Josie Raymond | |
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Member of the Louisville Metro Council | |
Assumed office January 9, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Pat Mulvihill |
Constituency | 10th District |
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
In office January 1,2019 –January 1,2025 | |
Preceded by | Steve Riggs |
Succeeded by | Mary Lou Marzian |
Constituency | 31st district (2019–2023) 41st district (2023–2025) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Adam [1] |
Children | 3 [1] |
Residence | Louisville,Kentucky [2] |
Alma mater | Columbia University (BA,MS) Marian University (M.Ed.) [1] |
Josie Doll Raymond (born May 29,1985) is an American politician. She is a Democrat who represented District 41 in the Kentucky House of Representatives. [3] She previously represented District 31 until new boundaries were drawn during the 2022 election cycle. [4] She did not seek reelection to the house in 2024,instead running for the Louisville Metro Council,in which she won and was sworn in on January 9,2025. [5]
Raymond holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University,where she wrote for the campus newspaper, Columbia Daily Spectator . [6] [7] She also holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Marian University. [1] Her past experience includes working at the Student Success Center at the University of Louisville and with Teach for America. [8]
Raymond was elected to represent the 31st district in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2018,replacing fellow Democrat Steve Riggs,who was retiring. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Josie Raymond | 9,309 | 100% | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Josie Raymond | 16,014 | 73.5% | |
Republican | Carrie Sanders McKehan | 5,782 | 26.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Josie Raymond | 3,753 | 77.5% | |
Democratic | Darryl Young Jr. | 1,088 | 22.5% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Josie Raymond | 15,775 | 100% | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Josie Raymond | 10,512 | 59.7% | |
Republican | Leigh Boland Jones | 7,101 | 40.3% |