Kimberly Holloway

Kimberly M. Holloway (born November 4, 1978) is an American politician and member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 2nd House district. Her district includes Graves County as well as part of McCracken County. She assumed office on January 1, 2025.

Background Holloway was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and graduated from Murray State University with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology in 2000. She would later return to Murray, graduating in 2011 with a Master of Arts in Education in school guidance and counseling. In 2014, she graduated from Lindenwood University with a Master of Arts in professional counseling.

Political career

Libertarian Party membership Holloway was raised as a Republican, but temporarily changed her registration in 2020 and joined the Libertarian Party in protest of the government's "gross overreach" during the COVID-19 pandemic. By 2022, she had switched her registration back to the Republican Party.

Elections

2022 Holloway challenged incumbent representative and Chair of the House Standing Committee on Agriculture Richard Heath in the 2024 Republican primary, however Holloway was disqualified from the ballot due to one of her signatories for her campaign filing not being a registered republican. Holloway chose to continue her campaign as a write-in candidate during the 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election, but was defeated, garnering 2,300 votes (17.4%) against Heath. 2024 Holloway won the 2024 Republican primary with 1,904 votes (52.2%) against incumbent Richard Heath and was unopposed in the 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election, receiving 16,855 votes.