
