---
type: Person
title: "Jim Gooch"
description: "KY House District 12 — KY State House of Representatives District 12"
role: "KY House District 12"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "KY"
district: "KY State House of Representatives District 12"
represents: "us/states/ky/districts/house/12"
tenure:
  start: "2015-12-28"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "7a437d3d-6635-4ac0-8430-4a5810e804b8"
  office: "fcaae826-3cd3-4a8e-be67-50249407a928"
  tenure: "6f874cc4-526e-47bd-8b62-baa5d37621e0"
  jurisdiction: "90b6c6a2-bd2d-4a4f-b289-83588828b118"
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"
---

# Jim Gooch

Current KY House District 12 (KY State House of Representatives District 12).

Represents [KY State House of Representatives District 12](/us/states/ky/districts/house/12.md).

## Sources

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

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