Nancy Jones Tate (born December 4, 1964) is an American politician and Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from District 27.[1] Her district includes all of Meade County as well as the northern portion of Hardin County, including the cities of Radcliff and Fort Knox.
Nancy Tate | |
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| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 27th district | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jeff Greer |
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| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Brandenburg, Kentucky |
| Alma mater | Mid-Continent University (BBA) George Washington University (MPM) |
| Committees | Capital Planning Advisory Board (Co-Chair) Agriculture Small Business & Information Technology State Government |
| Website | tateforkentucky |
Background
editTate earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Mid-Continent University before earning a Master of Project Management from George Washington University. Before entering politics, she worked for the United Parcel Service.[2]
She is a board member of Kentucky Right to Life and president of its local Meade-Breck Chapter.[3]
Political career
editPositions
editTate holds staunch anti-abortion views, chairing the Kentucky House's pro-life caucus. In 2022, she promoted a constitutional amendment that would have clarified the Constitution of Kentucky does not "secure or protect a right to abortion".[4]
Elections
edit- 2018 Tate won the 2018 Republican primary with 1,355 votes (55.3%) against opponent Rachelle Frazier. Tate won the 2018 Kentucky House of Representatives election against Democratic incumbent Jeff Greer, winning with 6,938 votes and by a margin of six votes.[2]
- 2020 Tate was unopposed in the 2020 Republican primary, and won the 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election against Democratic candidate Brian Chism, winning with 11,179 votes (58.3%).[2]
- 2022 Tate was unopposed in both the 2022 Republican primary and the 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning with 9,365 votes.[2]
- 2024 Tate was unopposed in the 2024 Republican primary and won the 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 11,980 votes (62.9%) against Democratic candidate Tyler Chapman.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission". legislature.ky.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e "Nancy Tate". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "About – Nancy Tate". Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ Tessa Redmond (27 October 2022). "Ky. pro-life caucus address 'misinformation and untruths' about Amendment 2". Kentucky Today.