RepublicanIn office since Nov 1994

Gex "jay" Williams

Kentucky State Senator, District 20 since 1994. Ran in 4 elections between 1990 and 2022, winning 3. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2030.

Kentucky State Senator, District 20Born 1952

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In office: 32 yrs; Since 1994
Bills became law: 5; 35 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 5.1%; Chamber median 7.5%
With party: 99%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +12.6; Won 2022
Next election: 2030; Nov 5, 2030

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Information Technology Oversight Statutory · co-chair
Natural Resources and Energy · vice chair
Artificial Intelligence Task Force
Education
Education
Families and Children
Families and Children
Natural Resources and Energy
Transportation
Transportation

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 35 sponsored · 5 became law

BillIntroCmteSenateHouseLaw

SB 98 AN ACT relating to welding safety.
Effective Dates, Delayed · Became law Apr 2026

SB 129 AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Funds · Became law Apr 2026

SB 195 AN ACT relating to participants in the legal system.
Civil Actions · Became law Apr 2026

SB 101 AN ACT relating to children.
Corrections Impact · Became law Apr 2026

SB 172 AN ACT relating to utility fuel adjustment and declaring an emergency.
Boards And Commissions · Became law Feb 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Williams sits in the Kentucky House of Representatives

Williams is closer to the center than 50% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Thomas Huff, Myron Dossett, Samara Heavrin

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET

With Williams’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans99%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Williams’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Williams	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Apr 15, 2026	HB 869: AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 70–22
Apr 14, 2026	HB 379: AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 80–17
Apr 14, 2026	HB 142: AN ACT relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 86–11
Apr 14, 2026	HB 904: AN ACT relating to gaming.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 67–7
Apr 14, 2026	HB 652: AN ACT relating to critical facility mapping and declaring an emergency.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 81–17

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Williams was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

1992199620002004200820122016202020242028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 60 Kentucky State Senate, District 24 Kentucky State Senate, District 20

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	Seat	+/−
2026	Kentucky State Senate, District 20	Won	—	R+30.9	—
2022	Kentucky State Senate, District 20	Won	R+12.6	R+23.6	−11.0
1998	U.S. House, KY-4	Lost	D+6.8	—	—
1994	Kentucky State Senate, District 24	Won	R+13.0	—	—
1990	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 60	Won	R+0.4	—	—