Jerry Rhoads

{{Short description|American politician (born 1941)}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jerry Rhoads

| image =

| office = Minority Whip of the Kentucky Senate

| term_start = January 6, 2009

| term_end = January 1, 2015

| predecessor = Joey Pendleton

| successor = Julian Carroll

| state_senate1 = Kentucky

| district1 = 6th

| term_start1 = January 1, 2003

| term_end1 = January 1, 2015

| predecessor1 = Dick Adams

| successor1 = C. B. Embry

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|4|5}}

| birth_place = Henderson, Kentucky, U.S.

| party = Democratic

| education = Murray State University (BA)
University of Kentucky (JD)

}}

Jerry P. Rhoads (born April 5, 1941) is an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky Senate from 2003 to 2015. Rhoads was first elected in 2002 following retirement of incumbent senator Dick Adams.{{cite news |date=February 2, 2002 |title=Final filing rush is over for '02 races |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=A1}} He did not seek reelection in 2014 and was succeeded by Republican C. B. Embry.{{cite news |date=September 29, 2014 |title=Diverse candidates vying for state Senate seats |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=A1}}