Cluster Howard

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Cluster Howard

| image =

| state_house = Kentucky

| district = 91st

| term_start = January 1, 2019

| term_end = January 1, 2021

| predecessor = Toby Herald

| successor = Billy Wesley

| term_start1 = January 1, 2015

| term_end1 = January 1, 2017

| predecessor1 = Toby Herald

| successor1 = Toby Herald

| birth_name = Cluster Howard

| birth_date = September 13, 1956

| birth_place = Southfork, Kentucky

| party = Democratic

| education = Lees College (AA)
Berea College (BA)
Morehead State University (MA)

| spouse = Landy

| children = 5

}}

Cluster Howard (born September 13, 1956) is an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017 and 2019 to 2021. Howard was first elected in 2014, defeating Republican incumbent Toby Herald.{{cite news |date=November 5, 2014 |title=Democrats hang on to control of state House |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=5A |quote=The only Republican incumbent to lose was one-term representative Toby Herald [to] Democrat Cluster Howard ...}} In 2016 he was defeated by 4000 votes for reelection by Herald in a rematch. Howard challenged Herald again in 2018, defeating him by a margin of two votes.{{cite news |date=November 8, 2018 |title=Teachers irked by pension bill assess election |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=1A |quote=... the 91st, where Cluster Howard won by seven votes over Toby Herald ...}} Howard declined to seek reelection in 2020 and was succeeded by Republican Billy Wesley.{{cite news |date=October 22, 2020 |title=State House races feature Trump, COVID-19 and rematches |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=1A |quote=Democrat Cluster Howard decided not to run for re-election this year ...}}