Candidate · State Senate, District 12
Amanda Mays Bledsoe
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Kentucky Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, approve some of the governor's appointments, and with the House can override the governor's veto with a majority of each chamber. A term is four years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, Senate District 12 (since 2023)
- Occupation
- Policy analyst
- Lives in
- Lexington
Background
- Bledsoe has served in the Kentucky Senate since 2023 and is vice chair of the Senate Appropriations & Revenue Committee. source: legislature.ky.gov
- Bledsoe served on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council from 2014 to 2022. source: legislature.ky.gov
- Bledsoe earned a B.A. from Hillsdale College and an M.A. from the University of Kentucky. source: legislature.ky.gov
- Bledsoe has worked as a policy analyst with the Council of State Governments. source: branch.vote
- The district covers Boyle, Mercer and Woodford counties and part of Fayette County. source: legislature.ky.gov
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