Suzanne Miles

Career

She defeated the Democrat Kim Humphrey of Morganfield in Union County, 3,548 (508 percent) to 3,436 votes (492 percent). Miles"s narrowly victory was propelled by her strong showing in her own Daviess County in western Kentucky, where she and her father, Billy Joe Miles, are well known. She beat Humphrey 2,564 to 976 in Daviess County.

Prior to her election to the legislature, Miles had been a district representative for United States. Representative Brett Guthrie of Kentucky"s 2nd congressional district.

Miles became the 46th Republican in the Kentucky House, the highest strength her minority party has held in the chamber since 1921.

Achievements

• Miles won her position in a special election held on December 10, 2013. The seat opened when the Democrat John Arnold, Junior., of Sturgis in Union County resigned in September amid allegations that he had sexually harassed legislative staffers.Arnold had won the seat by only five votes over the Republican Tim Kline in the general election held on November 6, 2012.