district state_senate predecessor successor minority_floor_leader nationality party state_house birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name
28th 73rd kentucky dale shrout ed worley drew graham ralph alvarado ray s. jones ii don pasley kentucky american democratic kentucky 25 december 1970 2001 2011 1999 winchester , kentucky r. j. palmer
 2015 2015 2001 r. j. palmer
r. j. palmer

r. j. palmer ii -lrb- born december 25 , 1970 -rrb- is an american politician from the state of kentucky .
a member of the democratic party , he serves in the kentucky state senate .
palmer was the minority leader of the kentucky senate from 2011 to 2015 .
palmer is from winchester , kentucky .
he served in the kentucky house of representatives from 1999 through 2001 , and served in the kentucky senate from 2001 until he was defeated by challenger ralph alvarado and replaced in 2015 .
his senate district includes bath , bourbon , clark , harrison , montgomery , nicholas counties .
