Pamela Stevenson, the democratic minority leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives, is hitting the road to campaign for a seat in the U.S. Senate. On Wednesday, she stopped in Hopkinsville to connect with voters and share her priorities if elected.
Stevenson is a native Kentuckian who has represented part of Jefferson County in the House of Representatives since 2021. Before she started her work in government and legal affairs, Stevenson had a 27-year career in the United States Air Force before retiring in 2011.
In 2023, Stevenson ran for attorney general against Russell Coleman, but did not win, and now she’s running for the seat that Senator Mitch McConnell is retiring from after holding the position for over three decades.
Wednesday marked the beginning of Stevenson’s campaign, and the Hopkinsville Carnegie Library was her second stop. Stevenson shared that she decided to run because she felt like the country people were promised, and that service members have fought and died for, is being shredded. She says many current government officials are not serving the people, and she wants to change that.
After talking with voters, Stevenson says her top priorities if elected are stabilizing the economy; give working families economic incentives and protecting programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
After being unsuccessful in her runs for Attorney General, Stevenson says she plans to visit all Kentucky counties to talk with residents and to focus on their needs rather than politics.
Stevenson plans to run against former Attorney General Daniel Cameron and State Representative Andy Barr in the 2026 election for the Senate seat.