Anna Elizabeth Burke is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2012 to 2013. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),she was the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Chisholm from 1998 to 2016.
Frank Welsh Burke was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1959 to 1963 and as Mayor of Louisville,Kentucky from 1969 to 1973.
The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district,except when necessary to preserve the principle of equal representation. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The Kentucky House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol in Frankfort.
Susan Westrom is an American real estate agent,social worker,and politician who served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1999 to 2022.
Suzanne Miles is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since January 2014. She represents Kentucky's 7th House district,which includes Daviess,Henderson,and Union counties. She serves as the House's Majority Caucus Chair,and is the first woman in Kentucky to serve as both an acting floor leader and an acting speaker of the chamber.
Kelly M. Burke is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives,representing the 36th District since January 2011. The 36th District includes all or parts of the Beverly,Mount Greenwood and Auburn-Gresham neighborhoods in the City of Chicago as well as the all or parts of the surrounding suburbs of Oak Lawn,Evergreen Park,Chicago Ridge,Hometown and Palos Hills.
Lindsey Stirling is an American violinist,songwriter and dancer. She presents choreographed violin performances,in live and music videos found on her official YouTube channel,which she created in 2007.
Derrick W. Graham is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing the 57th House district,which includes the Kentucky capital city of Frankfort,since January 2003. In 2023,Graham became the first African American to lead a legislative caucus in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Carlos Brogdon Embry Jr. was an American politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 6 from January 1,2015,until September 26,2022,when he resigned due to cancer. He previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives starting on January 1,2003,and leaving office on January 1,2015,to serve in the Kentucky Senate. Embry was a mayor of Beaver Dam,Kentucky from 1970 until 1973. Embry died three days after his resignation from the senate for health reasons at a hospice in Bowling Green,at the age of 81.
William Burke Belknap the younger (1885–1965) was the son of William Richardson Belknap and Alice Trumbull Silliman. He was an entrepreneur in the family of William Burke Belknap,the elder (1811–1884),son of Morris Burke Belknap of Brimfield,Massachusetts,who was engaged in the iron furnace industry and died in 1873. The Belknaps were founders,inventors of patented merchandise,and owners of the Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company in Louisville,Kentucky. William Burke Belknap was an economist and a professor of economics at the University of Louisville. Leading up to and during World War II,he volunteered for service with the Red Cross in Ramsay and Plymouth,England. He was a trustee of Berea College and a graduate of Yale and Harvard. As a Kentucky legislator,he served two terms as a representative in the Kentucky General Assembly. He was the owner of Land O'Goshen Farms,where he bred and raised sheep and American saddlebred horses,and he was the president of F.C. Co-operative Milk Producers Association.
Dawn Wetzel Keefer is an American politician who represented the 92nd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2017 to 2024. A member of the Republican Party,she is the current state senator-elect from the 31st district.
Lindsey LaPointe is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 19th district. The district,located in the Chicago area,includes parts of Elmwood Park,Harwood Heights,Norridge,and River Grove and includes parts of the Chicago neighborhoods of Dunning,Forest Glen,Jefferson Park,Norwood Park,O'Hare,and Portage Park.
The 2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican Senator Tim Scott won reelection to a second full term,defeating state representative Krystle Matthews. This was the third consecutive election for this seat where both major party nominees were black.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were held on November 8,2022,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Kentucky,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Chris Freeland is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since January 2019. He represents Kentucky's 6th House district,which includes Lyon,Marshall,and McCracken counties.
The 2026 United States Senate elections are scheduled to be held on November 3,2026,with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections,the winners of which will serve six-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3,2027,to January 3,2033. Senators are divided into three groups,or classes,whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years. Class 2 senators were last elected in 2020,and will be up for election in this cycle.
The 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2023,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Incumbent Democratic governor Andy Beshear won re-election to a second term,defeating Republican state Attorney General Daniel Cameron. If Cameron had won,he would have become Kentucky's first African-American governor.
Pamela D. Stevenson is an American politician,attorney,and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. She is a Democrat and represents District 43 in the Kentucky State House. In 2023,she unsuccessfully ran as the Democratic nominee in the 2023 Kentucky Attorney General election losing to Republican nominee Russell Coleman.
Savannah Lee Maddox is an American politician. She is a Republican and represents District 61 containing Grant County,Gallatin County,and parts of Kenton and Boone Counties in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Maddox is viewed as one of the General Assembly's furthest-right members.
The 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 8,2022. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 17. All 100 seats of the house were up for election. Republicans increased their majority in the chamber,gaining five seats.
