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| office = Majority Leader of the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]]
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| birth_name = Steven Jack Rudy
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| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| profession = Business owner
| religion = [[Methodist]]
| residence = [[Paducah, Kentucky]]
| education = [[West Kentucky Community and Technical College]]<br />[[Murray State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
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| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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| committees = Committee on Committees<br>Rules<br>Enrollment<br>Banking and Insurance
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'''Steven Jack Rudy''' (born August 9, 1978) is an American politician and [[agribusiness]] owner who has served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]] since January 2005.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission |url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=1 |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=legislature.ky.gov}}</ref> He represents Kentucky's 1st House district, which includes [[Ballard County, Kentucky|Ballard]], [[Carlisle County, Kentucky|Carlisle]], [[Fulton County, Kentucky|Fulton]], and [[Hickman County, Kentucky|Hickman]] counties as well as part of [[McCracken County, Kentucky|McCracken County]].<ref name=":1" />


He has served as the House Majority Leader since 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GOP-dominated Kentucky House presses forward with legislative goals |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/in-focus-shows/2024/01/26/steven-rudy-on-in-focus |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=spectrumnews1.com |language=en}}</ref>
'''Steven Jack Rudy''' (born August 9, 1978) is a [[Kentucky]] politician and [[agribusiness]] owner, serving as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]] since defeating longtime Representative Charles Geveden in 2004.<ref>http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/H001.htm</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==


Steven Jack Rudy was born to [[Methodists]], parents Jack and Jeanette Rudy of [[Ballard County]] on August 9, 1978. Rudy was educated in the Ballard County School system, and graduated from Ballard Memorial High School in 1996. Rudy attended college at the former Paducah Community College (now [[West Kentucky Community and Technical College]]) and graduated from [[Murray State University]] in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in Agriculture Education.
Steven Jack Rudy was born to parents Jack and Jeanette Rudy of [[Ballard County]] on August 9, 1978. Rudy was educated in the Ballard County School system, and graduated from [[Ballard Memorial High School]] in 1996. Rudy attended college at the former Paducah Community College (now [[West Kentucky Community and Technical College]]) and graduated from [[Murray State University]] in 2000 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in agriculture education. While at Murray he was a member of the [[Future Farmers of America]].<ref>{{cite journal | title=The Shield Yearbook | journal=Murray State University Yearbooks | publisher=Murray State University | issue= | year=2000 | url=https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/yearbooks/11/ | access-date=December 9, 2021 | page=212}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==
In late 2003, Rudy declared his candidacy for the 2004 election for State Representative in Kentucky's 1st Legislative House District. Running against Representative Charles Geveden of [[Wickliffe, Kentucky|Wickliffe]] a former prosecutor and Chair of the House State Government Committee with 17 years of service. Rudy launched a campaign against Rep. Geveden, including sending out mailers before the election stating that Geveden was in favor of many liberal social positions.


=== Nuclear Energy ===
On November 4, 2004 Rudy, buoyed by strong returns from McCracken County, defeated Geveden by around 1500 votes, to be the first ever Republican elected to the seat.
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In the 2008 session of the Kentucky General Assembly, Rudy introduced legislation that would allow for nuclear plants to be built in Kentucky without having a permanent waste disposal facility, in an attempt to end the state's moratorium on nuclear power plants. The legislation did not pass.<ref>{{Cite web |title=08RS House Bill 542 |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/08rs/hb542.html |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov}}</ref>


In the 2009 regular session of the Kentucky General Assembly, Rudy refiled legislation to lift the moratorium on nuclear power plants. The General Assembly adjourned [[Adjournment sine die|''sine die'']] that year without the matter passing the house,<ref>{{Cite web |title=09RS House Bill 376 |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/09rs/hb376.html |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov}}</ref> but the moratorium was later lifted during the 2017 regular session with the passage of the Robert J. Lepper Act. Rudy voted in favor of the bill's passage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=17RS Senate Bill 11 |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/17rs/sb11.html |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov}}</ref>
Rudy won re-election in 2006 handily, defeating retired Coast Guard veteran Thomas French by over 2000 votes.


=== Elections ===
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In the 2008 session of the Kentucky General Assembly, Rudy introduced legislation that would allow for nuclear plants to be built in Kentucky without having a permanent waste disposal facility, in an attempt to end the state's moratorium on nuclear power plants.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/HB542.htm | title=HB542 – An act relating to nuclear power | publisher=Kentucky Legislature | year=2008 | accessdate=2009-06-17 }}</ref> The legislation did not pass.


* 2004 Rudy was unopposed in the 2004 Republican primary for Kentucky's 1st House district<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky May 18, 2004 Official Primary Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2004/Primary%20Election/STATEwidebyoffice.txt |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections}}</ref> and won the [[2004 Kentucky House of Representatives election]] with 9,749 votes (54.6%) against longtime [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] incumbent [[Charles Geveden]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 2, 2004, Official General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2004/General%20Election/2004statebyoffice.txt |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections}}</ref> Rudy is the first Republican ever elected to the seat.
Rudy was challenged in 2008 by [[McCracken County]] Circuit Clerk Mike Lawrence, a [[Vietnam War]] veteran who has won two [[Bronze Stars]] and served as a reservist for 24 years. Rudy won the re-election bid by over 1200 votes.


* 2006 Rudy was unopposed in the 2006 Republican primary<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky May 2006 Official Primary Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2006/Primary%20Election/STATEresultsbyoffice.txt |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections}}</ref> and won the 2006 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 8,226 votes (57.7%) against Democratic candidate Thomas French.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 7, 2006, Official General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2006/General%20Election/STATEwidebyoffice.txt |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections}}</ref>
In the 2009 session of the Kentucky General Assembly Rudy filed the legislation lifting the moratorium on nuclear power plants. The General Assembly adjourned ''sine die'' without the matter passing the house.


* 2008 Rudy was unopposed in the 2008 Republican primary<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky May 20, 2008, Official Primary Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2008/Primary%20Election/STATEwide%20by%20office%20Pri%2008.txt |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections}}</ref> and won the 2008 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 9,753 votes (53.4%) against McCracken County [[Court clerk|Circuit Clerk]] and Democratic candidate Mike Lawrence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 4, 2008, Official General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2008/General%20Election/STATEwide%20by%20office%20gen%2008.txt |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections}}</ref>
===Animal protection===


* 2010 Rudy was unopposed in the 2010 Republican primary,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky May 18, 2010, Official Primary Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2010/off2010pri.pdf |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections}}</ref> and won the 2010 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 8,494 votes (59.4%) against Democratic candidate Mike Lawrence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 2, 2010, Official General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2010/off2010gen.pdf |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections |page=27}}</ref>
In 2015, Rudy came under fire for tacking an amendment prohibiting videotaping cruel treatment of agricultural animals, commonly known as an "ag gag bill", on to KY HB 177, a bill designed to assure that animals in Kentucky have adequate shelter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/HB177.htm |title=Kentucky Legislature HB177 |accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> The Animal Legal Defense Fund has rated Kentucky the worst state for animal protection for ten years in a row.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aldf.org/press-room/press-releases/best-worst-states-for-animal-protection-laws-2016-report-released/ |title=Best & Worst States for Animal Protection Laws, 2016 Report Released |accessdate=July 26, 2017}}</ref>

* 2012 Rudy was unopposed in the 2012 Republican primary<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Steven Rudy |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Steven_Rudy |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref> and 2012 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning the latter with 14,080 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 6, 2012, Official General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012genresults.pdf |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections |page=25}}</ref>

* 2014 Rudy was unopposed in the 2014 Republican primary<ref name=":0" /> and 2014 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning the latter with 13,017 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 4, 2014, Official General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2014/2014%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections |page=24}}</ref>

* 2016 Rudy was unopposed in the 2016 Republican primary<ref name=":0" /> and won the [[2016 Kentucky House of Representatives election]] with 14,046 votes (70.2%) against Democratic candidate Michael Murphy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 8, 2016, Official General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2010-2019/Documents/2016%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections |page=26}}</ref>

* 2018 Rudy was unopposed in the 2018 Republican primary<ref name=":0" /> and won the [[2018 Kentucky House of Representatives election]] with 11,050 votes (67%) against Democratic candidate Desiree Owen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 6, 2018, Official General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2010-2019/Documents/2018GeneralElectionCertified.pdf |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections |page=21}}</ref>

* 2020 Rudy won the 2020 Republican primary with 3,258 votes (85.7%)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky June 23, 2020, Official Primary Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2020%20Primary%20Election%20Results.pdf |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections |page=30}}</ref> and was unopposed in the [[2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election]], winning with 17,836 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 3, 2020, Official General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2020%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections |page=31}}</ref>

* 2022 Rudy won the 2022 Republican primary with 2,176 votes (61%)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky May 17, 2022, Official Primary Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2022%20Primary%20Election%20results.pdf |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections |page=25}}</ref> and was unopposed in the [[2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election]], winning with 12,590 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky November 8, 2022, Official General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/1.17.2023%20Certified%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=Kentucky State Board of Elections |page=28}}</ref>

* 2024 Rudy was unopposed for the 2024 Republican primary, and will face Democratic candidate Frederick Fountain during the [[2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election]] on November 5.<ref name=":0" />


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Latest revision as of 19:18, 9 September 2024

Steven Rudy
Majority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 5, 2021
Preceded byBam Carney
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
from the 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2005
Preceded byCharles Geveden
Personal details
Born
Steven Jack Rudy

(1978-08-09) August 9, 1978 (age 46)
Political partyRepublican
ResidencePaducah, Kentucky
EducationWest Kentucky Community and Technical College
Murray State University (BA)
CommitteesCommittee on Committees
Rules
Enrollment
Banking and Insurance

Steven Jack Rudy (born August 9, 1978) is an American politician and agribusiness owner who has served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since January 2005.[1] He represents Kentucky's 1st House district, which includes Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, and Hickman counties as well as part of McCracken County.[1]

He has served as the House Majority Leader since 2021.[2]

Early life

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Steven Jack Rudy was born to parents Jack and Jeanette Rudy of Ballard County on August 9, 1978. Rudy was educated in the Ballard County School system, and graduated from Ballard Memorial High School in 1996. Rudy attended college at the former Paducah Community College (now West Kentucky Community and Technical College) and graduated from Murray State University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in agriculture education. While at Murray he was a member of the Future Farmers of America.[3]

Political career

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Nuclear Energy

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In the 2008 session of the Kentucky General Assembly, Rudy introduced legislation that would allow for nuclear plants to be built in Kentucky without having a permanent waste disposal facility, in an attempt to end the state's moratorium on nuclear power plants. The legislation did not pass.[4]

In the 2009 regular session of the Kentucky General Assembly, Rudy refiled legislation to lift the moratorium on nuclear power plants. The General Assembly adjourned sine die that year without the matter passing the house,[5] but the moratorium was later lifted during the 2017 regular session with the passage of the Robert J. Lepper Act. Rudy voted in favor of the bill's passage.[6]

Elections

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  • 2006 Rudy was unopposed in the 2006 Republican primary[9] and won the 2006 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 8,226 votes (57.7%) against Democratic candidate Thomas French.[10]
  • 2008 Rudy was unopposed in the 2008 Republican primary[11] and won the 2008 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 9,753 votes (53.4%) against McCracken County Circuit Clerk and Democratic candidate Mike Lawrence.[12]
  • 2010 Rudy was unopposed in the 2010 Republican primary,[13] and won the 2010 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 8,494 votes (59.4%) against Democratic candidate Mike Lawrence.[14]
  • 2012 Rudy was unopposed in the 2012 Republican primary[15] and 2012 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning the latter with 14,080 votes.[16]
  • 2014 Rudy was unopposed in the 2014 Republican primary[15] and 2014 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning the latter with 13,017 votes.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission". legislature.ky.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  2. ^ "GOP-dominated Kentucky House presses forward with legislative goals". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  3. ^ "The Shield Yearbook". Murray State University Yearbooks. Murray State University: 212. 2000. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "08RS House Bill 542". apps.legislature.ky.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  5. ^ "09RS House Bill 376". apps.legislature.ky.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  6. ^ "17RS Senate Bill 11". apps.legislature.ky.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky May 18, 2004 Official Primary Election Results". Kentucky State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 2, 2004, Official General Election Results". Kentucky State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  9. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky May 2006 Official Primary Election Results". Kentucky State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  10. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 7, 2006, Official General Election Results". Kentucky State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  11. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky May 20, 2008, Official Primary Election Results". Kentucky State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  12. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 4, 2008, Official General Election Results". Kentucky State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  13. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky May 18, 2010, Official Primary Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  14. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 2, 2010, Official General Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. p. 27. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d e "Steven Rudy". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  16. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 6, 2012, Official General Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. p. 25. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  17. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 4, 2014, Official General Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. p. 24. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  18. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 8, 2016, Official General Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. p. 26. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  19. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 6, 2018, Official General Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. p. 21. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  20. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky June 23, 2020, Official Primary Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. p. 30. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  21. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 3, 2020, Official General Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. p. 31. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  22. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky May 17, 2022, Official Primary Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. p. 25. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  23. ^ "Commonwealth of Kentucky November 8, 2022, Official General Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. p. 28. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
Kentucky House of Representatives
Preceded by Majority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives
2021–present 		Incumbent
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