Mary Beth Imes (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician who has served as a Republican 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 ...

since January 2021. She represents Kentucky's 5th House district, which includes Calloway County and part of

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Personal life

Imes graduated from

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. She has three children with her husband,

Kenny Imes Kenny Imes (born February 13, 1947) is a United States, U.S. politician currently serving as the County Judge/Executive, Judge/Executive of Calloway County, Kentucky, Calloway County since October 2018; he was appointed to the position by govern ...

. Kenny previously represented the 5th House district from 2013 to 2018. Prior to holding office, she was the director of Imes Funeral Home and Crematory.

Elections

* 2020 Imes was unopposed in the 2020 Republican primary and won the

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, with 14,855 votes (68.8%) against Democratic candidate Shannon Davis-Roberts. * 2022 Imes was unopposed in both the 2022 Republican primary and

2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election The 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 2022. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 17. All 100 seats of the house were up for election. Republicans increased their majority in the ...

, winning with 11,181 votes. * 2024 Imes was unopposed in the 2024 republican primary and won the

2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election The 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 21. Following the 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election, 2022 election, Republicans an ...

with 2,627 votes (75.6%) against Democratic candidate Lauren Hines.

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Living people 1948 births Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly 21st-century American women politicians Women state legislators in Kentucky Baptists from Kentucky People from Murray, Kentucky {{Kentucky-politician-stub