Kentucky GOP

Kentucky’s Republican statewide office holders have teamed up in the partisan struggle over who will choose the Executive Branch Ethics Commission, as both sides accuse the other of trying to “weaponize” ethics enforcement.

The Republican majority in the Kentucky General Assembly is pushing back on new proposals concerning gender-affirming care for state inmates. The state Department of Corrections has proposed new rules to improve accommodations for transgender prisoners, which could include gender reassignment surgeries.

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers said Wednesday state Republican leaders have already set an agenda for the coming year after the GOP maintained its overwhelming supermajority in both chambers.

Republican legislators continued their dominance in far western Kentucky, maintaining control of over a dozen offices in the state House and Senate combined after Tuesday’s election.

Republicans are likely to end up with a nearly identical supermajority in both chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly after the 2024 election.

All six of Kentucky’s U.S. representatives sailed through the general election, each winning by significant margins.

Outgoing state Sen. Whitney Westerfield was one of the only GOP officials in Kentucky to not denounce Trump’s conviction, and instead criticize his colleagues for undermining faith in the justice system.

Kim Holloway was able to defeat longtime GOP incumbent Rep. Richard Heath despite having no PAC support and little funding.

Holloway knocks off longtime incumbent Rep. Heath

Two factions of the Republican Party in Kentucky are vying for power within the supermajority caucus in Frankfort, with political action committees on opposing sides spending more than $1.5 million on 10 key races.