Breighton Smith

Breighton Smith said he’s running for clerk of courts because it needs bold conservative leadership that has a business-minded focus on modernization and transitioning that office into the next era.

“As a law office manager and as someone who holds a law degree, I have experience in how crucial the clerk’s office is,” Smith said. “Your Warren County Clerk of Courts is the central nervous system of our local legal community. It is responsible for processing the important legal cases that impact your life. I am running for Clerk of Courts to help ensure that your Constitutional rights and your business and personal legal matters are protected in a technologically modern, efficient, impartial, and professional manner.”

Smith, 37, is endorsed by the Warren County Republican Party.

Smith identified his three top priorities if he’s elected as clerk of courts:

Innovation: Through the modernization of the clerk’s office’s technology and operations to make it more effective for all the people it serves.

Fiscal responsibility: Through maximizing efficiency in the entire clerk’s office, including the Title Division. He said this will save money and time for taxpayers, legal clients, and the public at large.

Public service: By continuing and expanding on the clerk’s office’s legacy of professional customer service and positive engagement with the public.

Smith said he would implement modern, easy, and secure online access, payment, and filing by updating the filing and case management system and evaluating the office operations with the public, local attorneys, local judges, and clerk’s staff.

Asked for a word to describe himself, Smith offered “integrity.” “As a public servant, I have a responsibility to represent you and your interests, protect your God-given rights, and responsibly manage your tax dollars. That is why, instead of personal gain, I value things like transparency, honesty, and character within my public service. For me, this public position is not a long-term retirement plan,” he said.

Smith and his wife are residents of Lebanon. He manages a law office and is the owner/partner of a photography and visual arts company. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton and a law degree from Northern Kentucky University.

In November 2023, Smith was elected to a four-year term on Lebanon City Council after being appointed to the council seat in December 2022.