Ken Upchurch REPRepublican

Kenneth Upchurch (born June 4, 1969) is an insurance agent with Upchurch Insurance and Financial services. He was the owner publisher of the Monticello Stage, a community newspaper in Monticello, Kentucky, who is a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from District 52, which encompasses Wayne, McCreary, and a portion of Pulaski counties in the south-central portion of the state. Upchurch held this seat from January 1999 to January 2011 and then returned after a two-year hiatus to the position early in 2013.Upchurch is a son of Martin L. Upchurch of Monticello and Barbara Jackson (1948–2013). He and his wife, Melissa, have a daughter, Chelsea, and a son, Jackson. He has two brothers, Keith and Timothy. His maternal grandfather is Reverend James Howard Jackson of Mt. Orab, Ohio. Upchurch received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Eastern Kentucky University. At EKU, he was the student body president and an automatic member of the university board of regents. He is a member of the Elk Spring Valley Baptist Church in Monticello.Upchurch was first elected to house in 1998 when incumbent representative Vernon Miniard retired to run for Wayne County Attorney.