Richard Sanders (born August 6, 1963) is an American politician who served in 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 the 19th district from 1991 to 1996 and in 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 ...

from the 9th district from 1996 to 2009. Sanders was first elected to the house in 1990 after defeating incumbent representative

Ronny Layman Ronald Ray Layman (born 1944) is an American politician from Kentucky 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 R ...

in the Republican primary election. He served in the house until winning a special election to

in June 1996. He did not seek reelection in 2008.

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