William Lawrence

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17 roll-call votes on record - 8 yes, 9 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
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Serves as State Representative, District 70 (Kentucky) since Jan 2021. github.com ↗

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The record

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17

Roll-call votes on record.

17 votes · 9 not voting · 8 yes. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Apr 15, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

State Agencies5 votes · yes on 2, no on 0, 3 other

Reports Mandated4 votes · yes on 3, no on 0, 1 other

Health and Medical Services4 votes · yes on 1, no on 0, 3 other

General Assembly3 votes · yes on 2, no on 0, 1 other

Studies Directed3 votes · yes on 2, no on 0, 1 other

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESA JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission and state agencies to collaborate to create a statewide fiscal map of substance use disorder programs and funding sources.SJR 74 · Apr 15, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 71% of Kentucky House members

Details

Score+0.81 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.03 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+0.83)

Compared with337 members of Kentucky House members (1996–2022)

Covers2021–2022

● This person Democrats (159) Republicans (178)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsVery Conservative

More conservative than 64% of 2022 Kentucky House candidates

Details

Score+1.05 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.01 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.06)

Compared with183 members of 2022 Kentucky House candidates

Covers2020–2022

● This person Democrats (67) Republicans (115)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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