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Chelsea Kirk is from Bullitt County.  She has a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology from the University of Kentucky and a master's degree in behavioural and cognitive neuroscience from the University of Western Ontario. She lives with her husband Anthony and two children in Lexington.

Chelsea is currently a director of client success and also co-founder of Kentuckians for Good Inc., a non-partisan organization that address local and state policy.  She is also a university program advisor for tech start ups.

Chelsea's campaign for state representative in State House District 73 is her first run for public office.

Supports partnering with unions to secure collective bargaining for workers and advocates raising the minimum wage for fair compensation.

Supports collective bargaining and raising the minimum wage.

- Supports collective bargaining and raising the minimum wage.

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As of March 10, 2026, Chelsea Kirk’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Supports maintaining funding for rural hospitals in Kentucky, saying "Reckless funding cuts in Washington will cost us the lives of real people here in Clark and Fayette Counties."

- Supports maintaining funding for rural hospitals in Kentucky, saying "Reckless funding cuts in Washington will cost us the lives of real people here in Clark and Fayette Counties."

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Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs and free meals for public school students.

Supports funding public schools and increasing teacher pay.  

- Supports funding public schools and increasing teacher pay.  
- Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs and free meals for public school students.

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Chelsea Kirk

Chelsea's campaign for State Representative in State House District 73 is her first run for public office.

- Supports funding public schools and increasing teacher pay.  Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs and free meals for public school students.

Chelsea Kirk is from Bullitt County, Kentucky. She has a bachelor 27s degree from the University of Kentucky and a master 27s degree from the University of Western Ontario. She and her husband, Anthony, have two sons.

Chelsea is a business owner. She and her husband run their family business together. She previously worked as a salesperson for a small technology startup, PayScale.com. 

Chelsea Kirk is running for election to the Kentucky House of Representatives to represent District 73.

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Rory Houlihan is a father and grandfather. He has lived in Winchester, Kentucky, since moving from Largo, Florida, in 1998. 

Rory has worked at Lowe's Home Improvement for the past 28 years, where he specializes in tools. He has also spent time working at Hall's on the River. Additionally, he has been a youth soccer coach and served as a treasurer for an early childhood development center (ECDC) and Head Start program.

Rory Houlihan's campaign for Kentucky State Representative, District 73, Democratic Primary is his first entry into politics.

Believes taxes are being unfairly placed on working people, making things less affordable and reducing their ability to pay for medical care, which will have negative effects on hospitals and communities.

Believes that recent inflation is primarily "supply-side inflation" caused by tax policies and tariffs that shift financial burdens onto the working class.

- Believes taxes are being unfairly placed on working people, making things less affordable and reducing their ability to pay for medical care, which will have negative effects on hospitals and communities.
- Believes that recent inflation is primarily "supply-side inflation" caused by tax policies and tariffs that shift financial burdens onto the working class.

As of March 10, 2026, Rory Houlihan did not have a website or any information online.

Stressing the importance of accessible hospitalization and insurance, he has pointed out the downstream effects that unaffordable medical care will have on local hospitals and communities.

- Supports abortion access.
- Stressing the importance of accessible hospitalization and insurance, he has pointed out the downstream effects that unaffordable medical care will have on local hospitals and communities.

Said, "I’d like to make our energy more affordable. I have ways of doing that and keeping those costs down."

- Said, "I’d like to make our energy more affordable. I have ways of doing that and keeping those costs down."

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Rory Houlihan

As of March 10, 2026, Rory Houlihan’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Kentucky State House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Kentucky General Assembly.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. 
- There are 100 members of the Kentucky House of Representatives, each representing a single district. Representatives must be at least 24 years old and reside in the state for at least two years before their election. 
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They only serve in the role part-time. 
- In addition to a $203 per day salary, state representatives also receive mileage reimbursements and a daily expense stipend of $182. 

Kentucky State Representative, District 73, Democratic Primary

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