RepublicanIn office since Nov 2018

Matthew R. Koch

Kentucky State Representative, District 72 since 2018. Ran in 4 elections between 2018 and 2024, winning 4. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kentucky State Representative, District 72Born 1978

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 7 yrs; Since 2018
Bills became law: 4; 7 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 9.3%; Chamber median 7.5%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +30.8; Won 2020
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.

Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations · co-chair
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations · chair
Agriculture
Agriculture
Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs
State Government
Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 7 sponsored · 4 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 904 AN ACT relating to gaming.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026

HB 185 AN ACT relating to employment and declaring an emergency.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026

HB 49 AN ACT relating to professional engineering and land surveying scholarships.
Contracts · Became law Apr 2026

HB 422 AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State · 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 Koch sits in the Kentucky House of Representatives

Koch is closer to the center than 42% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Rebecca Raymer, Jared Bauman, Chris Freeland

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

With Koch’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans100%

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

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

20182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 72

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 72	Won	—	R+46.4	—
2024	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 72	Won	—	R+46.4	—
2022	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 72	Won	—	R+42.3	—
2020	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 72	Won	R+30.8	—	—
2018	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 72	Won	R+4.1	—	—