State Senator, 22nd District

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Term

4 years

Candidates

1

Election

Nov 3, 2026

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

Donald R. Douglas

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; physician · Nicholasville

The gist

• Sponsored law funding ibogaine trials for opioid use disorder.In office
• Sponsored bill making parentage fraud a crime.In office

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

More about Donald

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1. Sponsored law funding ibogaine trials for opioid use disorder.

   2026 Regular Session SB 77: AN ACT relating to ibogaine research in the Commonwealth.

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

   “establish the ibogaine research and intellectual property fund”

2. Sponsored bill making parentage fraud a crime.

   2026 Regular Session SB 36: AN ACT relating to parentage fraud.

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

   “establish the crime of parentage fraud as a Class B misdemeanor”

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