# Richard White

Richard White is a Republican member of the Kentucky House for district 99.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kentucky House, district 99
- Serving since: 2020-03-03
- Current term: KY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/29b248e1-4033-41f6-ba30-136f2aa55045

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/29b248e1-4033-41f6-ba30-136f2aa55045 (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

White missed 16% of 785 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Kentucky House (average 91.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.02), from 132 donors and 807 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (KY 2025–26 session)

785 roll calls. Attendance 84% (Kentucky House 91.1%). Party unity 96.3% (95.2%). 22 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 $12.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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=99
- Campaign site: https://www.whiteforstaterep.com/
- X: https://x.com/richard_rep
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whiteforKy/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-white-9401b133/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/29b248e1-4033-41f6-ba30-136f2aa55045