Rick Girdler
Kentucky State Senator, District 15 since 2012. Ran in 4 elections between 2012 and 2024, winning 4. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 14 yrs
- Since 2012
- Bills became law
- 8
- 25 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 11.5%
- Chamber median 2.2%
- With party
- 100%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Next election
- 2028
- Nov 7, 2028
- Elections
- 4
- 2012–2024
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Banking and Insurance · vice chair
- Banking and Insurance
- Capital Projects and Bond Oversight
- Economic Development and Workforce Investment
- Economic Development, Tourism and Labor
- Families and Children
- Families and Children
- Natural Resources and Energy
- Natural Resources and Energy
- Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Counties · Became law Apr 2026
Agriculture · Became law Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Girdler sits in the Kentucky State Senate
Girdler is closer to the center than 7% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Greg Elkins, Gary Boswell, Jared Carpenter
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Girdler’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans100%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Kentucky State Senate.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Girdler’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Girdler | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2026 | HB 139: AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 32–6 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | SB 1: AN ACT relating to education. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 31–7 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | SB 59: AN ACT relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and resources. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 31–7 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | SB 100: AN ACT relating to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and declaring an emergency. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 32–6 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | SB 65: AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 32–6 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Girdler was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
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 | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kentucky State Senate, District 15 | Won | — | R+68.4 | — |
| 2020 | Kentucky State Senate, District 15 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2016 | Kentucky State Senate, District 15 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2012 | Kentucky State Senate, District 15 | Won | — | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Girdler has held
- Kentucky State Senate, District 15 · since 2012
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Girdler
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/34ed9881-46b8-41ba-b625-3d350140d2b9
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET