John Blanton

John Clifford Blanton (born May 8, 1968) is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 92nd House district since January 2017. His district includes Knott and Magoffin counties as well as part of Pike County.

Background In 1990, he joined the Kentucky State Police and served as a state trooper in Pikeville specializing in drug enforcement and special investigations. Throughout his career, Blanton also served the cities of Madisonville, Henderson, Morehead, and Frankfort. In 2012, he retired from the KSP as a major.

Following retirement, Blanton returned to school and graduated from Morehead State University with a Bachelor of University Studies and a concentration in criminology.

Elections

2016 Blanton was unopposed in the 2016 Republican primary and won the 2016 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 7,745 votes (51.5%) against Kentucky's 92nd House district Democratic incumbent John Short. 2018 Blanton was unopposed in the 2018 Republican primary 2020 Blanton was unopposed in the 2020 Republican primary 2022 Blanton was unopposed in both the 2022 Republican primary 2024 Blanton was unopposed in both the 2024 Republican primary and the 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning the latter with 14,751 votes.