Kendricks "Ken" Brass is an American politician and engineer, serving as a member of the

Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ...

from the 58th district. He assumed office on November 3, 2017.

Education

After graduating from

Lutcher High School Lutcher High School, established in 1913, is located in Lutcher, Louisiana, United States. Lutcher High School currently serves as the only source of secondary education on the east bank of St. James Parish. Activities Lutcher High offers a vari ...

Lutcher, Louisiana Lutcher is a town in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the east bank of the Mississippi River. It is part of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area . The population was 3,559 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 3,127 at the 2020 population esti ...

, Brass earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from

Southern University Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a ...

in 1999.

Career

Outside of politics, Brass works as an engineer for

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. He also served as a member of the St. James Parish Council and Lutcher Board of Aldermen. He was elected to the

in November 2017. Brass also serves as vice chair of the House Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee. Brass is a member of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus. In March 2022, Brass was named the 2021 Legislator of The Year by the Louisiana School Boards Association.

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Living people People from Lutcher, Louisiana Southern University alumni Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives African-American state legislators in Louisiana American engineers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century African-American people {{Louisiana-House-of-Representatives-stub