{{short description|American politician}} {{Prose|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Paul Hornback | image = Paul Hornback (cropped).png | state_senate = Kentucky | district = 20th | term_start = January 1, 2011 | term_end = January 1, 2023 | predecessor = Gary Tapp | successor = Gex Williams | birth_date = | birth_place = Shelbyville, Kentucky | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | profession = | website = }}
'''Paul Hornback''' (born in Shelbyville, Kentucky) is an American politician and former Republican member of the Kentucky Senate. Hornback represented District 20<ref name="KYS">{{cite web |url= http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/S020.htm |title= Senator Paul Hornback (R) |publisher= Kentucky Senate |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= May 6, 2014 |archive-date= December 12, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101212045242/http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/s020.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/117564 |title= Paul Hornback's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= May 6, 2014}}</ref> from January 2011 to January 2023.
==Education== Hornback graduated from Shelby County High School.
==Elections== February 24, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Hornback |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Paul_Hornback |access-date=February 24, 2023 |website=Ballotpedia}}</ref> *2022 Hornback did not run for re-election. *2018 Hornback was unopposed in the May 22, 2018, Republican Primary and defeated Democratic nominee Dave Suetholz in the November 6, 2018, general election winning with 25,775 votes (56.5%). *2014 Hornback won the May 20, 2014, Republican Primary with 6,079 votes (82.9%) against Tony McCurdy. Paul Hornback was unopposed in the November 4, 2014, general election. *2010 When District 20 Senator Gary Tapp retired and left the seat open, Hornback won the May 18, 2010, Republican Primary with 5,328 votes (62.9%)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2010/off2010pri.pdf |title= Commonwealth of Kentucky May 18, 2010 Official 2010 Primary Election Results |page= 16 |publisher= Secretary of State of Kentucky |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= May 6, 2014}}</ref> and won the November 2, 2010, general election with 26,883 votes (60.5%) against Democratic nominee David Eaton,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2010/off2010gen.pdf |title= Commonwealth of Kentucky November 2, 2010 Official 2010 General Election Results |page= 20 |publisher= Secretary of State of Kentucky |location= Frankfort, Kentucky |accessdate= May 6, 2014}}</ref> who had run for a House seat in 2002 and 2004.
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==External links== *[http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/S020.htm Official page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212045242/http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/s020.htm |date=December 12, 2010 }} at the Kentucky General Assembly *{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 117564 | fec = | congress = }} *[http://ballotpedia.org/Paul_Hornback Paul Hornback] at Ballotpedia *[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=140188 Paul Hornback] at OpenSecrets
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