---
type: Person
title: "James Tipton"
description: "KY House District 53 — KY State House of Representatives District 53"
role: "KY House District 53"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "KY"
district: "KY State House of Representatives District 53"
represents: "us/states/ky/districts/house/53"
tenure:
  start: "2015-01-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "885c3d8b-f138-4786-849e-e061adc7a60d"
  office: "a3d89b6c-62be-4f87-943c-0e2f2466609b"
  tenure: "8790354f-0fd8-4b53-81aa-e4bc6b80cfac"
  jurisdiction: "1efdee3a-852f-40d1-94be-cd0510d2f3bd"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ky]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# James Tipton

Current KY House District 53 (KY State House of Representatives District 53).

Represents [KY State House of Representatives District 53](/us/states/ky/districts/house/53.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).