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In 2015, Heleringer finished second among twenty-one candidates for the seat on the state 30th District Court for Jefferson Countty vacated by the retiring Judge Michele Stengel. With 19,432 votes (11.6 percent), Heleringer lost to Democrat [[Todd Hollenbach]] of Louisville, the former two-term state treasurer who led the field with 32,340 (19.2 percent). Kentucky has no runoff elections in such situations; so pluralit] prevails.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Todd_Hollenbach|title=Todd Hollenbach|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

In 2015, Heleringer finished second among twenty-one candidates for the seat on the state 30th District Court for Jefferson Countty vacated by the retiring Judge Michele Stengel. With 19,432 votes (11.6 percent), Heleringer lost to Democrat [[Todd Hollenbach]] of Louisville, the former two-term state treasurer who led the field with 32,340 (19.2 percent). Kentucky has no runoff elections in such situations; so pluralit] prevails.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Todd_Hollenbach|title=Todd Hollenbach|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

Heleringer is an instructor at the Equine Industry Studies program at the University of Louisville. As there was no textbook for the original course, Heleringer began to prepare a book. After thirteen years, he completed ''Equine Regulatory Law,'' which also encompasses the history of the horse racing industry. He also teaches equine studies at the women's school,[Midway University] in Midway, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/> In December 2015, Heleringer resigned as the executive director of the Kentucky Equine Education Project, an advocacy group established in 2004. KEEP, as it is known, announced a future statewide focus, rather than concentration on Louisville, [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], and the capital city of [[Frankfort]], and the dropping of its former [[lobbying]] activities on behalf of casino gambling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paulickreport.com/news/people/heleringer-resigns-from-keep-post/|title=Heleringer resigns from KEEP post|publisher=paulickreport.com|accessdate=February 18, 2016}}</ref>

Heleringer is an instructor at the Equine Industry Studies program at the University of Louisville. As there was no textbook for the original course, Heleringer began to prepare a book. After thirteen years, he completed ''Equine Regulatory Law,'' which also encompasses the history of the horse racing industry. He also teaches equine studies at the women's school,[Midway University] in Midway, Kentucky.<ref name=bio/> In December 2015, Heleringer resigned as the executive director of the Kentucky Equine Education Project, an advocacy group established in 2004. KEEP, as it is known, announced a future statewide focus, rather than concentration on Louisville, [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], and the capital city of [[Frankfort]], and the dropping of its former [[lobbying]] activities on behalf of casino gambling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paulickreport.com/news/people/heleringer-resigns-from-keep-post/|title=Heleringer resigns from KEEP post|publisher=paulickreport.com|accessdate=February 18, 2016}}</ref>

==Advocate of LGBTQ==

===Advocate of LGBTQ===

Heleringer writes occasional columns, mostly political, for ''The Louisville Courier-Journal.''<ref name=bio/> In 2023, in one of his opinion columns, Heleringer attacked [[conservative]]s in the Kentucky state legislature for introducing a plethora of bills intended to stop the [[LGBTQ]] agenda. Heleringer said that he wished he "could blame both political parties for this cataclysm, but I cannot. Every ani-gay/trans bill this session was introduced by a Republican. ...

Heleringer writes occasional columns, mostly political, for ''The Louisville Courier-Journal.''<ref name=bio/> In 2023, in one of his opinion columns, Heleringer attacked [[conservative]]s in the Kentucky state legislature for introducing a plethora of bills intended to stop the [[LGBTQ]] agenda. Heleringer said that he wished he "could blame both political parties for this cataclysm, but I cannot. Every ani-gay/trans bill this session was introduced by a Republican. ...

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