Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell
Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell (Republican Party) ran for election to the Kentucky House of Representatives to represent District 41. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell was born in Montana. Her career experience includes working as a chief operations office, Spanish teacher, world languages consultant, and curriculum developer. She has been associated with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the Kentucky World Language Association.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41
Mary Lou Marzian defeated Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Lou Marzian (D) | 74.0 | 18,485 |
 | Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell (R) | 26.0 | 6,511 | |
| Total votes: 24,996 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41
Mary Lou Marzian defeated William Adams in the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Lou Marzian | 70.9 | 4,946 |
| William Adams | 29.1 | 2,034 | ||
| Total votes: 6,980 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cottrell in this election.
Pledges
Cottrell signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41
Incumbent Josie Raymond defeated Carrie Sanders McKeehan in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josie Raymond (D) | 73.5 | 16,014 |
 | Carrie Sanders McKeehan (R) | 26.5 | 5,782 | |
| Total votes: 21,796 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41
Incumbent Josie Raymond defeated Darryl Young Jr. in the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josie Raymond | 77.5 | 3,753 |
| Darryl Young Jr. | 22.5 | 1,088 | ||
| Total votes: 4,841 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41
Carrie Sanders McKeehan defeated Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell and Bryan Shepherd in the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 41 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carrie Sanders McKeehan | 44.4 | 848 |
| Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell | 33.0 | 630 | |
| Bryan Shepherd | 22.5 | 430 | ||
| Total votes: 1,908 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cottrell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Schools: JCPS is failing the children of our community. We need bipartisan work on school choice options.
- Streets: It's time for the police and community to work together to take back our violent streets.
- Savings: From school funding to financial literacy training to carbon dividends to inflation, let's make every tax dollar count.
Also: All the Light We Cannot See, Fearless, Unbroken, Inés del alma mía, and A Gentleman in Moscow.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Kentucky House of Representatives District 41 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 7, 2022
