Kentucky
Current officeholders from Open States people data (CC0). Look up your own ballot by ZIP.
2026 statewide races
2026 statewide candidate details for Kentucky: coming soon.
Statewide officials now
What does a governor do?
Runs the state government. Proposes the state budget, signs or vetoes bills passed by the legislature, and appoints the heads of state agencies. Usually 4 years (2 in NH and VT).
- State budget, schools and Medicaid funding
- Signs or vetoes state laws
- Leads emergency response and the state National Guard
Open States lists only some statewide offices for some states; missing offices are coming soon.
State House (100 members)
What does a state representative do?
A member of the lower chamber of the state legislature (called the House, Assembly or House of Delegates). Writes and votes on state laws for a smaller district than a state senator. Usually 2 years.
- State budget and taxes
- Roads and schools
- Local issues raised by constituents
District
State representative
Committees
1
Committee on Committees; Legislative Research Commission; Rules; Banking and Insurance; Banking and Insurance; Enrollment
2
Housing Task Force; Families and Children; Agriculture; Health Services; Health Services; Families and Children; Agriculture
3
Natural Resources and Energy; Appropriations and Revenue; Natural Resources and Energy; Administrative Regulation Review; Transportation; Transportation; Appropriations and Revenue
4
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Appropriations and Revenue; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; State Government; Appropriations and Revenue; Legislative Oversight and Investigations; State Government
5
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Local Government; Transportation; Local Government; Transportation (vice chair); State Government; State Government
6
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Local Government; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Local Government; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force (co-chair)
7
Committee on Committees; Legislative Research Commission; Rules; Natural Resources and Energy; Natural Resources and Energy; Artificial Intelligence Task Force; Enrollment
8
Public Pension Oversight Board (co-chair); Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Capital Projects and Bond Oversight; Transportation; Transportation; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue
9
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Natural Resources and Energy; Agriculture (co-chair); Natural Resources and Energy; Transportation; Transportation; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight (ex officio); Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture (chair)
10
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs (vice chair); Primary and Secondary Education; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Education; State Government
11
Agriculture; Postsecondary Education; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Agriculture; Artificial Intelligence Task Force; Education
12
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Banking and Insurance; Natural Resources and Energy (chair); Natural Resources and Energy (co-chair); Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; State Government; Banking and Insurance
13
Public Pension Oversight Board; Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs (chair); Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Natural Resources and Energy; Natural Resources and Energy; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; State Government (co-chair); State Government
14
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Primary and Secondary Education (chair); Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Education (co-chair); State Government
15
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Local Government; Health Services; Health Services; Local Government; State Government; State Government (vice chair); Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
16
Public Pension Oversight Board; Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory (ex officio); 2026-2028 Budget Preparation and Submission Statutory (co-chair); Judiciary; Government Contract Review (ex-officio); Appropriations and Revenue (co-chair); Judiciary; Capital Projects and Bond Oversight; Appropriations and Revenue (chair)
17
Public Pension Oversight Board; Families and Children; Banking and Insurance; Health Services; Health Services (vice chair); Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Families and Children; Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force (co-chair); Banking and Insurance; Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force; Impeachment Special
18
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Families and Children (chair); Banking and Insurance; Transportation; Transportation; Race and Access to Opportunity Commission; Families and Children (co-chair); Banking and Insurance; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
19
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Banking and Insurance (co-chair); Local Government; Local Government; Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force; Banking and Insurance (chair); Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
20
Primary and Secondary Education; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Race and Access to Opportunity Commission (co-chair); Education; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
21
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Local Government (vice chair); Health Services; Health Services; Transportation; Local Government; Transportation; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
22
2026-2028 Budget Preparation and Submission Statutory; Housing Task Force; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Banking and Insurance; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Capital Projects and Bond Oversight (co-chair); Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight; Agriculture; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Appropriations and Revenue; Banking and Insurance
23
Primary and Secondary Education; Families and Children; Appropriations and Revenue; Health Services; Health Services; Families and Children; Education; Appropriations and Revenue; Legislative Oversight and Investigations
24
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Agriculture; Transportation; Transportation; Agriculture; State Government
25
Primary and Secondary Education; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Health Services; Postsecondary Education; Health Services; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection (vice chair); Education
26
Judiciary; Local Government; Judiciary; Local Government; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; State Government; State Government
27
Agriculture; Small Business and Information Technology; Agriculture; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government; State Government
28
Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Local Government; Government Contract Review; Natural Resources and Energy (vice chair); Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Local Government; Banking and Insurance
29
Judiciary; Local Government; Local Government; Small Business and Information Technology; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government; State Government
30
Primary and Secondary Education; Banking and Insurance; Small Business and Information Technology; Education; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Banking and Insurance
31
Housing Task Force (co-chair); Tourism and Outdoor Recreation (vice chair); Local Government; Local Government; Small Business and Information Technology; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government; State Government
32
Public Pension Oversight Board; Primary and Secondary Education (ranking member); Families and Children; Appropriations and Revenue; Families and Children; Artificial Intelligence Task Force; Education; Appropriations and Revenue
33
Committee on Committees; Judiciary; Legislative Research Commission; Rules; Judiciary; Impeachment Special (chair)
34
Families and Children; Local Government; Agriculture; Postsecondary Education; Capital Projects and Bond Oversight; Local Government; Families and Children; Agriculture; Education
35
Primary and Secondary Education; Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory; Health Services; Postsecondary Education; Juvenile Justice Oversight Council Statutory (ex-officio); Health Services (ranking democratic member); Education
36
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs (vice chair); Transportation; Transportation; Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force; Information Technology Oversight Statutory; Small Business and Information Technology; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government; State Government
37
Primary and Secondary Education; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Families and Children; Health Services; Health Services; Families and Children; Education; Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
38
Families and Children; Local Government (ranking member); Government Contract Review; Transportation; Local Government; Transportation; Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight; Families and Children
39
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations and Revenue; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Information Technology Oversight Statutory (co-chair); State Government; Appropriations and Revenue; Legislative Oversight and Investigations; Banking and Insurance (vice chair); Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force (co-chair)
40
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Judiciary; Judiciary; Economic Development and Workforce Investment (ranking member); Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Race and Access to Opportunity Commission; Small Business and Information Technology; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
41
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Judiciary; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Health Services; Judiciary; Administrative Regulation Review; Health Services; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government
42
Housing Task Force; Committee on Committees; Legislative Research Commission; Rules; Natural Resources and Energy; Agriculture; Natural Resources and Energy; Small Business and Information Technology; Agriculture; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Impeachment Special
43
Committee on Committees; Judiciary; Legislative Research Commission; Rules; Appropriations and Revenue; Judiciary; Appropriations and Revenue; Impeachment Special
44
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Local Government; Natural Resources and Energy; Postsecondary Education; Natural Resources and Energy; Local Government; Education; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government
45
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Natural Resources and Energy; Agriculture; Natural Resources and Energy; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection (ranking democratic member); Agriculture; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force
46
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (ranking member); Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; State Government; State Government; Impeachment Special; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
47
Primary and Secondary Education; Families and Children; Agriculture; Health Services; Health Services; Families and Children; Agriculture; Education
48
Public Pension Oversight Board; Primary and Secondary Education; Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory (co-chair); Local Government; Appropriations and Revenue; Health Services; Health Services; Local Government; Education; Appropriations and Revenue
49
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Transportation; Transportation; Economic Development and Workforce Investment (vice chair); Economic Development and Workforce Investment; State Government; State Government; Enrollment (chair); Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
50
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Postsecondary Education; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Education
51
Families and Children; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Banking and Insurance; Agriculture; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight (co-chair); Families and Children; Agriculture; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force; Banking and Insurance (vice chair)
52
Appropriations and Revenue; Transportation; Transportation; Appropriations and Revenue
53
Public Pension Oversight Board; Primary and Secondary Education; Agriculture; Postsecondary Education (chair); Agriculture; Education (co-chair); State Government; State Government
54
Judiciary (co-chair); Families and Children; Juvenile Justice Oversight Council Statutory (co-chair); Judiciary (chair); Transportation; Transportation; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Families and Children; Impeachment Special (ex-officio)
55
R Kim King
Tourism and Outdoor Recreation (chair); Agriculture; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Small Business and Information Technology; Agriculture; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology (co-chair); Impeachment Special
56
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Agriculture; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight; Small Business and Information Technology; Agriculture (vice chair); Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
57
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Banking and Insurance; Natural Resources and Energy; Natural Resources and Energy; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight; State Government; State Government; Banking and Insurance
58
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Housing Task Force; Judiciary; Postsecondary Education; Judiciary (vice chair); Education; State Government; State Government; Impeachment Special
59
Committee on Committees (chair); Legislative Research Commission (co-chair); Rules (chair)
60
Primary and Secondary Education; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Health Services; Health Services; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Education; State Government; State Government; Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force
61
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Judiciary; Local Government; Judiciary; Local Government; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; State Government; State Government
62
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Banking and Insurance; Local Government; Local Government; Banking and Insurance; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
64
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory; Judiciary; Families and Children; Health Services (co-chair); Judiciary; Health Services (chair); Families and Children
65
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Judiciary; Families and Children; Appropriations and Revenue; Judiciary; Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force (co-chair); Families and Children; Appropriations and Revenue; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
66
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Judiciary; Judiciary; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; State Government
67
Transportation; Transportation; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Small Business and Information Technology; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government; State Government
68
Primary and Secondary Education (vice chair); Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Housing Task Force; Families and Children; Banking and Insurance; Families and Children; Education; Banking and Insurance; Impeachment Special; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
69
Primary and Secondary Education; Families and Children; Local Government; Postsecondary Education; Local Government; Families and Children; Education; Impeachment Special
70
Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Capital Planning Advisory Board Statutory; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Small Business and Information Technology (vice chair); Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology
71
Banking and Insurance; Local Government; Appropriations and Revenue; Health Services; Health Services; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Artificial Intelligence Task Force (co-chair); Appropriations and Revenue (vice chair); Banking and Insurance
72
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (chair); Agriculture; Agriculture; State Government; Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (co-chair)
73
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Capital Planning Advisory Board Statutory (co-chair); Health Services; Health Services; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Small Business and Information Technology; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology
74
Public Pension Oversight Board (ex officio); Primary and Secondary Education; Agriculture; Transportation; Transportation; Agriculture; Education; State Government (co-chair); State Government (chair)
75
Committee on Committees; Judiciary; Legislative Research Commission; Rules; Appropriations and Revenue; Health Services; Judiciary; Health Services; Appropriations and Revenue; Legislative Oversight and Investigations
76
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Agriculture; Transportation; Transportation; Agriculture; State Government; State Government; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
77
Local Government; Appropriations and Revenue; Postsecondary Education; Local Government; Race and Access to Opportunity Commission; Education; Appropriations and Revenue; Impeachment Special
78
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Local Government; Government Contract Review (co-chair); Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Local Government; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force
79
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Banking and Insurance; Agriculture; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Information Technology Oversight Statutory; Agriculture; Banking and Insurance; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
80
Committee on Committees (vice chair); Legislative Research Commission; Rules (vice chair)
81
Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Banking and Insurance; Health Services; Administrative Regulation Review; Health Services; Small Business and Information Technology (chair); Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology (co-chair); Banking and Insurance
82
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Judiciary; Families and Children (vice chair); Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Juvenile Justice Oversight Council Statutory (ex-officio); Judiciary; Families and Children; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
83
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Transportation; Transportation; Economic Development and Workforce Investment (chair); Economic Development and Workforce Investment (co-chair); State Government; Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force
84
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Natural Resources and Energy; Appropriations and Revenue; Natural Resources and Energy; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Appropriations and Revenue
85
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Natural Resources and Energy; Postsecondary Education (vice chair); Natural Resources and Energy; Education; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government
86
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (vice chair); Banking and Insurance; Natural Resources and Energy; Natural Resources and Energy; Transportation; Transportation; Legislative Oversight and Investigations; Banking and Insurance; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
87
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory (ex officio); Natural Resources and Energy; Appropriations and Revenue; Natural Resources and Energy; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Appropriations and Revenue (vice chair)
88
Postsecondary Education; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Small Business and Information Technology; Education; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology
89
Primary and Secondary Education; 2026-2028 Budget Preparation and Submission Statutory; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Appropriations and Revenue; Postsecondary Education; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Education; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Appropriations and Revenue
90
Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Administrative Regulation Review (co-chair); Transportation; Transportation; Artificial Intelligence Task Force; Banking and Insurance
91
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Natural Resources and Energy; Natural Resources and Energy; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection (vice chair); Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology
92
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Transportation (co-chair); Transportation (chair); Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Legislative Oversight and Investigations; Impeachment Special (vice chair); Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force
93
Public Pension Oversight Board; Primary and Secondary Education; Banking and Insurance; Health Services; Health Services; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Education; Legislative Oversight and Investigations; Banking and Insurance
94
Judiciary; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Natural Resources and Energy; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force
95
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Transportation; Transportation (ranking member); Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force; Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force
96
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Judiciary; Local Government (chair); Natural Resources and Energy; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Local Government (co-chair); Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
97
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection (co-chair); Government Contract Review; Natural Resources and Energy; Postsecondary Education; Natural Resources and Energy; Transportation; Transportation; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection (chair); Education
98
Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Postsecondary Education; Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force; Education; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government; State Government
99
Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Natural Resources and Energy (vice chair); Natural Resources and Energy; Small Business and Information Technology; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology
100
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Health Services; Health Services; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Legislative Oversight and Investigations (co-chair)
State Senate (38 members)
What does a state senator do?
A member of the upper chamber of the state legislature. Writes and votes on state laws and the state budget, and in many states confirms the governor's appointees. Usually 4 years.
- School funding and state taxes
- State criminal laws
- Drawing district maps (in many states)
District
State senator
Committees
1
Licensing and Occupations (vice chair); Banking and Insurance; Agriculture (co-chair); Economic Development, Tourism and Labor; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight (co-chair); Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Impeachment Special; Agriculture (chair); Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force; Legislative Oversight and Investigations (vice chair); Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
2
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory; Health Services; Judiciary; Judiciary; Health Services; Juvenile Justice Oversight Council Statutory (ex-officio); Families and Children (chair); Education; Families and Children (co-chair); Impeachment Special; Education; Legislative Oversight and Investigations
3
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Health Services (vice chair); Government Contract Review; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Health Services; Enrollment; Appropriations and Revenue; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight; Impeachment Special
4
Committee on Committees; Housing Task Force (co-chair); Health Services; Legislative Research Commission; Health Services; Natural Resources and Energy; Local Government; Families and Children; Families and Children; Natural Resources and Energy; State Government; State and Local Government
5
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory; Licensing and Occupations; Health Services (chair); Government Contract Review; Health Services (co-chair); Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force; Families and Children; Education; Families and Children; Education; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
6
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Health Services; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Health Services; Local Government; Race and Access to Opportunity Commission; Education (vice chair); Education; State Government; State and Local Government
7
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Judiciary; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection (vice chair); Agriculture; Judiciary; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight; Education; Agriculture; Education; Legislative Oversight and Investigations; Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force
8
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Capital Planning Advisory Board Statutory (co-chair); Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Natural Resources and Energy; Appropriations and Revenue; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Natural Resources and Energy; Agriculture (vice chair); Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology
9
Committee on Committees; Legislative Research Commission; Appropriations and Revenue; Appropriations and Revenue; Education; Education; Rules
10
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection (co-chair); Judiciary; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection (chair); Agriculture; Judiciary; Families and Children; Families and Children; Agriculture
11
2026-2028 Budget Preparation and Submission Statutory; Health Services; Banking and Insurance; Capital Planning Advisory Board Statutory; Appropriations and Revenue; Health Services; Appropriations and Revenue; Local Government; Education; Artificial Intelligence Task Force; Education; State Government
12
2026-2028 Budget Preparation and Submission Statutory; Licensing and Occupations; Appropriations and Revenue; Appropriations and Revenue (vice chair); Local Government; Race and Access to Opportunity Commission (co-chair); Families and Children (vice chair); Families and Children; Artificial Intelligence Task Force (co-chair); State Government; State and Local Government; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
13
Committee on Committees; Judiciary; Legislative Research Commission; Government Contract Review; Agriculture; Judiciary; Capital Projects and Bond Oversight; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Families and Children; Education; Families and Children
14
Public Pension Oversight Board (co-chair); Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Housing Task Force; Licensing and Occupations; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Transportation (co-chair); Transportation (chair); Education; Education; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
15
Banking and Insurance; Capital Projects and Bond Oversight; Natural Resources and Energy; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Families and Children; Families and Children; Natural Resources and Energy; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Banking and Insurance (vice chair)
16
R Max Wise
Committee on Committees; Legislative Research Commission; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Education; Education; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force (co-chair); Rules
17
2026-2028 Budget Preparation and Submission Statutory; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Licensing and Occupations; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Enrollment (chair); Appropriations and Revenue; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor; Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Agriculture
18
2026-2028 Budget Preparation and Submission Statutory; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Natural Resources and Energy; Appropriations and Revenue; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight; Families and Children; Families and Children; Natural Resources and Energy; Agriculture; Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force; Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force (co-chair)
19
Public Pension Oversight Board; Committee on Committees; Licensing and Occupations; Legislative Research Commission; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations and Revenue; Administrative Regulation Review; Appropriations and Revenue; Local Government; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight; Information Technology Oversight Statutory; Impeachment Special
20
Natural Resources and Energy; Transportation; Transportation; Families and Children; Education; Families and Children; Information Technology Oversight Statutory (co-chair); Natural Resources and Energy (vice chair); Artificial Intelligence Task Force; Education
21
Judiciary (co-chair); Banking and Insurance; Judiciary (chair); Juvenile Justice Oversight Council Statutory (co-chair); Transportation; Transportation; Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force (co-chair); Impeachment Special (chair); Banking and Insurance
22
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory (ex officio); Licensing and Occupations; Health Services; Banking and Insurance; Government Contract Review (co-chair); Health Services; Transportation; Transportation (vice chair); Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Banking and Insurance
23
Public Pension Oversight Board; Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory (ex officio); 2026-2028 Budget Preparation and Submission Statutory (co-chair); Licensing and Occupations; Appropriations and Revenue (co-chair); Appropriations and Revenue (chair); Local Government; State Government; State and Local Government; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
24
Public Pension Oversight Board; Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Capital Projects and Bond Oversight (co-chair); Appropriations and Revenue; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor (vice chair); Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Families and Children; Families and Children; Agriculture; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force
25
Committee on Committees (chair); Judiciary; Legislative Research Commission (co-chair); Judiciary; Rules (chair)
26
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Licensing and Occupations; Health Services; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Health Services; Transportation; Transportation; Race and Access to Opportunity Commission; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
27
Natural Resources and Energy; Administrative Regulation Review (co-chair); Education (chair); Natural Resources and Energy; Education (co-chair)
28
Public Pension Oversight Board; Banking and Insurance; Natural Resources and Energy; Transportation; Transportation; Local Government; Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force; Natural Resources and Energy; State Government; Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force; State and Local Government (vice chair); Legislative Oversight and Investigations (co-chair)
29
Appropriations and Revenue; Capital Projects and Bond Oversight; Natural Resources and Energy; Appropriations and Revenue; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor; Local Government; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Impeachment Special; Natural Resources and Energy; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; State Government; State and Local Government
30
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Housing Task Force; Banking and Insurance; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Natural Resources and Energy (co-chair); Transportation; Transportation; Natural Resources and Energy (chair); Banking and Insurance
31
Judiciary; Judiciary (vice chair); Natural Resources and Energy; Transportation; Transportation; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor (chair); Economic Development and Workforce Investment (co-chair); Natural Resources and Energy; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology (co-chair); Legislative Oversight and Investigations; Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force
32
Public Pension Oversight Board; Committee on Committees; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Legislative Research Commission; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Administrative Regulation Review; Transportation; Transportation; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Education
33
Public Pension Oversight Board; Committee on Committees; Housing Task Force; Judiciary; Legislative Research Commission; Appropriations and Revenue; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Appropriations and Revenue; Education; Natural Resources and Energy; Education
34
Housing Task Force; Banking and Insurance (co-chair); Agriculture; Natural Resources and Energy; Transportation; Transportation; Natural Resources and Energy; Agriculture; Banking and Insurance (chair)
35
Health Services; Health Services; Juvenile Justice Oversight Council Statutory (ex-officio); Enrollment; Natural Resources and Energy; Local Government; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight; Race and Access to Opportunity Commission; Families and Children; Families and Children; Impeachment Special; Natural Resources and Energy
36
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory (co-chair); Licensing and Occupations (chair); Health Services; Banking and Insurance; Health Services; Administrative Regulation Review; Local Government; State Government; State and Local Government; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (co-chair); Banking and Insurance
37
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Banking and Insurance; Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Agriculture; Transportation; Transportation; Economic Development, Tourism and Labor; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Agriculture; Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology; Banking and Insurance
38
Public Pension Oversight Board; Licensing and Occupations; Health Services; Judiciary; Judiciary; Health Services; Local Government (co-chair); Information Technology Oversight Statutory; Artificial Intelligence Task Force; State Government (co-chair); State and Local Government (chair); Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
Mayors
What does a mayor do?
Leads a city. In 'strong mayor' cities (like Chicago) the mayor runs city departments and proposes the budget; in others the city council and a city manager hold more power. Usually 4 years.
- Police and fire departments
- City budget and property tax levy
- Streets, water and garbage
Craig GreenbergMayor of Louisville, term ends 2027Official source
Billy PhelpsMayor of Morgantown, term ends 2026Official source
Larger cities only, where Open States has current data. City council, county and school board: coming soon.