State Senator, 8th District · Kentucky 2026 General Election

Vicki Quisenberry

Democratic

Nonprofit founder; commercial property owner

The gist

Supports Pre-K for all Kentucky children.
Supports protecting health care as a human right.
Supports small businesses and new economic development ideas.
Pledges county advisory panels to shape her policy work.

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Supports Pre-K for all Kentucky children.
Education | Vicki Quisenberry
Campaign website · Campaign Fund of Vicki Quisenberry · vickiquisenberry.com
“PreK for All is vital to increasing educational attainment and workforce development.”
Supports protecting health care as a human right.
Issues | Vicki Quisenberry
Campaign website · Campaign Fund of Vicki Quisenberry · vickiquisenberry.com
“protecting healthcare as a human right”
Supports small businesses and new economic development ideas.
Issues | Vicki Quisenberry
Campaign website · Campaign Fund of Vicki Quisenberry · vickiquisenberry.com
“exploring creative options to boost economic development”
Quisenberry announces bid for state Senate seat
News coverage · The Owensboro Times · Jan 14, 2026 · owensborotimes.com
“Small businesses are the backbone of every successful local economy”
Pledges county advisory panels to shape her policy work.
Quisenberry announces bid for state Senate seat
News coverage · The Owensboro Times · Jan 14, 2026 · owensborotimes.com
“She said she is creating advisory panels representing Daviess, Hancock, and McLean counties to help shape policy discussions.”

Gary M. Boswell

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; farmer and real estate developer · Owensboro

The gist

Pledges lower taxes, fewer regulations and less wasteful spending.
Sponsored bill requiring votes on local tax hikes above 4%.
Sponsored law expanding county control over library board appointments.In office
Sponsored law exempting private ponds from state fishing limits.In office

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

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Pledges lower taxes, fewer regulations and less wasteful spending.
Boswell announces bid for re-election to Kentucky Senate
News coverage · The Owensboro Times · Sep 27, 2025 · owensborotimes.com
“protecting our children, lowering taxes, reducing burdensome regulations and bureaucracy, strengthening education, and cutting wasteful spending”
Sponsored bill requiring votes on local tax hikes above 4%.
Boswell files bills aiming to expand local authority over libraries, taxes
News coverage · The Owensboro Times · Jan 10, 2026 · owensborotimes.com
“citizens should automatically get the opportunity to approve or reject that decision at the ballot box”
2026 Regular Session SB 41: AN ACT relating to the levy of an ad valorem tax rate.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“voted upon by the voters if the tax rate produces more than 4% in revenues over the revenues produced by the compensating tax rate”
Sponsored law expanding county control over library board appointments.
2026 Regular Session SB 40: AN ACT relating to public library district boards of trustees.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“allow the county judge/executive to appoint a person other than the person recommended by the board”
Sponsored law exempting private ponds from state fishing limits.
2026 Regular Session SB 39: AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife and declaring an emergency.
Government record · Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · apps.legislature.ky.gov
“exempt a bona fide landowner of private land in the Commonwealth from restrictions on creel, possession, size, or method of take”