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Subject: Kentucky House District 31 / Jeffersontown

Tim Hall has been running for office for 26 years. Here is what he has to show for it.

Ten campaigns. Five losses. Fifteen years on the Jeffersontown City Council, where the general fund spending nearly doubled. A vote against a tax relief for new businesses. And a 2026 campaign account that is three-quarters funded by union bosses. This page is the record, with a source on every number.

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Tim Hall
Tim Hall, Jeffersontown City Council
10

Campaigns for office since 2000

5

Losses

$18.7M

Growth in Jeffersontown's general fund budget since Hall joined the council

Exhibit A / Personal finances

He has struggled to manage his own finances.

Tim Hall has had liens placed on his home twice for unpaid homeowners association fees. He was also forced into a loss mitigation workout with his mortgage lender to avoid foreclosure, after a series of foreclosure filings against the property. If Tim Hall cannot manage his own finances, how can voters trust him to manage Kentucky's state budget?

Exhibit B / Jeffersontown general fund

A tax-and-spend liberal: the spending nearly doubled on his watch.

When Hall joined the council, Jeffersontown's general fund was $19.8 million. The budget he voted for in June 2026 is $38.6 million. Along the way it peaked at $51.9 million, more than two and a half times what it was in 2015.

$0M$11M$22M$33M$44M$55MHALL OFF COUNCIL2011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24Yea2024-25Yea2025-26Yea2026-27
$19.8M → $38.6M

General fund, FY 2011-12 to FY 2026-27

$51.9M

Peak general fund, FY 2023-24

+52%

City Hall administration budget, FY 2015-16 to FY 2026-27 ($1,357,234 to $2,057,472)

Hall voted Yea on the FY 2024-25 budget (6/4/2024), the FY 2025-26 budget (6/9/2025), and the FY 2026-27 budget (6/16/2026).

Exhibit C / December 2, 2013

He would hurt job creation and Kentucky's economy.

On the Jeffersontown City Council, Hall opposed tax relief designed to attract new businesses and create jobs. The mayor proposed letting incoming and expanding businesses recover up to 50 percent of their employees' payroll taxes for five years, to bring jobs to Bluegrass Commerce Park. The council killed it 4 to 3. Hall was one of the four no votes, and the tax relief did not come back.

Exhibit D / Social and cultural

He is supported by the same woke groups pushing the radical agenda.

In November and December of 2025, Hall engaged with content promoting the National Association of Women in Construction and its "Women in Construction" campaign. The NAWIC is heavily invested in diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, with the stated purpose of "creating a more inclusive and equitable construction industry." That is the ideology behind the groups lining up with Hall.

Exhibit E / Election history

A career politician who cannot stop running for office.

Tim Hall first filed for office in 2000, when he was 23. He has spent half his life seeking elected office, appearing on a ballot, or trying to, in most cycles since.

  1. 2000

    Louisville Alderman, 6th Ward.
    Dropped out.

  2. 2002

    Kentucky House, District 38.
    Lost primary, 865 to 2,456.

  3. 2004

    Louisville Metro Council, District 26.
    Won primary. Lost general, 4,899 to 9,328.

  4. 2008

    Jeffersontown Council.
    Lost, 9th of 14.

  5. 2010

    Jeffersontown Council.
    Won.

  6. 2012

    Jeffersontown Council.
    Won.

  7. 2014

    Jeffersontown Council.
    Won.

  8. 2016

    Jeffersontown Council.
    Won.

  9. 2018

    Jeffersontown Council.
    Lost re-election.

  10. 2020

    Jeffersontown Council.
    Won.

  11. 2022

    Jeffersontown Council.
    Won.

  12. 2024

    Jeffersontown Council.
    Won.

  13. 2026

    Kentucky House, District 31.
    Running.

Twenty-six years after his first campaign, Hall is asking to move up to Frankfort.

Exhibit F / 2026 campaign finance

Owned by union bosses.

Hall has raised $24,134 for his House campaign. $18,425 of it came directly from unions or from people employed by unions. Union interests supplied more than three out of every four dollars he raised.

$18,425 · 76%
$5,709
Union bossesEverything else
  1. 1.

    $2,200 each from SMART Local 110, IBEW PAC, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 502, Ironworkers Local 70, UAW Local 862, and CWA COPE PAC. $2,000 from Teamsters Local 89.

  2. 2.

    $2,200 from Better Schools Kentucky, the political arm of the Jefferson County Teachers Association.

  3. 3.

    The union bosses backing Hall include the Kentucky AFL-CIO, the Greater Louisville Central Labor Council, the Teamsters, and the rest of the organizations on his endorsements page.

  4. 4.

    Hall tells the union bosses backing him exactly what they can expect: "I'll be a strong partner for working people and organized labor in Frankfort."

Screenshot of Tim Hall's labor priorities
From Hall's campaign website, "Tim's Priorities"
Screenshot of Tim Hall's union endorsements
From Hall's campaign website, "Endorsements"

Exhibit G / Endorsements

Endorsed with Kamala Harris & Tim Walz: Democrat Through and Through.

Hall highlights the endorsements on his campaign website.

Twenty-six years of running. One result: bigger government.

Jeffersontown voters have seen the record. The budget doubled, tax relief for job creators died, and union bosses supplied more than three out of every four campaign dollars. District 31 does not need to send that to Frankfort.

The receipts

Every number, sourced.

  1. Sheldon Shafer, "Alderman’s challenger drops out of race"

    The Courier-Journal · 1/28/2000

  2. Official results, 2002 Democratic primary, Kentucky House District 38

    Jefferson County Clerk · 5/28/2002

  3. Official results, 2004 Democratic primary, Louisville Metro Council District 26

    Jefferson County Clerk · 5/18/2004

  4. Official results, 2004 general election, Louisville Metro Council District 26

    Jefferson County Clerk · 11/2/2004

  5. Official results, 2008 general election, Jeffersontown City Council

    Jefferson County Clerk · 11/4/2008

  6. Official results, Jeffersontown City Council, 2010 through 2024 general elections

    Jefferson County Clerk · 2010 through 2024

  7. Adopted budgets, FY 2011-12 through FY 2026-27, general fund and City Hall administration appropriations

    City of Jeffersontown · FY 2011-12 through FY 2026-27

    https://www.jeffersontownky.com
  8. Council roll calls on FY 2024-25 budget (6/4/2024), FY 2025-26 budget (6/9/2025), and FY 2026-27 budget (6/16/2026)

    City of Jeffersontown · 2024 through 2026

  9. "Jeffersontown officials disagree on plan for attracting businesses"

    The Courier-Journal · 12/11/2013

  10. Hall for State Representative (2026), contributions

    Kentucky Registry of Election Finance · Accessed 7/21/2026

    https://kref.ky.gov
  11. "Endorsements"

    Tim Hall for KY · Accessed 7/2026

    https://www.timhallforky.com
  12. "Tim’s Priorities"

    Tim Hall for KY · Accessed 7/2026

    https://www.timhallforky.com
  13. Lien placed on Hall’s property for unpaid HOA fees totaling $144, Watterson Woods Property Owners Association, L 2066 315

    Jefferson County Clerk’s Office · Filed 2/26/2019

  14. Release of a second lien on Hall’s property for unpaid HOA fees, Watterson Woods Property Owners Association, L 2698 690

    Jefferson County Clerk’s Office · Filed 9/5/2024

  15. Foreclosure related lis pendens notices filed against Hall’s home, L 1047 431 / L 1162 884 / L 1196 62

    Jefferson County Clerk’s Office · Filed 12/23/2008 through 10/14/2010

  16. The Bank of New York Mellon v. Hall, Case No. 10-CI-404490, foreclosure dropped after Hall entered a loss mitigation workout with the lender

    Jefferson Circuit Court · Filed 8/15/2011

  17. Hall engaged with posts promoting “Women in Construction” (December 2025) and the NAWIC (November 2025)

    LinkedIn · Accessed 7/15/2026

  18. National Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee statement on “creating a more inclusive and equitable construction industry”

    NAWIC · Accessed 7/15/2026