State Representative, 25th District · Kentucky 2026 General Election

Cherlyn Evette Smith

Democratic

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Supports access to reproductive health care and family planning.
Three vying for 25th District House seat
News coverage · The News-Enterprise · Oct 29, 2024 · thenewsenterprise.com
“Smith said she will work toward better access to family planning services allowing women to make informed decisions about if and when having children.”
Supports addressing food insecurity and wages that lag housing costs.
Three vying for 25th District House seat
News coverage · The News-Enterprise · Oct 29, 2024 · thenewsenterprise.com
“Wages have not increased with the rise in housing costs … Hardin County is one of the top five counties in Kentucky whose residents are food insecure”

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; college technical training director · Elizabethtown

Supports reassessing Hardin County homes at current market values.
Sponsored law moving school emergency mapping to the 911 board.In office
Sponsored bill barring colleges from forcing adults into dorms.In office
Sponsored law joining interstate respiratory care and dietitian licensure compacts.In office

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Supports reassessing Hardin County homes at current market values.
Bratcher asks Hardin County PVA to reassess property values
News coverage · The News-Enterprise · Sep 26, 2026 · thenewsenterprise.com
“homeowners should not continue paying property taxes based on inflated values that no longer accurately represent what their homes are worth”
Sponsored law moving school emergency mapping to the 911 board.
2026 Regular Session HB 652: AN ACT relating to critical facility mapping and declaring an emergency.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“require the Kentucky 911 Services Board to administer the School Mapping Data Program”
Sponsored bill barring colleges from forcing adults into dorms.
2026 Regular Session HB 766: AN ACT relating to student housing.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“from requiring a student who is within 6 months of turning 18 years of age or older to reside in student housing”
Sponsored law joining interstate respiratory care and dietitian licensure compacts.
2026 Regular Session HB 36: AN ACT relating to interstate licensure compacts.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“enact and enter into the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact”