Kelly Flood (born April 14, 1959) is an American politician and a
Democratic 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 ...
representing District 75 from 2009 to 2023.
Education
Flood attended
Starr King School for the Ministry
Starr King School for the Ministry is a multireligious Unitarian Universalist seminary in Oakland, California. The seminary was formed in 1904 to educate leaders for the growing number of progressive religious communities in the western part of ...
and earned her
BA in
American studies
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from
Florida State University
Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ...
.
Elections
*2008 When District 75 Representative
Kathy Stein was nominated for the
Kentucky Senate
The Kentucky Senate is the upper house of the Kentucky General Assembly. The Kentucky Senate is composed of 38 members elected from single-member districts throughout Kentucky, the Commonwealth. There are no term limits for Kentucky senators. T ...
months after the May primary election, Flood was nominated for the House of Representatives seat by the Democratic party's precinct representatives. She won the November 4, 2008 General election with 8,740 votes (65.0%) against
Republican nominee Kimberly Ward.
*2010 Flood was unopposed for both the May 18, 2010 Democratic Primary and the November 2, 2010 General election, winning with 6,918 votes.
*2012 Flood was unopposed for both the May 22, 2012 Democratic Primary and the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 9,870 votes.
*2014 Flood was unopposed in both the primary and general elections.
*2016 Flood was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and defeated Republican Gary McCollum.
*2018 Flood was unopposed in both the primary and general elections, with a total of 11,258 votes.
References
External links
Official page at the
Kentucky General Assembly
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The General Assembly meets annually in th ...
Campaign site*
Kelly Floodat
Ballotpedia
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Kelly Floodat
OpenSecrets
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Place of birth missing (living people)
1949 births
Living people
Florida State University alumni
Democratic Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Politicians from Lexington, Kentucky
Starr King School for the Ministry alumni
Women state legislators in Kentucky
21st-century American women politicians
21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly
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