Steve Rawlings
Kentucky State Senator, District 11 since 2024. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 1 yr
- Since 2024
- Bills became law
- 13
- 51 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 3.7%
- Chamber median 2.2%
- With party
- 90%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +40.8
- Won 2022
- 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.
- 2026-2028 Budget Preparation and Submission Statutory
- Appropriations and Revenue
- Appropriations and Revenue
- Artificial Intelligence Task Force
- Banking and Insurance
- Banking and Insurance
- Capital Planning Advisory Board Statutory
- Education
- Education
- Health Services
- Health Services
- Local Government
- State Government
- State and Local Government
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026
Counties · Became law Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Rawlings sits in the Kentucky State Senate
Rawlings is closer to the center than 78% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Shelley Frommeyer, Julie Adams, Phillip Wheeler
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Rawlings’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans90%
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: Rawlings’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Rawlings | 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 Rawlings 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 11 | Won | — |
| 2022 | Kentucky House of Representatives, District 66 | Won | R+40.8 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Rawlings has held
- Kentucky State Senate, District 11 · since 2024
- Kentucky House of Representatives, District 66 · 2022–2024
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Rawlings has run against
- Tim Montgomery (D) · 2022 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Rawlings
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/b702771e-135c-4444-b148-a321ee8088b2
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET