RepublicanIn office since Nov 2022

John F. Hodgson

Kentucky State Representative, District 36 since 2022. Ran in 2 elections between 2022 and 2024, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kentucky State Representative, District 36Born 1961

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 15; 83 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 3.5%; Chamber median 7.5%
With party: 99%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +15.7; Won 2024
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

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

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs · vice chair
Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force
Information Technology Oversight Statutory
Small Business and Information Technology
State Government
State Government
Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology
Transportation
Transportation

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 83 sponsored · 15 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 10 AN ACT relating to executive branch operations and declaring an emergency.
Attorney General · Became law Apr 2026

HB 607 AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments.
Audits And Auditors · Became law Apr 2026

HB 139 AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.
Attorney, Commonwealth's · Became law Apr 2026

HB 78 AN ACT relating to firearms liability protections and declaring an emergency.
Attorney General · Became law Apr 2026

HB 2 AN ACT relating to Medicaid, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Hodgson sits in the Kentucky House of Representatives

Hodgson is closer to the center than 35% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Mike Nemes, D.J. Johnson, Deanna Gordon

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

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

Date	Bill	Hodgson	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Apr 15, 2026	HB 869: AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency.	No	Yes	Yes	Passed 70–22
Apr 14, 2026	HB 379: AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.	Not voting	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 Hodgson was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2022202320242025202620272028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 36

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 House of Representatives, District 36	Won	—	R+11.1	—
2024	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 36	Won	R+15.7	R+11.1	+4.6
2022	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 36	Won	—	R+12.3	—