Leaving office January 1, 2027.Lost re-election in 2026. This page switches to the former-officeholder layout when the term ends.

RepublicanIn office until January 1, 2027

Ken Fleming

Kentucky State Representative, District 48 since 2016. Lost re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027.

Kentucky State Representative, District 48

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 9 yrs; Since 2016
Bills became law: 7; 20 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 3.5%; Chamber median 7.5%
With party: 98%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +7.5; Won 2024

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

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory · co-chair
Appropriations and Revenue
Appropriations and Revenue
Education
Health Services
Health Services
Local Government
Local Government
Primary and Secondary Education
Public Pension Oversight Board

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 20 sponsored · 7 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 607 AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments.
Audits And Auditors · 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

HB 169 AN ACT relating to coverage for feeding or eating disorders.
Actuarial Analysis · Became law Apr 2026

HB 5 AN ACT relating to prison educational programs.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026

HB 281 AN ACT relating to the donation of food.
Agriculture · 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 Fleming sits in the Kentucky House of Representatives

Fleming is closer to the center than 71% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Susan Witten, Amy Neighbors, Nick Wilson

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

With Fleming’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans98%

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

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

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 48 Kentucky House of Representatives, District 48

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 District 48	Lost	—	D+2.8	—
2024	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 48	Won	R+7.5	—	—
2022	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 48	Won	R+8.3	—	—
2020	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 48	Won	R+2.2	—	—
2018	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 48	Lost	D+1.4	—	—
2016	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 48	Won	R+14.5	—	—