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State Representative, 5th 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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Mary Beth ImesKentucky Legislative Research Commission

Mary Beth Imes

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; funeral home director · Murray

The gist

  • Sponsored law expanding counties' tools to collect delinquent taxes.In office
  • Proposed a state program helping teachers buy school supplies.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 expanding counties' tools to collect delinquent taxes.

    2026 Regular Session HB 600: AN ACT relating to the collection of delinquent tax bills.

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

    “establish that a county may enforce the collection of any tax bill due to the county by the procedure authorized in KRS 91.481 to 91.527”
  2. Proposed a state program helping teachers buy school supplies.

    2025 Regular Session HB 732: AN ACT establishing the School Supplies for Kentucky Teachers Program.

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

    “establish the School Supplies for Kentucky Teachers Program to provide eligible classroom teachers with financial and technical support in purchasing school supplies”

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