Ann Leila Kirkpatrick is an American politician and retired attorney who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she represented Arizona's 1st congressional district from 2009 to 2011,and again from 2013 to 2017. Kirkpatrick was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007.
Susan Westrom is an American real estate agent,social worker,and politician who served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1999 to 2022.
Shelli Renee Yoder is an American politician serving in the Indiana Senate for Monroe County,Indiana from Senate District 40. A former Miss Indiana and a Miss America 1993 contestant,Yoder has held positions at a number of nonprofit organizations. She was the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana's 9th congressional district in 2012 and 2016. However,she was defeated both times by Republicans:first by Todd Young and then by Trey Hollingsworth. In June 2020,she won the Democratic primary for Indiana state senate district 40. She was elected on November 3,2020. She was sworn in on November 17,2020.
Dennis L. Horlander is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives who represented District 40 from February 1996 to January 2019. Horlander was first elected to the house in a February special election following the resignation of incumbent Donna Shacklette. He was defeated for renomination in 2018 by Nima Kulkarni.
Pramila Jayapal is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,she represents most of Seattle,as well as some suburban areas of King County. Jayapal represented the 37th legislative district in the Washington State Senate from 2015 to 2017. She is the first Indian-American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district's first female member of Congress,she is also the first Asian American to represent Washington at the federal level.
Melinda Gibbons Prunty is a Republican politician who represented Kentucky's 15th legislative district in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023. She did not seek reelection in 2022.
Amy Melinda McGrath is an American former Marine fighter pilot and former political candidate from Kentucky. McGrath was the first woman to fly a combat mission for the Marine Corps,as well as the first to pilot the F/A-18 on a combat mission. During her 20 years of service in the Marine Corps,McGrath flew 89 combat missions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Toward the end of her service,McGrath worked domestically as a political adviser,a liaison officer,and an instructor at the United States Naval Academy.
Attica Woodson Scott is an American politician who served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 41st district from 2017 to 2023.
Haley Maria Stevens is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 11th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,Stevens represents most of urbanized Oakland County,including many of Detroit's northern suburbs.
Delia Catalina Ramirez is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 3rd congressional district since 2023. Ramirez is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21,2019. The general election was held on November 5,2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear declined to seek reelection to a second term to instead successfully run for Governor. Republican nominee Daniel Cameron won with 57.8% of the vote. He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since Eldon S. Dummit in 1943,and the state's first black attorney general.
Charles Booker is an American politician from the commonwealth of Kentucky. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives,representing the 43rd district from 2019 to 2021. During his term,he was Kentucky's youngest Black state lawmaker.
Lakesia Collins is an American union organizer and politician serving as a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for the 5th district,located on the West Side of Chicago. She previously served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 9th district from 2020 to 2023. Collins won the Democratic primary election for the 5th district in the House in 2020,and was appointed to the seat shortly afterwards to replace retiring incumbent Art Turner. She won election to full terms in 2020 and 2022,and served as the Treasurer for the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus. On August 16,2023,she was appointed to the 5th district seat in the Senate to replace retiring incumbent Patricia Van Pelt.
Cori Anika Bush is an American politician,nurse,pastor,and Black Lives Matter activist serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district,since 2021. The district includes all of the city of St. Louis and most of northern St. Louis County.
Zulma P. Lopez is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A Democrat,Lopez represented the 86th District of the Georgia House of Representatives,which encompasses a part of metro Atlanta,from January 2021 to January 2023. On February 4,2022,Lopez announced she would not be seeking re-election in the Georgia House of Representatives.
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.
Ashley Nicole Tackett Laferty is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 95th district. Elected in November 2018,she assumed office on January 1,2019. Laferty is considered to be a conservative Southern Democrat.
Kimberly A. Banta is an American politician and Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 63rd House district. Her district includes parts of Boone and Kenton counties.
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.
The 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 5,2024. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 21. Following the 2022 election,Republicans and Democrats held 80 and 20 seats,respectively. The deadline for candidates to file was January 5,2024. Republicans maintained their majority in the chamber without gaining or losing any seats.
