Background
Donna Mayfield was born in Lexington, Kentucky, where she graduated from Bryan Station High School in 1973 and attended Lexington Community College (now Bluegrass Community and Technical College).
Donna Mayfield was born in Lexington, Kentucky, where she graduated from Bryan Station High School in 1973 and attended Lexington Community College (now Bluegrass Community and Technical College).
She is the first female state legislator elected to represent Clark County, Kentucky. She began working at the United States. Attorney" General’ s Office in June 1973, and then transferred to the United States Marshals Service in Lexington in June 1975. In 2007 she came out of retirement to Work at the Clark County Sheriff" General’ s Office, in Winchester, Kentucky, where she worked until she was elected as the Kentucky State Representative for Kentucky House District 73.
2010 Election
In January 2010, first-time candidate Donna Mayfield announced that she would run for the Kentucky House of Representatives for the 73rd House District.
At the time the District was represented by four-term incumbent State Representative Don Pasley (Doctorate-Clark). The 73rd District includes all of Clark County and part of Madison County, making Mayfield the first female state legislator elected to represent Clark County.
In January 2011, Donna Mayfield was sworn into office and appointed to serve on the House Committees on Education, Transportation, and Economic Development, and Interim Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. 2012 Election
Donna Mayfield is running for reelection to the Kentucky House of Representatives for the 73rd House District.
She will face Democratic challenger JoEllen Reed in the General Election this November.
Animal protection
In 2015, Donna Mayfield came under fire for tacking an amendment requiring fetal ultrasounds on to Kentucky HB 177, a bill designed to assure that animals in Kentucky have adequate shelter. <ref.Kentucky Legislature HB177. Retrieved on 3/8/2015.
Both candidates were uncontested in the May primary races for their respective party nominations. As the general election approached, both parties expected the political environment to be more favorable to the Republicans candidates.
Mayfield is a member of Calvary Christian Church and the Winchester Chamber of Commerce.