Kathy Tyler is an American politician and a Democratic member of the

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representing District 4 since January 11, 2013.

Elections

*2012 When District 4 incumbent Representative Republican Valentine Rausch was

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ed and ran for

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and Democrat Steve Street was term limited and retired, leaving both District 4 seats open, James R. Peterson and Tyler were unopposed for the June 5, 2012 Democratic primary; in the four-way November 6, 2012 general election, Tyler took the first seat with 5,131 votes (26.71%) and fellow Democratic nominee Peterson took the second seat ahead of Republican nominees Fred Deutsch and James Gilkerson, who had run for the seat in 2008 and 2010.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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