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Kate Farrow
Kate Farrow (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Kentucky House of Representatives to represent District 48. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Farrow completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kate Farrow earned a bachelor's degree from Sullivan University in 2004.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Ken Fleming defeated Kate Farrow in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ken Fleming (R) | 53.7 | 15,195 |
 | Kate Farrow (D)  | 46.3 | 13,081 | |
| Total votes: 28,276 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48
Kate Farrow defeated Debbie Wesslund in the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kate Farrow | 59.1 | 1,912 |
| Debbie Wesslund | 40.9 | 1,323 | ||
| Total votes: 3,235 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ken Fleming advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 48.
Endorsements
Farrow received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kate Farrow completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Farrow's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am known for hard work and for getting results. I spent decades at the Louisville Water Company, starting in the union, working in Organizational Effectiveness, then running a variety of operations, ultimately to retire and focus on my family, and private business and investments.
I believe in Service above Self, and have spent a great deal of time working in my community on issues I am passionate about. I am the most proud of the time I've spent with Habitat for Humanity, but also participating in the annual Louisville Homeless Count, working with the YMCA LiveSTRONG program, and volunteering here at there over the years at animal shelters and soup kitchens.
I am a mother first and foremost, not a politician. I want families like mine to want to call Kentucky home beca- I am an Advocate for Public Education. I believe we need to increase our investment in Public Education and our Teachers. Education is a community's first pass at Workforce Development, it's a critical part of a healthy Economic Development plan, and plays a key role in recruiting new businesses and employees to open or relocate to Kentucky.
- I am an advocate for Restoring Abortion Access. I believe that legislators and judges have no place in our private medical decisions, that women and their doctors should not be criminalized for making those tough decisions, and that forced birth only puts rapists in charge, along with driving up teen birth rates. None of this is good for women or their families.
- I am an advocate for the Working MIddle Class. We need to be talking more about pushing wages up and expenses down.
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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 48 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 23, 2024
