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Kayla Applegate
Kayla Applegate (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arkansas House of Representatives to represent District 39. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Applegate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Applegate was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She earned her bachelor's degree in English from Arkansas State University in 2008 and her J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law in 2011. Her career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 39
Incumbent Mark Lowery defeated Kayla Applegate in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 39 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Lowery (R) | 52.9 | 7,838 |
 | Kayla Applegate (D)  | 47.1 | 6,966 | |
| Total votes: 14,804 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Kayla Applegate advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 39.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mark Lowery advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 39.
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kayla Applegate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Applegate's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Kayla is running for State Representative so that families in District 39 have a leader who listens to them and is on their side. Kayla wants to put her knowledge and experience to work for District 39 on issues like access to affordable health care, public education, economic development, women's equality, and criminal justice reform.
Kayla was born in North Little Rock and grew up in Sheridan. Her father is a disabled U.S. Army veteran who later became a small business owner. Kayla's mother spent her career working in public school districts.
Upon passing the state bar exam, she joined the Taylor & Taylor Law Firm in Little Rock. In 2013, she started her own law firm, The Applegate Firm in Maumelle, with her husband. Kayla's honors and awards include being named a Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star for three consecutive years. In 2016, Kayla was recognized in Little Rock Soirée Best Lawyers - Business Litigation.
Currently, Kayla is an attorney with James, House, Downing & Lueken, PA. She has a diverse practice handling divorce/custody litigation, civil and commercial business litigation.- As a small business owner and having represented numerous small businesses, Kayla understands the responsibilities, needs and concerns that come with owning a business. It is vital to continue to invest in infrastructure that will create jobs, provide training for skilled labor, grow businesses, provide a healthier environment, and improve opportunities for residents because that investment will improve the state economy by boosting productivity and lifting long-term economic growth and wages.
- With health care costs and the number of uninsured in Arkansas rising, Kayla knows we must continue the fight to provide affordable health care, especially for children, the middle class, and the elderly by expanding ARKids to cover more children and continuing to support future legislation related to Medicaid expansion and lowering prescription drug costs. An often overlooked problem are the number of low income elderly individuals who cannot afford their basic necessities because health care costs are still too high and their income is too low. We need solutions at the state level to alleviate these costs.
- As a beneficiary of a good public education system, Kayla believes we must provide high-quality public education to everyone, including ensuring that all children have access to pre-k programs and implementing policies to give students even greater opportunities for success by offering after school and summer education programs.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 13, 2019
