Patrick Clay Flannery is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the

Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form ...

from Kentucky's 96th House district since January 2021. His district includes Carter and Lewis counties as well as part of Boyd County.

Background

Flannery was born in Carter County, Kentucky, and graduated from

West Carter High School West Carter High School is a high school located in Olive Hill, Kentucky and is part of the Carter County Schools System. Its mascot is the Comet, and the colors are maroon, blue, and white. The school motto is "We Champion High Success". The p ...

in 1999. He would go on to play football at Georgetown College while studying communications and political science. After graduating from Georgetown in 2003, Flannery would earn his

Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...

from Northern Kentucky University's

Salmon P. Chase College of Law The NKU Chase College of Law (formerly Salmon P. Chase College of Law, also known as Chase College of Law) is the law school of Northern Kentucky University, a public university in Highland Heights, Kentucky. It provides both part-time (day and ...

in 2008. After returning home, Flannery opened his own private law practice and was elected Carter County Attorney in 2010. He has also served in various roles involving tax law including executive director of the Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals and deputy director of the Kentucky Claims Commission.

Cancer diagnosis

In January 2022, Flannery was diagnosed with

stage 3 Stage or stages may refer to: Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * St ...

testicular cancer. Since his recovery, Flannery has been outspoken advocate for testicular cancer awareness. During the 2023 Kentucky General Assembly, Flannery was the primary sponsor of HB 170, which required health insurance companies to cover reproductive preservation in cases of testicular or other urological cancers. HB 170 was passed in both chambers unanimously and signed into law by Governor Andy Beshear on March 20, 2023. Flannery has also promised to introduce a resolution every year recognizing April as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month, which he did in both the 2023 and 2024 Kentucky General Assemblies.

Political career

* 2010 Flannery won the 2010 Carter County Attorney election with 4,379 votes (51.4%) against Democratic candidate Robert W. Miller. * 2020 Flannery won the 2020 Republican primary with 2,518 votes (56.8%) and won the

2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election Elections to the Kentucky House of Representatives were held on November 3, 2020. Predictions Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: # # gain # # gain # # # gain # # gain # # gain # # Results ...

with 12,592 votes (68.6%) against Kentucky's 96th House district Democratic incumbent

Kathy Hinkle Kathy L. Hinkle is an American politician from Kentucky. She is a Democrat and represented District 96 in the State House from 2019 to 2021. She lost her seat to Patrick Flannery in the 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election Elec ...

. * 2022 Flannery was unopposed in both the 2022 Republican primary and

2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election Elections to the Kentucky House of Representatives were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. Retirements Democrats #District 38: McKenzie Cantrell retired to run for Kentucky Court of Appeals from the ...

, winning the latter with 11,282 votes. * 2024 Flannery was unopposed in the 2024 Republican primary and will be unopposed in the

2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election The 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election will be held on November 5, 2024. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 21. Following the 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election, 2022 election, Republican ...

on November 5.

References

Living people Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Kentucky-politician-stub