Jeff Hoover (born January 18, 1960)[2] is an American politician in the Republican Party of Kentucky.

Hoover was first elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1996, defeating incumbent Republican Tommy Todd for renomination.

Hoover unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of the State of Kentucky in 2007 as the running mate of former U.S. Rep. Anne Northup; their slate received 36.5% of the vote in the primary against Gov.

[3] In 2015, Hoover became the longest serving Republican Leader in the history of the Kentucky House of Representatives.

[4] After the 2016 elections when Republicans gained a supermajority in the State House, Hoover was selected as House Speaker replacing Democrat Greg Stumbo, becoming the first Republican speaker since the election of Joseph Bosworth in 1920.