Adam Bowling

Bowling was born and raised in Bell County, Kentucky, and comes from a family who has been in the area for six generations.^[2] His father, Michael Bowling, served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 87th House district from 1991 to 1999 and his cousin currently serves as mayor of Middlesboro, Kentucky.^[3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Wofford College in 2004.^[1]

Bowling owns and operates several businesses, including PD Specialty Care, Danville Drug Company, Bowkirk Medical, and People's Choice Pharmacy. He also works as a manager at Boone Trace Development and Redbow.^[1][4]

• 2018 Incumbent representative Rick Nelson from Kentucky's 87th House district chose not to seek reelection in order to run for mayor of Middlesboro.^[5] Bowling was unopposed in the 2018 Republican primary^[6] and won the 2018 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 8,153 votes (75.1%) against Democratic candidate Dustin Allen.^[7]
• 2020 Bowling was unopposed in both the 2020 Republican primary^[6] and the 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning the latter with 12,581 votes.^[8]
• 2022 Bowling was unopposed in the 2022 Republican primary^[6] and won the 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 10,057 votes (83.7%) against Democratic candidate Gary Smith.^[9]
• 2024 Bowling was unopposed in both the 2024 Republican primary and the 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning the latter with 13,490 votes.^[6]