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State Representative, 58th 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.

Andrew Thomas Monarch

Democratic

Shelby County

The gist

  • Supports restoring a graduated income tax over the flat rate.
  • Opposes tax incentives for data centers.
  • Supports a state-funded raise for starting teacher pay.
  • Pledges to defend Medicaid against federal cuts.
  • Supports limiting corporate ownership of single-family homes.
  • Supports real-time lobbying disclosure and ad-spending transparency.
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  1. Supports restoring a graduated income tax over the flat rate.

    Issues | Vote Monarch

    Campaign website · Monarch For 58 · votemonarch.org

    “I'll support restoration to a fairer, graduated tax structure instead of a flat rate cut that disproportionately benefits the ultra wealthy”
  2. Opposes tax incentives for data centers.

    Vote Monarch for Kentucky House District 58

    Campaign website · Monarch For 58 · votemonarch.org

    “I'll fight to remove tax incentives on Data Centers that communities didn't ask for, restore environmental controls, and protect Kentuckians from rising utility costs.”
  3. Supports a state-funded raise for starting teacher pay.

    Issues | Vote Monarch

    Campaign website · Monarch For 58 · votemonarch.org

    “I'll fight for a guaranteed state-funded raise to lift our starting teacher pay out of the bottom tier nationally”
  4. Pledges to defend Medicaid against federal cuts.

    Issues | Vote Monarch

    Campaign website · Monarch For 58 · votemonarch.org

    “I'm ready to defend Medicaid against further cuts from Washington, fight to restore coverage for those Kentuckians who've lost it”
  5. Supports limiting corporate ownership of single-family homes.

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    Campaign website · Monarch For 58 · votemonarch.org

    “I'll support efforts to limit large corporate ownership of single family homes”
  6. Supports real-time lobbying disclosure and ad-spending transparency.

    Issues | Vote Monarch

    Campaign website · Monarch For 58 · votemonarch.org

    “That means real-time disclosure of lobbying, a searchable public database of who is paying for political ads”
Photo of Jennifer Henson Decker
Jennifer Henson DeckerOfficial portrait — Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

Jennifer Henson Decker

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; attorney and nonprofit executive director · Waddy

The gist

  • Sponsored a KCTCS job-training program inside state prisons.In office
  • Sponsored data-sharing to investigate election offenses.In office
  • Sponsored statewide reporting of fines and fees governments assess.In office

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

More about Jennifer
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  1. Sponsored a KCTCS job-training program inside state prisons.

    Rep. Jennifer Decker: sponsored bills (an asterisk marks primary sponsorship), Kentucky General Assembly

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

    House Bill 5 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to prison educational programs.

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

    “to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Prison Education Program within the Department of Corrections”
  2. Sponsored data-sharing to investigate election offenses.

    Rep. Jennifer Decker: sponsored bills (an asterisk marks primary sponsorship), Kentucky General Assembly

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

    House Bill 139 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.

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

    “allow the State Board of Elections to enter into intergovernmental agreements with other governmental agencies to exchange data”
  3. Sponsored statewide reporting of fines and fees governments assess.

    Rep. Jennifer Decker: sponsored bills (an asterisk marks primary sponsorship), Kentucky General Assembly

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

    House Bill 774 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the reporting of costs, fines, and fees.

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

    “require governmental entities to submit specified data to the Office of the Kentucky Center for Statistics regarding fines and fees assessed”

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