James Allen Tipton is an American politician and Republican member of the

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from Kentucky's 53rd House district since January 2015. His district consists of Anderson and Spencer counties. He currently serves as chair of the House Standing Committee on Education.

Background

Tipton is a native of Spencer County, Kentucky, and graduated from Taylorsville High School in 1977. He would go on to attend the

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, earning a

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in agriculture in 1981 and a

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in vocational education in 1985. Outside of politics, Tipton has been employed as a realtor for 25 years and is currently the principal broker for Premier Realtor LLC. He is a member of the Kentucky Association of Realtors, Kentucky Cattleman's Association, Spencer County Farm Bureau, Anderson County Chamber of Commerce, Spencer County Chamber of Commerce, and the Louisville Area Agricultural Club.

Political career

Elections

* 2014 Incumbent representative

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was redistricted into Kentucky's 23rd House district. Tipton was unopposed in the 2014 Republican primary and won the 2014 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 9,836 votes (57.4%) against Democratic candidate Kent Stevens. * 2016 Tipton was unopposed in the 2016 Republican primary and won the

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with 16,091 votes (72.4%) against Democratic candidate James Sargent. * 2018 Tipton was unopposed in the 2018 Republican primary and won the

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with 13,813 votes (71.1%) against Democratic candidate Dustin Burley. * 2020 Tipton was unopposed in the 2020 Republican primary and won the

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with 20,087 votes (76.6%) against Democratic candidate Dustin Burley. * 2022 Tipton was unopposed in the 2022 Republican primary and won the

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with 12,995 votes (76.7%) against Democratic candidate Dustin Burley. * 2024 Tipton was unopposed in the 2024 Republican primary and will be unopposed in the

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on November 5.

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Living people Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators Year of birth missing (living people) People from Spencer County, Kentucky University of Kentucky alumni {{Kentucky-politician-stub