Lindsay Vaughn is an American politician serving as a member of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

from the 22nd district. Elected in the November 2020, she assumed office on January 11, 2021.

Early life and education

Vaughn was born in

Overland Park, Kansas Overland Park ( ) is the largest city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and the List of cities in Kansas#Highest population listing, second-most populous city in the state of Kansas. It is one of four principal city, principal cities in ...

, and graduated from

Blue Valley Northwest High School Blue Valley Northwest High School (BVNW) is a high school in Overland Park, Kansas, United States. Blue Valley Northwest is one of five high schools operated by Blue Valley USD 229 school district. Blue Valley Northwest is a member of the Kansas ...

. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and cultural anthropology from the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

Career

Vaughn has worked as a volunteer coordinator for Literary KC. In 2018, she was a field organizer for

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. She was also the chair of the Johnson County Young Democrats. She worked on the campaigns of state representatives Brett Parker and Brandon Woodard. Vaughn was elected to the

in November 2020 and assumed office on January 11, 2021. She has led efforts to protect

groundwater Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and Pore space in soil, soil pore spaces and in the fractures of stratum, rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available fresh water in the world is groundwater. A unit ...

in Kansas by endorsing legislation to curtail pumping in the state. She has also sponsored legislation to abolish

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References

Living people Politicians from Overland Park, Kansas Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Women state legislators in Kansas University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni 21st-century American women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature {{Kansas-politician-stub