Minority Floor Leader, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, 2017-2019

Representative, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, District 99, 1987-2019

Candidate, Governor of Kentucky, 2019

Candidate, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, District 99, 2018

Majority Floor Leader, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, 2004-2016

Former Member, Appropriations and Revenue Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Member, Budget/Revenue Committees, National Conference of State Legislators

Former Member, Committee On Committees, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Chair, Eastern Kentucky Workforce Development Board

Vice Chair, Energy & Environment Committee, Southern Legislative Conference

Former Member, Enrollment Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Member, Legislative Research Commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Former Member, Rules Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives

Member, Southern States Energy Board

Director of Public Affairs, Appalachian Fuels

Member, Board of Directors, Ashland Salvation Army

Member, Board of Directors, King's Daughters Health Foundation

Member, Board of Directors, Paramount Arts Center

Member, Elliott County Sportsmen Club

Chair, Mountain Delegation

Member, National Rifle Association

Member, Plumbers & Pipefitters Union

Founder, Rocky Adkins Charity Golf Outing-Cure for Cancer

Member, Sandy Hook Lions Club

Awards:

Kentucky Homebuilders Association Housing Hero Award, 2009
Kentucky Conservation Committee Legislator of the Year, 2008
Ashland Area Labor Management Council Award
East Kentucky Leadership Conference Public Servant Award
FIVCO Area Development District President's Award
Goldenrod Division 2007 Honoree
Junior Achievement Tri State Business Hall of Fame
Morehead State University Alumni Hall of Fame