Robert M. "Robby" Mills
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RepublicanIn office since Nov 2018

Robert M. "Robby" Mills

Kentucky State Senator, District 4 since 2018. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2030.

Kentucky State Senator, District 4Born 1967

In office
7 yrs
Since 2018
Bills became law
18
44 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
0.2%
Chamber median 2.2%
With party
100%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+33.3
Won 2022
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.

  • Housing Task Force · co-chair
  • Committee on Committees
  • Families and Children
  • Families and Children
  • Health Services
  • Health Services
  • Legislative Research Commission
  • Local Government
  • Natural Resources and Energy
  • Natural Resources and Energy
  • Rules
  • State Government
  • State and Local Government

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 44 sponsored · 18 became law
BillIntroCmteSenateHouseLaw
SB 197 AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making…
Economic Development · Became law Apr 2026
SB 70 AN ACT relating to the Public Pension Oversight Board.
Boards And Commissions · Became law Apr 2026
SB 8 AN ACT relating to public utilities and declaring an emergency.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026
SB 4 AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026
SB 100 AN ACT relating to the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission and declaring an emergency.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · 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 Mills sits in the Kentucky State Senate

Mills is closer to the center than 33% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianMillsMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Craig Richardson, Matt Nunn, Scott Madon

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

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

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Mills 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.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026Kentucky Senate District 4Won—R+44.8—
2022Kentucky State Senate, District 4WonR+33.3——
2018Kentucky State Senate, District 4WonR+1.3——
2016Kentucky House of Representatives, District 11WonR+3.2——

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$109.6K
Spent
$39.9K

Source: Kentucky Registry of Election Finance filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 12:43 AM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

Robert "Robby" Mills (GENERAL 11/03/2026)
State
Active
Robert "Robby" Mills (PRIMARY 05/19/2026)
State
Active

Source: Kentucky Registry of Election Finance filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 12:43 AM ET

Seats Mills has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Mills has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)

How we know Mills

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET