Robert Stivers
Kentucky State Senator, District 25 since 1996. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 30 yrs
- Since 1996
- Bills became law
- 3
- 10 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 5.3%
- Chamber median 2.2%
- With party
- 100%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +27.9
- Won 2012
- Next election
- 2028
- Nov 7, 2028
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Committee on Committees · chair
- Legislative Research Commission · co-chair
- Rules · chair
- Judiciary
- Judiciary
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Banks And Financial Institutions · Became law Apr 2026
Motor Vehicles · Became law Apr 2026
Appropriations · Failed in the House Mar 2026
Constitution, Ky. · Failed in the House Mar 2026
Circuit Clerks · Failed in the House Jan 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Stivers sits in the Kentucky State Senate
Stivers is closer to the center than 22% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Max Wise, Jared Carpenter, Craig Richardson
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Stivers’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans100%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Kentucky State Senate.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Stivers’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Stivers | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2026 | HB 139: AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 32–6 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | SB 1: AN ACT relating to education. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 31–7 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | SB 59: AN ACT relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and resources. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 31–7 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | SB 100: AN ACT relating to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and declaring an emergency. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 32–6 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | SB 65: AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 32–6 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Stivers was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kentucky State Senate, District 25 | Won | — |
| 2020 | Kentucky State Senate, District 25 | Won | — |
| 2016 | Kentucky State Senate, District 25 | Won | — |
| 2012 | Kentucky State Senate, District 25 | Won | R+27.9 |
| 2008 | Kentucky State Senate, District 25 | Won | R+30.4 |
| 2004 | Kentucky State Senate, District 25 | Won | R+74.6 |
| 2000 | Kentucky State Senate, District 25 | Won | R+38.3 |
| 1996 | Kentucky State Senate, District 25 | Won | R+5.4 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Stivers has held
- Kentucky State Senate, District 25 · since 1996
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Stivers has run against
- Ralph Hoskins (D) · 2012 general, won
- Michael Adkins (D) · 2008 general, won
- Jeffrey L. Hillebrandt (CST) · 2004 general, won
- Larry C. Breeze (D) · 2000 general, won
- Charles M. Derrickson (D) · 1996 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Stivers
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/8659c7e3-ec01-4c40-b7ee-d21f37facff5
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET