Additionally, each political party elects a floor leader, whip, and caucus chairman.

Current party leadership of the Kentucky Senate: Carolyn Conn Moore became the first woman to serve in the Kentucky Senate when in November 1949 she won a special election to replace her husband, J. Lee Moore, in the legislature after his death.

[5] Georgia Davis Powers became the first person of color to be elected to the Kentucky Senate in 1967.

Gerald Neal became the first African American ever to be elected to a leadership position in the Kentucky General Assembly in 2014.

[6] Ralph Alvarado became the first Hispanic to serve in the Kentucky General Assembly when he was elected in 2014.