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State Representative, 99th District

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Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Kentucky laws and the state budget in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

Photo of Iva Markicevic Daley
Iva Markicevic DaleyCampaign photo — ivaforkentucky.com

Iva Markicevic Daley

Democratic

Health care access advocate

The gist

  • Supports bringing preventive care and telehealth closer to home
  • Supports a living wage and reliable safety nets
  • Supports free child care and pre-K and fully funded schools
  • Pledges to refuse corporate PAC donations
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  1. Supports bringing preventive care and telehealth closer to home

    Iva for Kentucky — Iva Markicevic Daley for KY State House

    Campaign website · Campaign Fund of Iva Markicevic Daley · ivaforkentucky.com

    “Preventive health is cheaper than treatment or emergency care. … Eastern Kentuckians deserve policies that put this care”
  2. Supports a living wage and reliable safety nets

    Iva for Kentucky — Iva Markicevic Daley for KY State House

    Campaign website · Campaign Fund of Iva Markicevic Daley · ivaforkentucky.com

    “Safe communities are communities in which we earn a living wage”
  3. Supports free child care and pre-K and fully funded schools

    Iva for Kentucky — Iva Markicevic Daley for KY State House

    Campaign website · Campaign Fund of Iva Markicevic Daley · ivaforkentucky.com

    “offer free childcare and Pre-K so families have more choice … have fully funded, quality public schools”
  4. Pledges to refuse corporate PAC donations

    Iva for Kentucky — Iva Markicevic Daley for KY State House

    Campaign website · Campaign Fund of Iva Markicevic Daley · ivaforkentucky.com

    “I believe that big money has no place in politics, so I do not accept corporate PAC dollars.”
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Richard Lee WhiteOfficial portrait — Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

Richard Lee White

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; owner, Richard White Wood Products · Morehead

The gist

  • Pledges to protect the unborn and defund Planned Parenthood
  • Pledges to defend the right to bear arms
  • Sponsored amendment for property tax breaks for disabled veteransIn office
  • Sponsored bill auto-approving permits not decided within 60 daysIn office
  • Sponsored bill requiring Ten Commandments displays in classroomsIn office

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

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  1. Pledges to protect the unborn and defund Planned Parenthood

    Richard White for KY State Representative

    Campaign website · Richard White for State Representative · whiteforstaterep.com

    “I will always protect the unborn and fight to defund Planned Parenthood.”
  2. Pledges to defend the right to bear arms

    Richard White for KY State Representative

    Campaign website · Richard White for State Representative · whiteforstaterep.com

    “I will strongly defend the right to bear arms from gun-grabbing liberals.”
  3. Sponsored amendment for property tax breaks for disabled veterans

    HB 242 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.

    Government record · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission) · apps.legislature.ky.gov

    “a portion of the assessed value of real property maintained as the permanent residence of an owner who is a veteran or first responder”
  4. Sponsored bill auto-approving permits not decided within 60 days

    HB 530 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to permits.

    Government record · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission) · apps.legislature.ky.gov

    “automatically grant any permit if a permitting authority fails to render a decision within 60 days”
  5. Sponsored bill requiring Ten Commandments displays in classrooms

    HB 670 (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in schools.

    Government record · Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission) · apps.legislature.ky.gov

    “require that a public school or public charter school conspicuously display a copy of the Ten Commandments”

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