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State Representative, 61st 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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Savannah MaddoxOfficial portrait — Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

Savannah Maddox

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative · Dry Ridge

The gist

  • Supports eliminating Kentucky's income tax.
  • Sponsored Kentucky's constitutional carry law.
  • Opposes converting rural farmland into data centers.
  • Sponsored concealed-carry licenses for adults ages 18 to 20.In office

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

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  1. Supports eliminating Kentucky's income tax.

    Savannah Maddox for State Representative

    Campaign website · Savannah Maddox for State Representative · maddoxforkentucky.com

    “We shouldn't rob our families with an income tax”
  2. Sponsored Kentucky's constitutional carry law.

    Savannah Maddox for State Representative

    Campaign website · Savannah Maddox for State Representative · maddoxforkentucky.com

    “I filed Constitutional Carry legislation and championed its passage”
  3. Opposes converting rural farmland into data centers.

    Savannah Maddox: post on data centers and rural land (Facebook)

    Candidate social media · Savannah Maddox · facebook.com

    “It is not wrong of us to question the sudden and wide-scale effort to convert arable land into data centers.”
  4. Sponsored concealed-carry licenses for adults ages 18 to 20.

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

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

    House Bill 312 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to concealed firearms and deadly weapons.

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

    “to issue provisional licenses to carry concealed firearms and other deadly weapons to persons who are 18 to 20 years of age”

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