Rocky Adkins

Rocky Adkins
Minority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives
In office
January 3, 2017 – December 10, 2019
Preceded byJeff Hoover
Succeeded byJoni Jenkins
Majority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives
In office
January 5, 2004 – January 3, 2017
Speaker
Preceded byGreg Stumbo
Succeeded byJonathan Shell
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
from the 99th district
In office
January 1, 1987 – December 10, 2019
Preceded byFrances Brown
Succeeded byRichard White
Personal details
Born (1959-11-04) November 4, 1959 (age 64)
Sandy Hook, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLeah
Children3
EducationMorehead State University (BA, MA)

Rocky J. Adkins (born November 4, 1959) is an American politician from Kentucky. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is serving as a senior advisor to the Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear. He is a former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing the 99th District of the Kentucky House from 1987 to 2019. His House district was in eastern Kentucky and included Elliott, Lewis, and Rowan Counties.[1] From 2003 through 2016, he was the House Majority Leader.[2] From 2016 to 2019, he was the chamber's Minority Floor Leader.[2]

Adkins ran for governor of Kentucky in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, with running mate Stephanie Horne.[2] During his campaign, he raised $1.5 million.[3] Adkins finished in second place in the Democratic primary, losing to then-Kentucky Attorney General Beshear. Adkins joined the Beshear administration on December 10, 2019, as the governor's senior advisor.[4]

  1. ^ "Kentucky 99th District State House Results: Rocky Adkins Wins". New York Times. August 1, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Loftus, Tom (November 14, 2018). "Rocky Adkins says he's the Democrat who can win back rural Kentucky". Louisville Courier Journal. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "What to know about Rocky Adkins in the 2019 Kentucky governor's race". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Desrochers, Daniel (December 2, 2019). "Rocky Adkins passes on U.S. Senate bid and takes job in Andy Beshear's administration". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved December 17, 2019.