Regina Petrey Bunch (born October 3, 1962) is an American

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

politician and educator who is a member of the

Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form ...

. Bunch was a special education teacher in the middle school and lives in

Williamsburg, Kentucky Williamsburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Whitley County, on the southeastern border of Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,245 at the 2010 census. Developed along the Cumberland River, the city was founded in 18 ...

. In 2011, she was elected to the

in a special election succeeding her husband Dewayne Bunch who was fatally injured while breaking up a student fight at the high school where he had taught.Representative Regina Petrey Bunch, Kentucky House of Representatives
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