Joy Koesten (born December 30, 1954) is an American politician who served in the

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from the 28th district from 2017 to 2019. Joy Koesten and her husband launched a campaign to fund an Endowed Professorship in Developmental and Behavioral Health at Children’s Mercy Hospital supporting research into adolescent depression and suicide prevention. On August 7, 2018, she was defeated in the Republican primary for the 28th district by

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. On December 13, 2018, she announced she was changing her party affiliation from

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to Democratic. Joy had announced that she will run for the

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11 Seat in the

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area on September 15, 2019. She was defeated by Republican

, by a vote of 52.7%, to Koesten's 47.3%.

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