# Rachel Roarx

Rachel Roarx is a Democratic member of the Kentucky House for district 38.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kentucky House, district 38
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: KY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1217ac1a-4ca4-4fe4-953b-572beb008bed

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1217ac1a-4ca4-4fe4-953b-572beb008bed (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Roarx voted against the majority of Kentucky House Democrats 39 times; party unity 87%, in the bottom tenth of the Kentucky House (average 95.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.02), from 394 donors and 577 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (KY 2025–26 session)

785 roll calls. Attendance 96.4% (Kentucky House 91.1%). Party unity 87% (95.2%). 39 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · Pass · SB 70 AN ACT relating to the Public Pension Oversight Board. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB70/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · Pass · SB 324 AN ACT relating to the entertainment industry. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB324/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · Adopt · SJR 116 A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University to coordinate a search for… · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SJR116/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · Pass · SB 261 AN ACT relating to pedestrian swinging bridges. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB261/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · Final Passage · HB 826 AN ACT relating to education. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/HB826/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · Suspend the Rules · SB 37 AN ACT relating to state symbols. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB37/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · Final Passage · HB 727 AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/HB727/
- 2026-04-15 · voted not voting · Suspend the Rules · SJR 116 A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University to coordinate a search for… · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SJR116/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · Adopt · SJR 74 A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission and state agencies to collaborate to create a statewide fiscal map of substance use… · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SJR74/
- 2026-04-15 · voted not voting · Pass · SB 129 AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB129/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $70.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=38
- Campaign site: https://rachelroarx.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.roarx
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachel_roarx/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxNgGNSulxw6csyqefZXKzg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-roarx-36918669/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1217ac1a-4ca4-4fe4-953b-572beb008bed