Leanette Lopez, a candidate for the 20th District seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives, was arrested Sunday and charged with alcohol intoxication in a public place.

The Bowling Green Police Department responded to a call about a possible intoxicated person at Minit Mart on Three Springs Road after 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

A police report said the officer responding to the call “detected a strong odor of alcoholic beverage” when he engaged Lopez in conversation.

The police report said Lopez “made several incoherent statements” and admitted having consumed a beer. The report said Lopez “was manifestly under the influence of alcoholic beverages to the point she was a danger to herself and others.”

She was booked into the Warren County Regional Jail at 8:20 p.m. Sunday and released at 3:56 a.m. Monday. Arraignment was scheduled for Thursday in Warren District Court.

Lopez announced in November that she was a Republican candidate for the 20th District seat now held by Democrat Patti Minter.

A Christian recording artist who moved to Bowling Green in 2016, Lopez ran an unsuccessful campaign for Minter’s seat in 2020 as an independent candidate.

Lopez filed this time as a Republican, saying in November: “My value system has always been in tune with the Republican Party. Now that I’m a registered Republican, I think I have a better chance.”

Kentucky Registry of Election Finance records show Lopez has raised $388.80 for her campaign. She is being opposed in the May Republican primary election by Kevin Jackson, who has raised $18,200.

This story has been updated since its initial publication to correct the date of Lopez’s release from the Warren County Regional Jail.