Mark Hart, a Republican, is the sole candidate for the Kentucky House of Representatives in District 78, which encompasses southern portions of Boone, Kenton and Campbell Counties, as well as a northern portion of Pendelton County (click here to view a map of the district). He successfully beat fellow Republican Brandon Montano at the ballot box during this year’s primary.
Hart has a professional background in fire and EMS. He is a retired fire lieutenant of the Lexington Fire Department and a retired captain of Pendleton County EMS. Additionally, he’s a former member of the Kentucky National Guard. Finally, he is the current director of Owen County EMS and was recently appointed as a member of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.
He served eight years on the Falmouth City Council and four years as the Falmouth mayor. He’s been at the statehouse since 2017.
“I think a lot of the decisions that’s being made is better made on the local level as compared to the state and the federal level,” Hart said.
He came out in favor of eliminating the state’s income tax and reforming Kentucky’s tax code generally.
Other measures he pointed to, this year at least, was successfully getting about $13 million in state appropriations for utility and right-of-way infrastructure in the Campbell County portion of the KY-536 widening project, which aims to reduce congestion and improve safety along the heavily-traveled regional corridor, although he admitted this wasn’t as much as he would have liked.
You can find out more about his committee assignments and sponsored legislation here.