Former Kentucky House Candidate for District 88 has been taken into custody once again on apparent DUI charges. According to arrest records, Monteia Mundy was taken into police custody in Fayette County on November 27th on Richmond Road. She was charged with failure to produce an insurance card, DUI, and no registration plates. Mundy, according to police, blew a .220 BAC.
This is following her arrest for DUI in April of this year, when she was still in the primary race for the Representative seat. Mundy vowed to stay in the race until she was later defeated by Aaron Yates in the June 2020 Republican primary.
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Republican Candidate for Kentucky House District 88 Monteia Mundy released the following statement after pleading guilty to DUI in Madison County District Court this morning:
“I made a mistake and I’m sorry.
The morning of April 25th I took a medication that was prescribed to me. That evening, I had a drink not realizing that a possible side effect of the medication was disorientation and loss of judgment if I consumed any alcohol at all. I should have been more careful while under medical care. I accept full blame and responsibility. To every person who was put at risk by my mistake, I’m sorry, and I ask your forgiveness. I’m grateful that the outcome wasn’t worse, and I’m grateful to the Kentucky State Trooper who located me and took appropriate action to ensure the public’s safety. I was disoriented and I didn’t belong on the road. I know that God has forgiven me, and now I can only hope others can find it in their hearts to forgive me as well.
This morning, I pled guilty to Operating a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence in an online appearance in Madison District Court. I accept my punishment, which I am told is in accordance with any other person who is convicted in Madison County of the same offense. I have already begun the process of fulfilling the obligations of my plea.
This situation has led to another question that I feel I must answer definitively: Am I staying in the race for Kentucky’s 88th House District? The answer is yes, and I will explain why.
In the hours and days after I was charged, I was wracked with guilt, and I was consumed by prayer for forgiveness, guidance, and understanding. Of course, I considered withdrawing from the race. It was only natural. However, during that same time, while my primary opponent was making public statements saying he was praying for me, he was messaging me privately threatening me. He gave me a deadline to withdraw from the race and back him, and if I didn’t meet his deadline, he indicated that he and his people would ruin me and my future. The night the deadline passed and I didn’t withdraw, true to his word, a coordinated multimedia attack began against me. It used the same language and insults to denigrate me across numerous platforms. Each attack came almost simultaneously and anonymously. Money was spent on the attacks, but who spent it is hidden.
In this way, my opponent made my decision for me. I couldn’t voluntarily leave the people of my district and our values in the hands of someone who would behave this way. Someone who during my moment of trial saw only opportunity. Someone who prayed for me on the street corner while he kicked me in secret. I’m not perfect, that is certainly clear. I’ve made mistakes in my life as we all do, perhaps the worst of them recently, but I do believe in a set of core values. I can’t find it in my heart to abandon the people of the 88th District to a candidate who would say one thing in public but threaten me in private.
I made a mistake and I’m sorry. Beyond sorry. In spite of that, I still believe that I’m the best person in this race to bring conservative values to Frankfort. I take full responsibility for my actions, and if the people of the 88th District can find it in their hearts to forgive me, and they send me to Frankfort, I will work each day to make them proud, and show that we can all continue to do good in spite of past mistakes. For those who can’t forgive me right now, I will work every day to earn your forgiveness, and earn back your trust. It’s the best path God has shown me, and it’s the path that I will take.”
