RepublicanIn office since Nov 2022

Mike Nemes

Kentucky State Senator, District 38 since 2022. Ran in 5 elections between 2010 and 2022, winning 3. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2030.

Kentucky State Senator, District 38Born 1954

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 2; 15 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 4.0%; Chamber median 7.5%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: −5.8; Lost 2014
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.

Local Government · co-chair
State Government · co-chair
State and Local Government · chair
Artificial Intelligence Task Force
Health Services
Health Services
Information Technology Oversight Statutory
Judiciary
Judiciary
Licensing and Occupations
Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations
Public Pension Oversight Board

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 15 sponsored · 2 became law

BillIntroCmteSenateHouseLaw

SB 129 AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Funds · Became law Apr 2026

SB 104 AN ACT relating to first responders.
Corrections Impact · Became law Apr 2026

SB 94 AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers.
Business Entities And Organizations · Failed in the House 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 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 Nemes sits in the Kentucky House of Representatives

Nemes is closer to the center than 36% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: D.J. Johnson, Deanna Gordon, Ryan Bivens

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

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

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

2010201220142016201820202022202420262028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 38 Kentucky State Senate, District 38

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 State Senate, District 38	Won	—	R+41.3	—
2022	Kentucky State Senate, District 38	Won	—	R+38.8	—
2014	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 49	Lost	D+5.8	—	—
2014	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 49 (primary)	Won	—	—	—
2012	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 38	Lost	D+18.4	—	—
2010	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 38	Won	R+1.9	—	—