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Les Yates

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Les Yates
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Prior offices
Kentucky House of Representatives District 73
Successor: Ryan Dotson

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 23, 2020

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Les Yates (Republican Party) was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 73. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. He left office on December 31, 2020.

Yates (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Kentucky House of Representatives to represent District 73. He lost in the Republican primary on June 23, 2020.

Biography

Les Yates was born in Winchester, Kentucky. He served in the United States Air Force from 1971 to 1975. Yates earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Arizona State University. Yates' career experience includes working with Boonesboro Supply.[1]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Yates was assigned to the following committees:


Elections

2020

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73

Ryan Dotson defeated Kenneth Blair and Jada Brady in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ryan Dotson
Ryan Dotson (R)
 
56.9
 
11,923
Kenneth Blair (D)
 
30.7
 
6,441
Jada Brady (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
12.4
 
2,589

Total votes: 20,953
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73

Kenneth Blair defeated Rory Houlihan in the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kenneth Blair
 
53.0
 
1,842
Image of Rory Houlihan
Rory Houlihan
 
47.0
 
1,633

Total votes: 3,475
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73

Ryan Dotson defeated incumbent Les Yates in the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ryan Dotson
Ryan Dotson
 
51.4
 
2,356
Image of Les Yates
Les Yates
 
48.6
 
2,228

Total votes: 4,584
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2018

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73

Les Yates defeated Pat Banks in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Les Yates
Les Yates (R)
 
64.3
 
10,856
Pat Banks (D)
 
35.7
 
6,032

Total votes: 16,888
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73

Pat Banks defeated Rory Houlihan in the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Pat Banks
 
59.9
 
2,698
Image of Rory Houlihan
Rory Houlihan
 
40.1
 
1,803

Total votes: 4,501
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73

Les Yates advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 73 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
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Les Yates

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Kentucky House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 17, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was January 26, 2016.

Incumbent Donna Mayfield defeated John Hendricks in the Kentucky House of Representatives District 73 general election.[2][3]

Kentucky House of Representatives District 73, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Donna Mayfield Incumbent 60.40% 11,385
     Democratic John Hendricks 39.60% 7,464
Total Votes 18,849
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections


John Hendricks defeated Kenneth Blair in the Kentucky House of Representatives District 73 Democratic primary.[4]

Kentucky House of Representatives District 73, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png John Hendricks 68.47% 2,867
     Democratic Kenneth Blair 31.53% 1,320
Total Votes 4,187


Incumbent Donna Mayfield defeated Les Yates in the Kentucky House of Representatives District 73 Republican primary.[5]

Kentucky House of Representatives District 73, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Donna Mayfield Incumbent 79.33% 1,439
     Republican Les Yates 20.67% 375
Total Votes 1,814

Campaign themes

2020

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2020

In 2020, the Kentucky State Legislature was in session from January 7 to April 15.

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2019






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Political offices
Preceded by
Donna Mayfield (R)
Kentucky House of Representatives District 73
2019–2020
Succeeded by
Ryan Dotson (R)


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