Killian Timoney

Killian M. Timoney (born September 5, 1975) is an American politician, educator, and former Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 45th House district from 2021 to 2025. His district comprised parts of Fayette and Jessamine counties. Timoney was defeated in the 2024 Republican primary by challenger Thomas Jefferson, who lost the general election to Democratic candidate Adam Moore.

Background Timoney was born in Ithaca, New York, to first generation Irish immigrant parents. He graduated from Lexington Catholic High School before earning a Bachelor of Arts in history and Master of Arts in education from the University of Kentucky. While at UK, Timoney was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha.

From 1999 to 2012, Timoney worked for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government in the parks and recreation department.

Currently, Timoney is employed by Fayette County Public Schools as a special project coordinator. Timoney won the 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 14,236 votes (51.1%) against Democratic candidate Shirley Mitchell. 2022 Timoney was unopposed in both the 2022 Republican primary 2024 Timoney was defeated in the 2024 Republican primary, having garnered only 1,072 votes (27.9%) against challenger Thomas Jefferson.