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 budget nearly doubled. A vote against a tax break for new businesses. And a 2026 campaign account that is three-quarters union money. This page is the record, with a source on every number.
See the numbers
Campaigns for office since 2000
Losses
Growth in Jeffersontown's general fund budget since Hall joined the council
Exhibit A / Election history
Running since he was 23.
Tim Hall first filed for office in 2000. He has been on a ballot, or trying to get on one, in most election cycles since.
- 2000
Louisville Alderman, 6th Ward.
Dropped out. - 2002
Kentucky House, District 38.
Lost primary, 865 to 2,456. - 2004
Louisville Metro Council, District 26.
Won primary. Lost general, 4,899 to 9,328. - 2008
Jeffersontown Council.
Lost, 9th of 14. - 2010
Jeffersontown Council.
Won. - 2012
Jeffersontown Council.
Won. - 2014
Jeffersontown Council.
Won. - 2016
Jeffersontown Council.
Won. - 2018
Jeffersontown Council.
Lost re-election. - 2020
Jeffersontown Council.
Won. - 2022
Jeffersontown Council.
Won. - 2024
Jeffersontown Council.
Won. - 2026
Kentucky House, District 31.
Running.
Twenty-six years after his first campaign, Hall is asking to move up to Frankfort.
Exhibit B / Jeffersontown general fund
The budget 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.
General fund, FY 2011-12 to FY 2026-27
Peak general fund, FY 2023-24
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 voted against a tax break for new and expanding businesses.
Jeffersontown's 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. Council members said they wanted infrastructure fixed first. The tax break did not come back.
Exhibit D / 2026 campaign finance
Three out of every four dollars came from unions.
Hall has raised $24,134 for his House campaign. $18,425 of it came directly from unions or from people employed by unions.
- 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.
$2,200 from Better Schools Kentucky, the political arm of the Jefferson County Teachers Association.
- 3.
Endorsed by the Kentucky AFL-CIO, the Greater Louisville Central Labor Council, the Teamsters, and the rest of the logos on his endorsements page.
- 4.
In his own words, on his own website: "I'll be a strong partner for working people and organized labor in Frankfort."
Exhibit E / The platform
Free universal pre-K, with no price tag.
Hall's campaign website calls for free universal pre-K. It does not say what it would cost or how Kentucky would pay for it. After fifteen years of budgets in Jeffersontown, that is the pattern.
Twenty-six years of running. One result: bigger government.
Jeffersontown voters have seen the record. The budget doubled, a tax break for job creators died, and the campaign is funded by the unions he has promised to partner with. District 31 does not need to send that to Frankfort.
The receipts
Every number, sourced.
Sheldon Shafer, "Alderman’s challenger drops out of race"
The Courier-Journal · 1/28/2000
Official results, 2002 Democratic primary, Kentucky House District 38
Jefferson County Clerk · 5/28/2002
Official results, 2004 Democratic primary, Louisville Metro Council District 26
Jefferson County Clerk · 5/18/2004
Official results, 2004 general election, Louisville Metro Council District 26
Jefferson County Clerk · 11/2/2004
Official results, 2008 general election, Jeffersontown City Council
Jefferson County Clerk · 11/4/2008
Official results, Jeffersontown City Council, 2010 through 2024 general elections
Jefferson County Clerk · 2010 through 2024
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.comCouncil 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
"Jeffersontown officials disagree on plan for attracting businesses"
The Courier-Journal · 12/11/2013
Hall for State Representative (2026), contributions
Kentucky Registry of Election Finance · Accessed 7/21/2026
https://kref.ky.gov