Geoff M. Young

Geoff M. Young is the Kentucky Party candidate for Kentucky House of Representatives District 75 in the November 3, 2026 general election, in which he faces incumbent Democrat Lindsey Burke and Republican Jeff Forsyth.[1][2] Young is an environmental engineer who formerly worked for the Kentucky Division of Energy, and he has run for Congress several times.[2]

Geoff M. Young was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Marblehead High School in 1974.[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977, a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1981, and a master's degree in agricultural economics from the University of Kentucky in 1988.[2] His career experience includes working as assistant director of the Kentucky Division of Energy and as an environmental engineer in the Energy and Environment Cabinet.[2] Ballotpedia lists his affiliations as including the Sierra Club, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Democratic Socialists of America and Lexington Friends Meeting (Quakers).[2]

Young ran for Kentucky House District 45 in 2012 and lost the general election to incumbent Republican Stan Lee.[2] He lost the 2014 Democratic primary for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District to Elisabeth Jensen, 39.1% to 60.9%.[2] He was the Democratic candidate for the same seat in 2022 and lost the general election to Republican incumbent Andy Barr, 33.6% to 62.7%.[2] In 2024 he ran in the Democratic primary for Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District and received 11.2% of the vote to incumbent Morgan McGarvey's 84.1%.[2]

In a Ballotpedia survey, Young described himself as a former Democrat who has worked for 50 years to end wars, end corruption in government, get big money out of politics and protect the environment, and said he and friends formed the Kentucky Party in 2024.[3] He said his campaign priorities include eliminating the state sales tax, cutting income taxes for poor and working Kentuckians, raising taxes on large corporations and very wealthy Kentuckians, and establishing a State Bank of Kentucky.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.