Billy Dale Polston (May 5, 1937 – January 2, 2001) was an American politician from

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

who was a member of the

Kentucky House of Representatives 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 ...

from 1997 to 2001. Polston was first elected in 1996, defeating incumbent Republican representative Ray Mullinix for renomination. He did not seek reelection in 2000. His wife, Donnie, lost the Republican nomination to

James Comer James Richardson Comer Jr. ( ; born August 19, 1972) is an American politician from Kentucky who represents the state's Kentucky's 1st congressional district, 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A member of ...

. He died in January 2001 at age 63. He died the day after his second term in the legislature ended.

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1937 births 2001 deaths Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly {{Kentucky-politician-stub