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George Maxwell "Max" Wise — Kentucky Senate District 16
Republican · Kentucky general election, November 3, 2026.
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AGeorge Maxwell "Max" WiseRepublican
Incumbent for State Senator District 16 (Republican).
LifeAFamilyAReligious libertyA2nd AmendmentALimited gov’tAFiscalA
Incumbent senator (Republican). Grades rest on 2023–2026 floor votes and NRA-PVF.
- Life: Kentucky General Assembly floor votes: voted for HB 90 (2025, lists the medical care that is not an abortion under the ban: veto override); SB 72 (2026, health-care conscience rights: passage).
- Family: Kentucky General Assembly floor votes: voted for SB 150 (2023, bans gender-transition treatment for minors: passage and final passage and veto override); HB 495 (2025, no Medicaid money for gender transition: passage and veto override).
- Religious liberty: Kentucky General Assembly floor votes: voted for SB 19 (2025, moment of silence and released-time instruction in schools: passage and concurrence and veto override); SB 72 (2026, health-care conscience rights: passage); HB 547 (2023, religious expression in public schools: passage); SB 60 (2025, state religious-freedom law: passage).
- 2nd Amendment: Kentucky General Assembly floor votes: voted for HB 357 (2024, Second Amendment Privacy Act: passage); HB 312 (2026, concealed carry at ages 18 to 20: passage and veto override); HB 78 (2026, liability shield for gun makers: passage and veto override). NRA-PVF 2026 grade A (endorsed).
- Limited gov’t: Kentucky General Assembly floor votes: voted for HB 4 (2025, bans DEI offices at public colleges: passage and veto override); HB 2 (2026, Medicaid work requirements: veto override); HB 2 (2024, school-choice constitutional amendment: passage); SB 7 (2023, ends payroll deduction of public-employee union dues: passage and veto override).
- Fiscal: Kentucky General Assembly floor votes: voted for HB 1 (2023, income tax cut to 4.5% and 4%: passage); HB 2 (2026, Medicaid work requirements: veto override); HB 1 (2025, income tax cut to 3.5%: passage).