2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Kentucky House District 25

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Steve Bratcher

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 25 (since 2023)
Work: Director of technical training, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College; Kentucky Air National Guard; state representative since 2023

Steve Bratcher has served as State Representative for District 25 in the Kentucky General Assembly since 2023, a district that includes all or part of Hardin County.

Steve Bratcher is director of technical training at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College and serves in the Kentucky Air National Guard after service in the Air Force; he holds degrees from Eastern Kentucky University and an MBA. Steve Bratcher has represented House District 25 in the Kentucky House since 2023.

Bratcher's committees

Primary and Secondary Education
Health Services
Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (Vice Chair)
Postsecondary Education
Interim Joint Committee on Health Services
Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection
Interim Joint Committee on Education

Sources for Bratcher

Steve Bratcher: official member information (Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission), Public record)
Kentucky General Assembly: current member roster (Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission), Public record)

Cherlyn Evette Smith

Democratic

Work: Owner, Too Che', LLC; former state IT auditor; Army veteran

Cherlyn Evette Smith owns Too Che', LLC and was an information technology auditor for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and a prevention coordinator at Dynamic Systems Technology. Cherlyn Evette Smith served in the U.S. Army as a logistics specialist.

Sources for Smith

Cherlyn Evette Smith candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State: 2026 General Election (Kentucky Secretary of State, Public record)

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