Stephen Meredith | |
---|---|
Member of the Kentucky Senate from the 5th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Carroll Gibson |
Personal details | |
Born | Leitchfield,Kentucky,U.S. | June 21,1953
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Karen |
Children | 2 |
Education | Western Kentucky University (BS) University of Minnesota (MHA) |
Stephen Larry Meredith (born June 21,1953) [1] is an American politician serving as a member of the Kentucky Senate from the 5th district. Elected in November 2016,he assumed office in January 2017.
Meredith was born in Leitchfield,Kentucky in 1953. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and accounting from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Health Administration from the University of Minnesota. [2]
Prior to entering politics,Meredith worked as the CEO of the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2012 and 2014. In 2016,he was elected to the Kentucky Senate. In the Senate,Meredith serves as chair of the Budget Review Subcommittee on Human Resources. He also serves as vice chair of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee and Senate Veterans,Military Affairs,and Public Protection Committee. He is co-chair of the Senate Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee and Senate Government Contract Review Committee. [3] [4]
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.
Thruston Ballard Morton was an American politician. A Republican,Morton represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Raymond Neal Haynes Jr. is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of California.
The Kentucky General Assembly,also called the Kentucky Legislature,is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It comprises the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Richard T. Moore is a Democratic politician from Massachusetts and a former member of the Massachusetts State Senate.
Robert Michael Duncan is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2007 to 2009. Throughout his career,he has served on the boards of a variety of public- and private-sector organizations. Duncan was chairman,president,and CEO of Inez Deposit Bank in Inez,Kentucky,which merged with First State Bank in February 2021. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service and previously served as its chairman.
The Kentucky Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is currently the minority party in the state,as the rival Republican Party of Kentucky overwhelmingly dominates in the state legislature,congressional delegation,and presidential elections. However,the party does currently control the governorship and lieutenant governorship,and maintains some strength in local elections.
Georgia Davis Powers was an American politician who served for 21 years as a state senator in the Kentucky Senate. In 1967,she was the first person of color elected to the senate. During her term,she was "regarded as the leading advocate for blacks,women,children,the poor,and the handicapped," and was the chair of the Health and Welfare committee from 1970 to 1976 and the Labor and Industry committee from 1978 to 1988.
Ann H. Rest is an American politician and President pro tempore of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 43 which includes portions of the western suburbs of Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metro area.
Eric Wayne Burlison is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district since 2023. He previously served as the representative for District 133 in the Missouri House of Representatives. A Republican,Burlison was elected to the Missouri House in 2008 and left office at the end of 2016. In 2018,he was elected to the Missouri Senate,representing District 20. He was reelected for a second term in the U.S House of Representatives in 2024.
Marc R. Pacheco is an American state legislator serving as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Plymouth and Bristol district. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented the 3rd Bristol district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993.
John F. Keenan is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate for the Norfolk and Plymouth district.
Denise Leanne Batters is a Canadian politician who has served as a senator from Saskatchewan since January 25,2013. She was briefly ousted from the national Conservative Party of Canada caucus from November 2021 to February 2022,after criticizing then-leader Erin O'Toole,but remained a member of the Senate Conservative Caucus.
Mark Costello is the Iowa State Senator from the 8th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since being elected in 2014. He had also previously served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2013–2014.
Thomas J. Burch is an American politician in the state of Kentucky.
Barau I. Jibrin is a Nigerian politician who is the current deputy president of the Nigerian Senate since 2023. He is the senator representing Kano North since 2015.
George Maxwell Wise is an American politician and former FBI agent,serving as a member of the Kentucky Senate from the 16th district. He assumed office in the Kentucky Senate on January 1,2015. Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft chose Wise to be her running mate in the 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election. The pair subsequently lost the primary.
Brandon Jackson Storm is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Kentucky Senate from the 21st district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 1,2021.
Stephen Ashley West is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Kentucky Senate from the 27th district. He assumed office on March 23,2015.
Charles Phillip Wheeler Jr. is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Kentucky Senate from the 31st district. Wheeler came into office during a Special Election on March 5,2019,defeating Democrat Darrell Pugh. He assumed office on March 19,2019. Wheeler was re-elected for a full term with 72.8% of the vote on November 3,2020,defeating Democratic challenger Glenn Martin Hammond.