RepublicanIn office since Nov 2010

Jared K. Carpenter

Kentucky State Senator, District 34 since 2010. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2030.

Kentucky State Senator, District 34Born 1977

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 16 yrs; Since 2010
Bills became law: 2; 9 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 7.3%; Chamber median 2.2%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +18.2; Won 2022
Next election: 2030; Nov 5, 2030

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Banking and Insurance · co-chair
Banking and Insurance · chair
Agriculture
Agriculture
Housing Task Force
Natural Resources and Energy
Natural Resources and Energy
Transportation
Transportation

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 9 sponsored · 2 became law

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SB 39 AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife and declaring an emergency.
Agriculture · Became law Apr 2026

SB 153 AN ACT relating to the prevention of harmful and fraudulent practices.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026

SB 51 AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from…
Aged Persons And Aging · Failed in the House Mar 2026

SB 76 AN ACT relating to local occupational license fees and taxes.
Cities · Failed in the House Jan 2026

SB 7 AN ACT relating to the issuance of identity documents.
Circuit Clerks · Failed in the House Jan 2026

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Carpenter sits in the Kentucky State Senate

Carpenter is closer to the center than 15% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Max Wise, Gary Boswell, Robert Stivers

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

With Carpenter’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: Carpenter’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Carpenter	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 Carpenter was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2010201220142016201820202022202420262028Kentucky State Senate, District 34

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 34	Won	—	R+21.1	—
2022	Kentucky State Senate, District 34	Won	R+18.2	—	—
2018	Kentucky State Senate, District 34	Won	R+23.7	—	—
2014	Kentucky State Senate, District 34	Won	R+29.3	—	—
2014	Kentucky State Senate, District 34 (primary)	Won	—	—	—
2010	Kentucky State Senate, District 34	Won	R+32.6	—	—