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State Representative, 22nd District

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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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Shawn McPhersonKentucky Legislative Research Commission

Shawn McPherson

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; real estate appraiser · Scottsville

The gist

  • Sponsored law requiring timely payment terms in state contracts.In office
  • Proposed exempting military pensions from state income tax.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 requiring timely payment terms in state contracts.

    2026 Regular Session HB 480: AN ACT relating to state contracts.

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

    “require government contracts to include terms to address timely payments, penalties for nonpayment, partial payments”
  2. Proposed exempting military pensions from state income tax.

    2025 Regular Session HB 192: AN ACT relating to income taxation of military pensions.

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

    “exclude all distributions from military pension plans received by retired members of the United States military and National Guard”

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