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State Representative, 10th District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
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.

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John B. Whipple

Democratic

Retired teacher; Army veteran

The gist

Supports fully funding public schools over debating vouchers.
Proposes reexamining and updating the 1990 KERA school reforms.
Opposes laws restricting women's health rights and LGBTQ Kentuckians.
Pledges to oppose legislation he considers harmful or unconstitutional.

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Supports fully funding public schools over debating vouchers.
My Vision — The 10th District Project
Campaign website · John Whipple for State Representative · whipple.run
“The failure to adequately fund our public schools is the top of the list. … This is what we should be focused on, not debating vouchers.”
Proposes reexamining and updating the 1990 KERA school reforms.
My Vision — The 10th District Project
Campaign website · John Whipple for State Representative · whipple.run
“We need to go back and reexamine the KERA act”
Opposes laws restricting women's health rights and LGBTQ Kentuckians.
My Vision — The 10th District Project
Campaign website · John Whipple for State Representative · whipple.run
“I cannot abide the legislative attacks on women’s health rights and the LGBTQ community.”
Pledges to oppose legislation he considers harmful or unconstitutional.
Fighting for Public Schools. Standing Up for Our Rights. — The 10th District Project
Campaign website · John Whipple for State Representative · whipple.run
“The KY General Assembly has passed a large number of bad and unconstitutional bills”
My Vision — The 10th District Project
Campaign website · John Whipple for State Representative · whipple.run
“I will not support bad laws which harm people.”

Josh Calloway

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; director of Hope Academy · Irvington

The gist

Sponsored law requiring railroads to clear crossing vegetation.
Sponsored bill requiring Ten Commandments displays in classrooms.In office
Sponsored bill allowing homicide charges when an unborn child dies.In office
Sponsored bill exempting diapers from sales tax.In office

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

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Sponsored law requiring railroads to clear crossing vegetation.
2026 Regular Session HB 311: AN ACT relating to railroad crossings.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“require each railroad company destroy or remove obstructive vegetation at public railroad-highway grade crossings”
Session successes touted at legislative breakfast
News coverage · The News-Enterprise · Apr 24, 2026 · thenewsenterprise.com
“It was bipartisan across the board, and everybody supported this bill.”
Sponsored bill requiring Ten Commandments displays in classrooms.
2026 Regular Session HB 670: AN ACT relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in schools.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“conspicuously display a copy of the Ten Commandments accompanied by text providing historical context in each elementary and secondary classroom”
Sponsored bill allowing homicide charges when an unborn child dies.
2026 Regular Session HB 714: AN ACT relating to unborn children.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“allow a prosecution where the victim is an unborn child; provide exceptions for spontaneous miscarriages and life-saving medical procedures”
Sponsored bill exempting diapers from sales tax.
2026 Regular Session HB 865: AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for diapers.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“exempt all diapers from the sales and use tax”

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