Josh Bray

Joshua Crawford Bray (born March 29, 1985) is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since January 2021. He represents Kentucky's 71st House district, which consists of Rockcastle County as well as parts of Laurel, Madison, and Pulaski. He previously served as city administrator of Mount Vernon, Kentucky. Outside of politics, he is a beef farmer.

Background Bray earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Eastern Kentucky University.

He identifies as a Baptist.

Electoral history

2020 Bray won the 2020 Republican primary with 4,107 votes (50.2%) against incumbent representative Travis Brenda and was unopposed in the 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning with 19,879 votes. 2022 Bray was unopposed in both the 2022 republican primary, and the 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning the latter with 10,124 votes. 2024 Bray was unopposed in the 2024 republican primary, and won the 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 15,168 votes (77.7%) against Democratic candidate Rachelle Riddle.