# Bobby McCool

Bobby McCool is a Republican member of the Kentucky House for district 97.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kentucky House, district 97
- Serving since: 2019-01-01
- Current term: KY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/22e056d2-728a-425a-a0a1-19e0e5cc59cb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/22e056d2-728a-425a-a0a1-19e0e5cc59cb (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

McCool missed 15% of 785 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Kentucky House (average 91.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.02), from 149 donors and 870 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (KY 2025–26 session)

785 roll calls. Attendance 85% (Kentucky House 91.1%). Party unity 93.2% (95.2%). 25 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 not voting · 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 yea · Pass · SB 129 AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB129/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $81.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% 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=97
- X: https://x.com/bobbymccool1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bobbywmccool/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-mccool-0a8a4b34/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/22e056d2-728a-425a-a0a1-19e0e5cc59cb