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State Representative, 59th 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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Stephanie WhiteCampaign photo — Stephanie White for Kentucky House

Stephanie White

Democratic

Teacher and business owner · Oldham County

The gist

  • Supports more per-pupil funding to raise teacher and aide pay.
  • Supports full state funding of school transportation.
  • Supports protecting Medicaid and rural hospital funding.
  • Supports a cost-of-living adjustment for state retirees.
  • Supports protections against the impacts of large data centers.
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  1. Supports more per-pupil funding to raise teacher and aide pay.

    Priorities — Stephanie White for Kentucky House

    Campaign website · Stephanie White for Kentucky House · stephanieforky.com

    “I support increasing per pupil funding so that schools can increase pay for teachers and para-professionals to recruit and retain staff.”
  2. Supports full state funding of school transportation.

    Priorities — Stephanie White for Kentucky House

    Campaign website · Stephanie White for Kentucky House · stephanieforky.com

    “The state must fulfil its obligation to fund school transportation at 100%”
  3. Supports protecting Medicaid and rural hospital funding.

    Priorities — Stephanie White for Kentucky House

    Campaign website · Stephanie White for Kentucky House · stephanieforky.com

    “We must reduce premium costs and protect funding for rural hospitals across Kentucky. Medicaid budgeting must be protected.”
  4. Supports a cost-of-living adjustment for state retirees.

    Priorities — Stephanie White for Kentucky House

    Campaign website · Stephanie White for Kentucky House · stephanieforky.com

    “I support a cost-of-living adjustment for our state retirees, who have not had such an increase in more than a decade.”
  5. Supports protections against the impacts of large data centers.

    Priorities — Stephanie White for Kentucky House

    Campaign website · Stephanie White for Kentucky House · stephanieforky.com

    “We must protect our community and environment from the pitfalls of large-scale data centers”
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David W. OsborneOfficial portrait — Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

David W. Osborne

RepublicanIncumbent

Speaker of the House; real estate and farming · Prospect

The gist

  • Sponsored letting legislators set when regular sessions end.In office
  • Co-sponsored a KCTCS job-training program inside state prisons.In office
  • Sponsored a farmland preservation loan program.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 letting legislators set when regular sessions end.

    Rep. David W. Osborne: sponsored bills (an asterisk marks primary sponsorship), Kentucky General Assembly

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

    House Bill 8 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly.

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

    “establish that the General Assembly shall determine the date a regular session shall end”
  2. Co-sponsored a KCTCS job-training program inside state prisons.

    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”
    Rep. David W. Osborne: sponsored bills (an asterisk marks primary sponsorship), Kentucky General Assembly

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

  3. Sponsored a farmland preservation loan program.

    Rep. David W. Osborne: sponsored bills (an asterisk marks primary sponsorship), Kentucky General Assembly

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

    House Bill 417 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the Farmland Preservation Loan Program.

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

    “establish, administer, and fund a Farmland Preservation Loan Program”

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