Lew Nicholls is 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 March 2016 to January 2017. Nicholls was elected in a March 2016 special election following the resignation of Democratic incumbent

Tanya Pullin Tanya Pullin (born September 15, 1957) is an American politician who was Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing district 98 from 2001 to 2016. She resigned from the house in Janua ...

after being appointed to a judgeship by governor

Matt Bevin Matthew Griswold Bevin (; born January 9, 1967) is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 62nd governor of Kentucky from 2015 to 2019. He is currently the CEO of Neuronetrix Solutions, LLC. Bo ...

. He was defeated in November 2016 by Republican

Danny Bentley Danny R. Bentley is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2017 to 2025. He represented Kentucky's 98th House district which included Greenup County as well as part of Boyd County ...

in the November general election.

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