Lauren Arthur

Lauren Arthur
Member-elect of the Missouri Senate
from the 17th district
Assuming office
September 12, 2018
Succeeding Ryan Silvey
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 18th district
Assumed office
2015
Preceded by Jay Swearingen
Personal details
Political party Democratic Party
Alma mater Smith College (BA)
University of Missouri–St. Louis (M.Ed.)

Lauren Arthur is an American politician and former schoolteacher from the state of Missouri. She is a member of the Missouri House of Representatives and member-elect to the Missouri State Senate for District 17. A member of the Democratic Party, she won a special election to succeed Ryan Silvey on June 5, 2018.[1]

Biography

Arthur is from Kansas City.[2] She graduated from the International Baccalaureate program at North Kansas City High School.[3] Arthur earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in 2010 and her Master of Education from the University of Missouri–St. Louis. She taught through Teach For America.[4]

Arthur was first elected to the Missouri House in 2014 and took office in 2015.[3] In the 2018 special election for Missouri State Senate District 17, which covers most of Kansas City suburb Clay County,[5] Arthur defeated her Republican opponent, fellow Missouri state representative Kevin Corlew, by a 20-point margin. She will replace Republican Ryan Silvey, who won re-election to the seat in 2016 by 20 points, before he stepped down to join Missouri’s public service commission. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Donald Trump had each won the district by four points.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Democrat Lauren Arthur wins Northland's District 17 seat in Missouri Senate". 6 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Lowry, Bryan (June 5, 2018). "Democrat Arthur wins Missouri election in Northland days after Greitens resigns". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  3. 1 2 Houx, Kellie. "Special election to fill vacant Senate seat in District 17". Courier-Tribune. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  4. ↑ "Missouri House, 18th District: Candidates for open seat disagree on taxes, Medicaid, waiting period for abortions". kansascity. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  5. ↑ Mosbergen, Dominique (2018-06-06). "Democrats Flip Missouri Senate Seat Long Held By GOP". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  6. ↑ Yglesias, Matthew (June 5, 2018). "Democrats just flipped a GOP-held state senate seat in Missouri". Vox. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
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