Arnold R. Simpson (born April 26, 1952) is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing District 65^[1] from January 1994 to 2019, when he retired.^[2][3] Simpson was first elected to the house in a January 1994 special election.^[4]

Simpson earned his BA from Kentucky State University and his JD from the University of Kentucky College of Law.

• 1994 Simpson won the 1994 Democratic Primary and the November 8, 1994 General election.
• 1996 Simpson was unopposed for both the 1996 Democratic Primary and the November 5, 1996 General election.
• 1998 Simpson was unopposed for both the 1998 Democratic Primary and the November 3, 1998 General election.
• 2000 Simpson was unopposed for both the 2000 Democratic Primary^[5] and the November 7, 2000 General election, winning with 5,738 votes.^[6]
• 2002 Simpson was unopposed for both the 2002 Democratic Primary^[7] and the November 5, 2002 General election, winning with 4,112 votes.^[8]
• 2004 Simpson was unopposed for both the 2004 Democratic Primary^[9] and the November 2, 2004 General election, winning with 7,739 votes.^[10]
• 2006 Simpson was unopposed for the 2006 Democratic Primary^[11] and won the November 7, 2006 General election with 4,628 votes (65.5%) against Republican nominee Ray Murphy.^[12]
• 2008 Simpson was unopposed for both the 2008 Democratic Primary^[13] and the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 9,285 votes.^[14]
• 2010 Simpson was unopposed for both the May 18, 2010 Democratic Primary^[15] and the November 2, 2010 General election, winning with 5,022 votes.^[16]
• 2012 Simpson was unopposed for both the May 22, 2012 Democratic Primary^[17] and the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 8,293 votes.^[18]

• Official page Archived 2018-09-29 at the Wayback Machine at the Kentucky General Assembly
• Campaign site
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Arnold Simpson at Ballotpedia
• Arnold R. Simpson at OpenSecrets