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State Senator, 16th District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on Kentucky laws and the state budget in the General Assembly.

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George Maxwell "Max" WiseKentucky Legislative Research Commission

George Maxwell "Max" Wise

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; professor · Campbellsville

The gist

  • Sponsored law letting colleges pay student-athletes directly.In office
  • Sponsored bill requiring monthly homeland security reports to lawmakers.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 law letting colleges pay student-athletes directly.

    2025 Regular Session SB 3: AN ACT relating to student-athletes and declaring an emergency.

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

    “authorize a student-athlete to receive compensation from an institution or its affiliated corporation through a written institutional agreement”
  2. Sponsored bill requiring monthly homeland security reports to lawmakers.

    2025 Regular Session SB 260: AN ACT relating to cybersecurity.

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

    “require the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security to submit monthly reports to the Legislative Research Commission”

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