Jennifer Dusing of Union is on the ballot for Circuit Judge Family Court, District 54, Division 4, in the Nov. 3 general election.

Dusing has served as Family Court Judge for the Kentucky 54th Judicial Circuit, covering Boone and Gallatin counties, since 2018, according to the Boone County Sheriff's Office elected officials page. The race is nonpartisan.

Candidate information

  • Residence: Union, Kentucky
  • Education: Bachelor's degree from Hanover College; J.D. from the University of Kentucky
  • Family: Lives with her husband Andy and their three children. Dusing has said she and her husband are parents through birth and adoption and have completed Kentucky foster parent training.

No issue-specific responses were available from the candidate for the 2026 race at the time of publication.

Experience and public service

Before taking the bench, Dusing worked as a family law attorney at Raines, Dusing & Sutton PLLC, according to the Justia Lawyer Directory. She also served as a Legal Resource Attorney at Boone/Gallatin Family Court, according to her candidate responses.

Dusing has said she spent four years on a panel of attorneys in the Dependency, Neglect, and Abuse docket of Family Court, where she represented children and parents in cases alleging abuse and neglect.

She is a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, a national organization that admits fellows after a rigorous selection process, according to her candidate responses.

Dusing has also said she served as a board member with the Women's Crisis Center of Northern Kentucky for eight years. During that time, she volunteered as a runner responding directly to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, she said in a 2018 NKyTribune candidate questionnaire.

Endorsements

Northern Kentuckians for the Judiciary endorsed Dusing as the most qualified candidate for Boone/Gallatin Family Court Judge in 2018, according to the NKyTribune report. The group said it assembled a diverse team of experienced attorneys and civic leaders who conducted thorough, nonpartisan research and interviews of all judicial candidates.

  • Northern Kentuckians for the Judiciary (2018 endorsement)

Candidate biography and experience details are drawn from Dusing's 2018 NKyTribune questionnaire responses and the Justia Lawyer Directory.