Kathy Stein
Kathy Stein is an attorney and a former member of the Kentucky General Assembly. She served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1997 to 2008 before being elected to represent the 13th Kentucky Senate district in 2009, serving until 2013 when the Republican leadership redistricted her in a map that was thrown out a month later.
Stein was a member of the Women's Political Caucus, the Criminal Justice Council, and the Governors Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse. During her time in the Kentucky General Assembly, she became known as a "progressive crusader" who supported women's rights and LGBTQ rights.Stein was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1955. She attended Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia, now known as University of Virginia's College at Wise, to receive her Bachelor of Arts in 1974. The year after her graduation, she worked as the town of Wise, Virginia's treasurer and clerk. She completed some studies at Virginia Tech, and she earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1983. She now works as a family judge for Fayette County, Kentucky.
