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State Senator, 24th District
- Vote for
- 1
- Term
- 4 years
- Candidates
- 2
- Election
- Nov 3, 2026
What this office does: A state senator votes on Kentucky laws and the state budget in the General Assembly.
Taxes & budget
Joshua BakerDemocratic
- Proposes legalizing and taxing recreational cannabis to fund care.
Shelley "Funke" FrommeyerRepublican
No documented position found.
Economy & jobs
Joshua BakerDemocratic
- Supports unions as a protection for workers.
Shelley "Funke" FrommeyerRepublican
- Sponsored law requiring referral of suspected unemployment fraud.In office
Environment & parks
Joshua BakerDemocratic
- Opposes data center construction; supports permanent park protections.
Shelley "Funke" FrommeyerRepublican
No documented position found.
Health & human services
Joshua BakerDemocratic
- Proposes state-guaranteed primary health care at no cost.
Shelley "Funke" FrommeyerRepublican
- Sponsored resolution creating a Make America Healthy Again task force.
- Sponsored bill licensing freestanding birthing centers.In office
- Sponsored bill to bar SNAP purchases of candy and soda.In office
- Sponsored resolution declaring Kentucky a Food is Medicine state.In office
Government & transparency
Joshua BakerDemocratic
- Proposes capping legislator pay unless teacher raises exceed it.
Shelley "Funke" FrommeyerRepublican
No documented position found.
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