# Josh Calloway

Josh Calloway is a Republican member of the Kentucky House for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kentucky House, district 10
- Serving since: 2021-01-01
- Current term: KY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f218fb5a-2336-4f82-b192-acc3893dabdf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f218fb5a-2336-4f82-b192-acc3893dabdf (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

Calloway missed 18% of 785 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Kentucky House (average 91.1%).

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

1,465 classified statements: 1,465 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 | Calloway | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.6% | 2.9% | 171 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.8% | 9.3% | 343 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 17.1% | 31.9% | 612 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.2% | 1.8% | 544 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 3.5% | 12.7% | 606 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 3.7% | 1.4% | 99 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 31% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Health 19% (State House Republicans 10%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 11% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.02), from 129 donors and 708 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (KY 2025–26 session)

785 roll calls. Attendance 82% (Kentucky House 91.1%). Party unity 91.4% (95.2%). 63 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 nay · 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 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 nay · 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 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 $21.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor/status/2112696345907900606
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor/status/2112953743708918171
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor/status/2108672048038056164
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor/status/2105313491313938738
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor/status/2098238069019156871
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor/status/2095749306040877088
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor/status/2095235176653545796
- 2026-08-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor/status/2090521060542218742
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor/status/2073448843337781646
- 2026-05-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor/status/2060200934215503890

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=10
- X: https://x.com/CallowayforKy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/callowayforkentucky
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-calloway-68a32277/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f218fb5a-2336-4f82-b192-acc3893dabdf