Steve Rawlings | |
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Member of the Kentucky Senate from the 11th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2025 | |
Preceded by | John Schickel |
Member of the KentuckyHouseofRepresentatives from the 66th district | |
In office January 1,2023 –January 1,2025 | |
Preceded by | C. Ed Massey |
Succeeded by | T. J. Roberts |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Burlington,Kentucky |
Education | University of Cincinnati (BBA) Northern Kentucky University (JD) |
Committees | Education Judiciary State Government |
John Steven Rawlings (born April 5,1957) is an American attorney and politician who has served as a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate since January 2025. His district includes the northern part of Boone County. [1] He previously was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2023 to 2025.
In 2024,Rawlings was elected to the Kentucky Senate to represent Kentucky's 11th Senate district following the retirement of incumbent John Schickel. [2]
Rawlings is the son of Herb and Pat Rawlings,nephew of Rawlings Group founder and philanthropist George Rawlings,and the grandson of John William Rawlings,a prominent pastor and advisor to Liberty University founder Jerry Falwell,and the namesake of Liberty University's John W. Rawlings School of Divinity. [3] [4]
He graduated from Greenhills High School before earning a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati in 1980,and a Juris Doctor from the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1989. During his time at Chase,Rawlings served as an associate editor of the Northern Kentucky Law Review. [5]
Prior to entering politics,Rawlings was an attorney and author. [1] [6] Currently,he is the owner of My Father's Design,a tiny home construction company,and serves on the Merit Theatre Company board of directors as well as the judicial committee of USA Shooting. [1] [7]
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