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State Representative, 3rd 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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Michael McVicker

Democratic

Small business owner; McCracken County Democratic Party chair

The gist

Pledges multiple public town halls every year.
Supports voluntary preschool for every four-year-old.
Supports gun rights plus background checks and red flag laws.
Supports banning algorithmic rent-fixing by landlords.
Proposes data center impact fees funding local resident dividends.

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Pledges multiple public town halls every year.
McVicker for Kentucky — State Representative District 3
Campaign website · McVicker for Kentucky Campaign · mcvickerforky.com
“I will hold multiple town halls every year, open to the public regardless of party affiliation.”
Supports voluntary preschool for every four-year-old.
Policy - mcvickerforky.com
Campaign website · McVicker for Kentucky Campaign · mcvickerforky.com
“This would provide voluntary preschool to every four-year-old in the Commonwealth.”
Supports gun rights plus background checks and red flag laws.
Policy - mcvickerforky.com
Campaign website · McVicker for Kentucky Campaign · mcvickerforky.com
“I strongly support the Second Amendment. … Background Checks: A basic, common-sense step to ensure firearms are purchased responsibly.”
Supports banning algorithmic rent-fixing by landlords.
Policy - mcvickerforky.com
Campaign website · McVicker for Kentucky Campaign · mcvickerforky.com
“I strongly support legislation to explicitly ban algorithmic rent-fixing in Kentucky.”
Proposes data center impact fees funding local resident dividends.
Policy - mcvickerforky.com
Campaign website · McVicker for Kentucky Campaign · mcvickerforky.com
“they need to pay a community impact fee that goes straight into a local dividend fund”

Randy Bridges

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; Realtor and developer · Paducah

The gist

Supports the planned $100 billion Paducah AI data center.
Supports eliminating duplicative state regulations on data centers.
Sponsored resolution declaring nuclear power clean baseload electricity.In office
Sponsored bill moving the PVA candidate exam to KCTCS.In office

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

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Supports the planned $100 billion Paducah AI data center.
Lawmakers back $100B Paducah AI data center; State leaders highlight benefits, address concerns
News coverage · WPSD Local 6 · Jul 30, 2026 · wpsdlocal6.com
“These are good-paying jobs. You can support a family, make a mortgage”
Supports eliminating duplicative state regulations on data centers.
Lawmakers back $100B Paducah AI data center; State leaders highlight benefits, address concerns
News coverage · WPSD Local 6 · Jul 30, 2026 · wpsdlocal6.com
“All we’re doing is reducing redundant regulations”
Sponsored resolution declaring nuclear power clean baseload electricity.
2025 Regular Session HCR 22: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION declaring that nuclear power generation is a clean and dispatchable means of providing baseload electricity
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“Declares that nuclear power generation is a clean and dispatchable means of providing baseload electricity”
Sponsored bill moving the PVA candidate exam to KCTCS.
2026 Regular Session HB 356: AN ACT relating to local government.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“require the examination of candidates for the office of property valuation administrator to be offered by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System”

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