Robert Benvenuti

Robert James Benvenuti III (born August 31, 1966) is an American politician and current chair of the Kentucky Republican Party.

Previously, he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing Kentucky's 88th House district from 2013 to 2019.

Education and early career Benvenuti is a native of Sparta, New Jersey. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communications in 1988 and a Master of Public Administration degree in 1991, both from the University of Kentucky. He also earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1998. and won the 2012 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 12,959 votes (54.0%) against Democratic nominee and future state senator Reggie Thomas. He was unopposed in both the 2014 and 2016 Republican primary, and was also unopposed in the 2016 Kentucky House of Representative election.

In 2018, Bevenvunti did not seek reelection.