Amy Neighbors | |
Term Start: | January 1, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Bart Rowland |
State House: | Kentucky |
District: | 21st |
Alma Mater: | Western Kentucky University (Bachelor of Science) |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1975 |
Residence: | Metcalfe County, Kentucky |
Party: | Republican |
Committees: | Licensing, Occupations, Administrative Regulations, Transportation, Agriculture, Health Services |
Amy Neighbors (born November 12, 1975) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since January 2023. She represents Kentucky's 21st House district which comprises Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, and Monroe Counties. She is a retired Nursing home administrator.[1] She is the first woman to ever represent Metcalfe County in the house.[2]
2022 Neighbors won the 2022 Republican primary with 3,609 votes (33.2%) against a crowded field of four opponents. Neighbors was unopposed in the 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning with 13,283 votes. She assumed office on January 1, 2023.
2024 Neighbors was unopposed in the 2024 Republican primary, and will face Democratic candidate Jeffery Humble in the 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election on November 5.
Neighbors graduated from Metcalfe County High School in 1994, and earned a Bachelor of Science in health care administration from Western Kentucky University in 1999.[3] [4]