William F. Paxton III, better known to his friends as Bill, is a conservative politician who is the current serving Mayor of Paducah, KY. Before his current term as the Mayor of Paducah, Paxton served a portion of an elected term from 1998 as a City Commissioner.

Early life

Paxton studied at Murray State University

Murray State University

Murray State University, located in the city of Murray, Kentucky, is a four-year public university with approximately 10,400 students. The school is Kentucky’s only public university to be listed in the U.S.News & World Report regional university top tier for the past 20 consecutive years...

, the Kentucky School of Banking

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

, and Graduate Banking School at the University of Louisiana

University of Louisiana

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. He spent 30 years of service with Paducah's Citizen/Mercantile/Firstar Bank & Trust Company, which he left upon entering Paducah Politics.

Mayor of Paducah

Paxton's current reign as Mayor has seen the critically acclaimed Artist Relocation Program and Lowertown Arts District grow to success as well as continued work with the nearby Uranium Enrichment Plant. He won re-election in 2004 and 2008 in the 2008 election. Though successful, his 2008 win was by the narrow margin of 48 votes while running against longtime-City Commissioner Robert Coleman. A mayor may only serve three terms in Paducah and as such, he may no longer run for the office after 2008.

External links

• http://www.ci.paducah.ky.us/paducah/bill-paxton