Helen Garrett | |
State Senate: | Kentucky |
District: | 2nd |
Term Start: | May 1979 |
Term End: | January 1, 1991 |
Predecessor: | Tom Garrett |
Successor: | Bob Leeper |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1929 |
Birth Place: | Paducah, Kentucky, US |
Death Place: | Paducah, Kentucky, US |
Party: | Democratic |
Helen Garrett (May 20, 1929 – October 26, 2006) was an American politician who served in the Kentucky Senate from the 2nd district from 1979 to 1991.[1] [2]
Helen R. Garrett was charged in 1992 with taking a $2,000 bribe from a horse racing track in exchange for helping pass favorable legislation in an FBI Operation called Boptrot. She pled guilty and received four years of probation.[3]