RepublicanIn office since Nov 2016

Walker Wood Thomas

Kentucky State Representative, District 8 since 2016. Ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 5. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kentucky State Representative, District 8Born 1963

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 9 yrs; Since 2016
Bills became law: 14; 41 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.4%; Chamber median 7.5%
With party: 95%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +36.3; Won 2022
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Public Pension Oversight Board · co-chair
Agriculture
Agriculture
Appropriations and Revenue
Appropriations and Revenue
Capital Projects and Bond Oversight
Transportation
Transportation
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection
Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 41 sponsored · 14 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 312 AN ACT relating to concealed firearms and deadly weapons.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026

HB 6 AN ACT relating to child care and declaring an emergency.
Business Entities And Organizations · Became law Apr 2026

HB 264 AN ACT relating to theft by deception.
Corrections Impact · Became law Apr 2026

HB 58 AN ACT relating to privacy protection.
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

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Thomas sits in the Kentucky House of Representatives

Thomas is closer to the center than 87% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Daniel Elliott, Kim King, Scott Sharp

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

With Thomas’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans95%

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

Date	Bill	Thomas	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Mar 14, 2025	HB 369: AN ACT relating to police department members.	No	Yes	No	Failed 37–41
Feb 26, 2025	HB 398: AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health.	No	No	Yes	Failed 47–48

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Thomas was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 8

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 8	Won	—	R+41.4	—
2024	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 8	Won	—	R+41.4	—
2022	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 8	Won	R+36.3	R+41.0	−4.7
2020	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 8	Won	R+9.6	—	—
2018	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 8	Won	R+4.6	—	—
2016	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 8	Won	R+3.7	—	—