ALEXANDRIA, VA (January 11, 2024) — CPAC Foundation’s analysis reveals that Kentucky legislators generally held onto the increased conservatism that they exhibited last session in comparison to previous years. Republicans obtained an average score of 84% between both chambers and, to top it off, consistently overrode Governor Beshear’s vetoes of conservative legislation.

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“Leftist Governor Andy Beshear did all in his power this last session to crush sensible legislation in Kentucky.” Said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. “Despite this obstacle, Republican legislators pushed through plenty of conservative victories with their sizeable majority, including expanding parental rights in education, promoting deregulation, and by cutting taxes.”

CPAC recognizes several Kentucky legislators for their conservative voting records. The following members of the Kentucky State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Excellence for voting with the conservative position at least 90% of the time during the 2023 session.

Savannah Maddox (100%)

Felicia Rabourn (100%)

Richard Heath (93%)

Kim King (93%)

Josh Calloway (93%)

Robert Duvall (92%)

Additionally, many lawmakers in the Kentucky State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Achievement for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time during the 2023 session. Their names are highlighted in gray in the scorecard.

The bills featured in CPAC’s 2023 Ratings of Kentucky address school choice, government spending, parental rights in education, and combatting radical gender ideology. These issues, coupled with our mission to protect life, liberty, property and uphold the American family, created the basis by which the CPAC Foundation rated the Kentucky legislature.

The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), an initiative of the CPAC Foundation, is the premier organization for holding lawmakers accountable. The CLA produces the longest-running conservative congressional scorecard and our state program is the only one in the nation that scores all 8,000 lawmakers in the 50 states across every policy area.