# Aaron Thompson

Aaron Thompson is a Republican member of the Kentucky House for district 98.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kentucky House, district 98
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: KY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1439bad2-f18b-49e2-94ca-21f2b563dfdd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1439bad2-f18b-49e2-94ca-21f2b563dfdd (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

60% of Thompson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kentucky, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## What Thompson says (KY 2025–26 session)

76 classified statements: 76 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Thompson | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.3% | 9.3% | 633 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 21.1% | 31.9% | 544 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.6% | 1.8% | 196 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 10.5% | 12.7% | 388 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 31% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 19% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 19% (State House Republicans 15%); Commerce 13% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Health 13% (State House Republicans 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.04), from 121 donors and 285 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (KY 2025–26 session)

785 roll calls. Attendance 92.4% (Kentucky House 91.1%). Party unity 96.3% (95.2%). 12 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 yea · 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 yea · Pass · SB 129 AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB129/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 60% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY/status/2109117704502153632
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY/status/2096992986689077531
- 2026-05-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY/status/2058675140532043845
- 2026-05-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY/status/2056151729628975463
- 2026-05-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY/status/2054335498794205192
- 2026-05-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY/status/2052496084098744549
- 2026-05-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY/status/2050317137743417511
- 2026-04-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY/status/2044627342954315963
- 2026-03-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY/status/2037345262025228415
- 2026-03-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY/status/2037183094176768398

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=98
- Campaign site: https://www.aaronthompsonkyhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/AaronThompsonKY
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555131925541
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-thompson-092b5854/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1439bad2-f18b-49e2-94ca-21f2b563dfdd