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Ken Fleming
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Republican Party

Kentucky House of Representatives District 48
Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

4

Predecessor
Prior offices
Louisville Metro Council District 7
Kentucky House of Representatives District 48

Compensation

Base salary

188.22/calendar day during session for legislators whose terms began before 2023. $203.28/calendar day for legislators whose terms began after 2023.

Per diem

$182.60/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Kentucky

Personal
Profession
Nonprofit executive
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Ken Fleming (Republican Party) is a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 48. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Fleming (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Kentucky House of Representatives to represent District 48. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Ken Fleming earned a B.B.A. from the University of Kentucky.[1] Fleming's career experience includes working as the president of the Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors[2] and the executive director of Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Fleming was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Fleming was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Kentucky committee assignments, 2017
• Appropriations and Revenue, Vice chair
• Local Government
• Transportation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48

Incumbent Ken Fleming defeated Kate Farrow in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ken Fleming
Ken Fleming (R)
 
53.7
 
15,195
Image of Kate Farrow
Kate Farrow (D) Candidate Connection
 
46.3
 
13,081

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 28,276
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48

Kate Farrow defeated Debbie Wesslund in the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kate Farrow
Kate Farrow Candidate Connection
 
59.1
 
1,912
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Debbie Wesslund
 
40.9
 
1,323

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,235
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ken Fleming advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Fleming in this election.

2022

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48

Incumbent Ken Fleming defeated Maria Sorolis in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ken Fleming
Ken Fleming (R)
 
54.2
 
12,334
Image of Maria Sorolis
Maria Sorolis (D)
 
45.8
 
10,443

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 22,777
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Maria Sorolis advanced from the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ken Fleming advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48.

2020

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48

Ken Fleming defeated incumbent Maria Sorolis in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ken Fleming
Ken Fleming (R)
 
51.1
 
15,677
Image of Maria Sorolis
Maria Sorolis (D)
 
48.9
 
15,014

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 30,691
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Maria Sorolis advanced from the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Ken Fleming advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48.

2018

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48

Maria Sorolis defeated incumbent Ken Fleming in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Maria Sorolis
Maria Sorolis (D)
 
50.7
 
11,851
Image of Ken Fleming
Ken Fleming (R)
 
49.3
 
11,525

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 23,376
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48

Maria Sorolis advanced from the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
✔
Image of Maria Sorolis
Maria Sorolis

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48

Incumbent Ken Fleming advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
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Image of Ken Fleming
Ken Fleming

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

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2016

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Kentucky House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 17, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was January 26, 2016. Incumbent Bob DeWeese (R) did not seek re-election.

Ken Fleming defeated Maria Sorolis in the Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 general election.[3][4]

Kentucky House of Representatives District 48, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ken Fleming 57.18% 15,097
     Democratic Maria Sorolis 42.82% 11,304
Total Votes 26,401
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections


Maria Sorolis defeated Steven Sturdevant in the Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 Democratic primary.[5]

Kentucky House of Representatives District 48, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Maria Sorolis 75.46% 4,047
     Democratic Steven Sturdevant 24.54% 1,316
Total Votes 5,363


Ken Fleming ran unopposed in the Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 Republican primary.[6]

Kentucky House of Representatives District 48, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ken Fleming  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Ken Fleming did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Ken Fleming did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Ken Fleming campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Kentucky House of Representatives District 48Won general$415,597 $0
2022Kentucky House of Representatives District 48Won general$298,108 $0
2020Kentucky House of Representatives District 48Won general$227,155 N/A**
2018Kentucky House of Representatives District 48Lost general$121,595 N/A**
2016Kentucky House of Representatives, District 48Won $92,857 N/A**
Grand total$1,155,312 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kentucky General Assembly, "Representative Ken Fleming (R)," accessed January 13, 2021
    2. ↑ City of Louisville, "Biography," accessed June 2, 2014
    3. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State," accessed August 17, 2016
    4. ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Results," accessed November 25, 2016
    5. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State," accessed January 26, 2016
    6. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State," accessed January 26, 2016

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Maria Sorolis (D)     		Kentucky House of Representatives District 48
    2021-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Kentucky House of Representatives District 48
    2017-2019    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    -     		Louisville Metro Council District 7
    2003-2015    		 Succeeded by
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