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Kentucky State Missed
Votes Scorecard

6%
In Kentucky, the average Senate missed 6% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
KY SD-35 D Denise Harper Angel
69%
266 385 1
KY SD-10 D Dennis Parrett
35%
134 385 2
KY SD-12 R Alice Kerr
16%
63 385 3
KY SD-30 R Brandon Smith
13%
50 385 4
KY SD-08 R Matt Castlen
12%
46 385 5
KY SD-26 D Karen Berg
9%
33 385 6
KY SD-33 D Gerald Neal
7%
28 385 7
KY SD-18 D Robin Webb
7%
26 385 8
KY SD-37 D David Yates
5%
20 385 9
KY SD-34 R Jared Carpenter
4%
16 385 10
KY SD-06 R C.B. Embry
4%
15 385 11
KY SD-15 R Rick Girdler
4%
15 385 11
KY SD-25 R Robert Stivers
4%
14 385 13
KY SD-11 R John Schickel
3%
13 385 14
KY SD-07 R Adrienne Southworth
3%
13 385 14
KY SD-22 R Tom Buford
3%
12 385 16
KY SD-20 R Paul Hornback
3%
12 385 16
KY SD-03 R Whitney Westerfield
3%
12 385 16
KY SD-04 R Robby Mills
2%
9 385 19
KY SD-31 R Phillip Wheeler
2%
9 385 19
KY SD-14 R Jimmy Higdon
2%
8 385 21
KY SD-19 D Morgan McGarvey
2%
8 385 21
KY SD-21 R Brandon Storm
2%
8 385 21
KY SD-29 R Johnnie Turner
2%
8 385 21
KY SD-23 R Christian McDaniel
2%
7 385 25
KY SD-16 R Max Wise
2%
7 385 25
KY SD-36 R Julie Raque Adams
1%
3 385 27
KY SD-24 R Wil Schroder
1%
3 385 27
KY SD-13 D Reginald Thomas
1%
3 385 27
KY SD-27 R Steve West
1%
3 385 27
KY SD-28 R Ralph Alvarado
1%
2 385 31
KY SD-09 R David Givens
1%
2 385 31
KY SD-01 R Jason Howell
1%
2 385 31
KY SD-32 R Mike Wilson
1%
2 385 31
KY SD-02 R Danny Carroll
0%
1 385 35
KY SD-05 R Stephen Meredith
0%
1 385 35
KY SD-38 R Mike Nemes
0%
1 385 35
KY SD-17 R Damon Thayer
0%
0 385 38
Methodology

The 2021 Kentucky Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – KENTUCKY 2021

 The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often Kentucky’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 385 votes in the Kentucky Senate and 428 votes in the Kentucky House during the 2021 regular session. The votes were cast from 1/5/2021 – 3/30/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes, convening votes, and votes cast in committee.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding. 

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