Jill York (born October 21, 1966) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the

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. York represented district 96 from 2010 to 2019. First elected in a December 2009 special election to fill the vacancy caused by the election of incumbent representative

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to the

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, she served until her defeat by Democrat Kathy Hinkle in

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Education

York attended Marshall University,

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's W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and

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Elections

: York was defeated by

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Kathy Hinkle. *2012 York was unopposed for both the May 22, 2012 Republican Primary and the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 10,024 votes. *2009 When District 96 Democratic Representative Webb ran for the remainder of an unexpired Kentucky Senate term, York won the 2009 Special election with 2,545 votes (60.5%) against Democratic nominee Barry Webb. *2010 York won the May 18, 2010 Republican Primary with 3,488 votes (66.5%) and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 6,954 votes (58.2%) against Democratic nominee David Hayes.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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Campaign site

Jill York
at

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Jill York
at the National Institute on Money in State Politics Place of birth missing (living people) 1966 births Living people Marshall University alumni Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives People from Grayson, Kentucky Transylvania University alumni Women state legislators in Kentucky 21st-century American legislators 21st-century American women politicians {{Kentucky-politician-stub