DemocratIn office since Nov 2022

Rachel Roarx

Kentucky State Representative, District 38 since 2022. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kentucky State Representative, District 38Born 1997

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 3; 44 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 3.7%; Chamber median 7.5%
With party: 88%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +1.4; 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.

Local Government · ranking member
Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Task Force
Families and Children
Families and Children
Government Contract Review
Local Government
Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight
Transportation
Transportation

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 44 sponsored · 3 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 311 AN ACT relating to railroad crossings.
Local Mandate · Became law Apr 2026

HB 480 AN ACT relating to state contracts.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026

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

HB 338 AN ACT relating to forcible entry and detainer.
Civil Actions · Failed in the Senate Apr 2026

HB 621 AN ACT relating to class sizes for exceptional children and youth.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Failed in the Senate Mar 2026

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Roarx sits in the Kentucky House of Representatives

Roarx is closer to the center than 67% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Nima Kulkarni, Erika Hancock, Beverly Chester-Burton

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

With Roarx’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats88%

Black tick: the average of Democrats 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: Roarx’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Roarx	Dem. majority	Rep. 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.	No	No	Yes	Passed 80–17
Apr 14, 2026	HB 142: AN ACT relating to depredating wildlife and declaring an emergency.	Yes	No	Yes	Passed 86–11
Apr 14, 2026	HB 904: AN ACT relating to gaming.	Yes	No	Yes	Passed 67–7
Apr 14, 2026	HB 652: AN ACT relating to critical facility mapping and declaring an emergency.	No	No	Yes	Passed 81–17

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Roarx 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 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 House District 38	Won	—	R+1.4	—
2024	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 38	Won	D+1.4	—	—
2022	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 38	Won	D+3.0	—	—