# Vanessa Grossl

Vanessa Grossl is a Republican member of the Kentucky House for district 88.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kentucky House, district 88
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: KY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bc34f3ad-05ad-494c-bb80-bd2eb99e4fe9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bc34f3ad-05ad-494c-bb80-bd2eb99e4fe9 (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

Grossl voted against the majority of Kentucky House Republicans 33 times; party unity 89%, in the bottom quarter of the Kentucky House (average 95.2%).

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

52 classified statements: 52 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 | Grossl | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.9% | 2.9% | 200 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.7% | 9.3% | 350 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 46.2% | 31.9% | 184 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.9% | 1.8% | 266 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 25.0% | 12.7% | 109 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 38% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 33% (State House Republicans 10%); Economics and Public Finance 25% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Republicans 18%); Commerce 8.3% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.13 (standard error 0.03), from 103 donors and 271 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (KY 2025–26 session)

785 roll calls. Attendance 89% (Kentucky House 91.1%). Party unity 89% (95.2%). 33 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 yea · Pass · SB 129 AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB129/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $39.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 93% 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.

- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Grossl4KY88/status/2102762950389801272
- 2026-06-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Grossl4KY88/status/2065076122123985117
- 2026-06-04 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/Grossl4KY88/status/2062360725964664947
- 2026-05-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/Grossl4KY88/status/2052915995392479329
- 2026-04-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Grossl4KY88/status/2044959449803075918
- 2026-02-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/Grossl4KY88/status/2020568160395534547
- 2026-02-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/Grossl4KY88/status/2019956009561882879
- 2026-01-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Grossl4KY88/status/2015082169991823421
- 2026-01-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Grossl4KY88/status/2015083714284331076
- 2026-01-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Grossl4KY88/status/2011977020041748563

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=88
- Campaign site: https://www.vanessagrossl.com/about
- X: https://x.com/Grossl4KY88
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrosslforKY
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessa.grossl/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vgrossl/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bc34f3ad-05ad-494c-bb80-bd2eb99e4fe9