State Representative, 1st District

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2 years

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1

Election

Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Kentucky laws and the state budget in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

Steven Jack Rudy

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; farm supply business part owner · Paducah

The gist

• Sponsored law rewriting stalking laws to cover social media.In office
• Sponsored law letting 15-year-olds get driving instruction permits.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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1. Sponsored law rewriting stalking laws to cover social media.

   2026 Regular Session HB 521: AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

   Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov

   “define "social media platform" and modify existing definitions; establish elements of the crime of stalking”

2. Sponsored law letting 15-year-olds get driving instruction permits.

   2025 Regular Session HB 15: AN ACT relating to instruction permits and declaring an emergency.

   Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov

   “allow persons who are at least 15 years of age to apply for a motor vehicle instruction permit”

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