Kentucky鈥檚 Republican candidate for governor Daniel Cameron has selected state Sen. Robby Mills as his running mate.
The Republican legislator from Henderson has served in the Senate since 2019 and previously served for one term in the state House.
During a news conference in Frankfort, Cameron emphasized that he wanted more cooperation between the legislature and governor鈥檚 office.
鈥淩obbie Mills is the man for the job. He's got strong relationships with the legislature,鈥� Cameron said.
Throughout his six years in Frankfort, Mills has sponsored a long list of conservative bills that passed into law鈥搑anging from issues on abortion to propping up the state鈥檚 ailing coal industry. Mills is the chairman of the Senate State and Local Government committee.
He earned his bachelor in business management from Oral Roberts University, an evangelical university. He went on to run his family's dry cleaning service.
Cameron called Mills 鈥渁 defender of our coal industry.鈥� Cameron too has
In recent years, 鈥� a measure the power industry says will raise costs for ratepayers 鈥� and another that would
H banning transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams last year and in 2020 he sponsored a law
Mills was also a proponent of SB150, the anti-trans bill that and restricted how teachers talk about gender and sexuality in the classroom.
At the news conference Wednesday, Cameron described Mills as 鈥渢he first person in Frankfort to sound the alarm about radical gender ideology.鈥�
鈥淭he drugs that are being forced on our young folks is a terrible tragedy, in my opinion,鈥� Mills said. 鈥淚'm very proud of the Senate Bill 150 work that we put together.鈥�
The ACLU of Kentucky and National Center for Lesbian Rights the portion of the law outlawing gender-affirming care on minors in court. After initially being blocked by a federal judge, .
When he was still in the House, Mills sponsored a that medically-induced abortions can be reversed鈥攁n unproven procedure that advocates said interferes with the doctor-patient relationship.
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