Carolyn L. Bridges (born August 18, 1946) is an American politician who served in 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 ...

as a

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from the 83rd district from 2013 until the end of 2015. Bridges was originally elected in the November 2012 elections, where she defeated Republican Tim Garvey 58% to 42%. She was re-elected in 2014 by a similar margin, but resigned her seat on December 20, 2015.

Henry Helgerson Henry M. Helgerson, Jr. (born January 12, 1952) is an American politician. He has served as a Democratic member for the 83rd district in the Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislatu ...

was appointed to replace her.

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