Greg Elkins
Kentucky State Senator, District 28. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2030.
Kentucky State Senator, District 28Born 1964
- Bills became law
- 21
- 53 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.7%
- Chamber median 2.2%
- With party
- 100%
- On votes splitting the parties
- 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.
- Legislative Oversight and Investigations · co-chair
- State and Local Government · vice chair
- Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force
- Banking and Insurance
- Banking and Insurance
- Local Government
- Natural Resources and Energy
- Natural Resources and Energy
- Public Pension Oversight Board
- State Government
- Transportation
- Transportation
- Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Boards And Commissions · Became law Apr 2026
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Elkins sits in the Kentucky State Senate
Elkins is closer to the center than 4% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Rick Girdler, Gary Boswell, Jared Carpenter
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Elkins’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: Elkins’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Elkins | 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 Elkins 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 | Seat | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kentucky Senate District 28 | Won | — | R+26.3 | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Campaign money, 2025–26
- Raised
- $106.8K
- Spent
- $55.2K
Source: Kentucky Registry of Election Finance filings through Oct 2, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 12:43 AM ET
Campaign committees
Open committees can still raise and spend money.
| Greg Elkins (GENERAL 11/03/2026) State | Active |
| Greg Elkins (PRIMARY 05/19/2026) State | Active |
Source: Kentucky Registry of Election Finance filings through Oct 2, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 12:43 AM ET
How we know Elkins
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/139d004c-7a19-4153-a58b-919a1b70180e
- Wikidata Q119459538
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET