Jeff Forsyth
Republican
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State Representative, 75th 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.
Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young
Kentucky Party
The gist
- Proposes ending the sales tax and cutting workers' income taxes
- Supports raising taxes on the wealthiest Kentuckians
- Proposes preparing Kentucky for hyperinflation and mass unemployment
- Supports barring party leaders from taking sides in primaries
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Proposes ending the sales tax and cutting workers' income taxes
Geoff Young for Kentucky House of RepresentativesCampaign website · Geoff Young for Kentucky House of Representatives · young4ky.com
“Kentucky should eliminate the sales tax, cut income taxes for poor and working Kentuckians, and increase taxes on large corporations and very rich Kentuckians.”
Supports raising taxes on the wealthiest Kentuckians
Geoff Young for Kentucky House of RepresentativesCampaign website · Geoff Young for Kentucky House of Representatives · young4ky.com
“we should eliminate the sales tax and make up for the lost revenue by taxing rich and extremely rich Kentuckians more”
Proposes preparing Kentucky for hyperinflation and mass unemployment
Geoff Young for Kentucky House of RepresentativesCampaign website · Geoff Young for Kentucky House of Representatives · young4ky.com
“every other state that fails to prepare for hyperinflation and massive unemployment”
Supports barring party leaders from taking sides in primaries
Geoff Young for Kentucky House of RepresentativesCampaign website · Geoff Young for Kentucky House of Representatives · young4ky.com
“KRS 118.105(1) is a good law because the registered members of the D and R parties are supposed to choose”
Lindsey Burke
DemocraticIncumbent
State representative; attorney, founder of Micah Legal · Lexington
The gist
- Supports barring big corporate landlords from buying more homes
- Sponsored bill establishing reproductive rights, including abortion accessIn office
- Sponsored bill taxing income over $300,000 at 6%In office
- Sponsored bill requiring health plans to cover IVFIn office
- Sponsored bill for $2,000 one-time payments to teachersIn office
In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.
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Supports barring big corporate landlords from buying more homes
Lindsey Burke, State Representative - 75th DistrictCampaign website · Lindsey Burke for State Representative · lindseyburke.com
“filed Homenibus 2.0 to stop large corporations that own 50+ rental homes in the Commonwealth of Kentucky from buying up any more inventory”
Sponsored bill establishing reproductive rights, including abortion access
HB 22 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to reproductive privacy.Government record · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission) · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to establish reproductive rights and define terms”
Sponsored bill taxing income over $300,000 at 6%
HB 13 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the individual income tax rate.Government record · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission) · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“establish a flat tax rate of 6% for net incomes in excess of $300,000”
Sponsored bill requiring health plans to cover IVF
HB 20 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to coverage for reproductive health care.Government record · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission) · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“require health benefit plans to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and any other assisted reproductive technology”
Sponsored bill for $2,000 one-time payments to teachers
HB 17 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to one-time payments to school district employees, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.Government record · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission) · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“provide a one-time payment of $2,000 to certified employees, excluding superintendents, in each year of the 2026-2028 biennium”
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