Emily Kinkead

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Emily Kinkead is an American politician. She is a Democrat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.{{cite web |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1896 |title=Emily Kinkead |website=Pennsylvania General Assembly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201192701/https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1896 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |url-status=live}} In 2020, Kinkead was elected to represent District 20, which encompasses several communities in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.{{cite web |url=https://www.wesa.fm/post/candidates-line-challenge-ravenstahl-and-more-primary-fights-likely-next-year#stream/0 |title=Candidates Line Up To Challenge Ravenstahl — And More Primary Fights Likely Next Year |last=Potter |first=Chris |date=September 6, 2019 |work=90.5 WESA-FM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909042056/https://www.wesa.fm/post/candidates-line-challenge-ravenstahl-and-more-primary-fights-likely-next-year |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=January 17, 2021}}

Education

In 2009, Kinkead earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. In 2016, she earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Background

Kinkead is a private-practice lawyer from the Brighton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Previously, Kinkead has worked in Washington D.C. for Common Cause on government ethics reform, for the National Institutes of Health{{cite web |url=https://www.wtae.com/article/emily-kinkead-challenging-adam-ravenstahl-democratic-primary-pennsylvania-house-district-20/32662713 |title=PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE DISTRICT 20: Emily Kinkead challenging state Rep. Adam Ravenstahl in Democratic primary |author=Staff |date=May 25, 2020 |website=WTAE-TV |publisher=Hearst Television |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601063802/https://www.wtae.com/article/emily-kinkead-challenging-adam-ravenstahl-democratic-primary-pennsylvania-house-district-20/32662713 |archive-date=June 1, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=January 17, 2021}} and as a Judicial Law Clerk for Allegheny County Commonwealth Court Judge, Michael Wojcik.

Political career

In 2019, Kinkead and Emily Marburger, mayor of Bellevue, Pennsylvania, entered the Democratic primary against Adam Ravenstahl, the incumbent in their district.{{cite web |url=https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/north-side-state-rep-candidate-emily-kinkead-endorsed-by-progressive-elected-officials/Content?oid=16458502 |title=North Side state Rep. candidate Emily Kinkead gets boost from progressive elected officials Bethany Hallam and Liv Bennett |last=Deto |first=Ryan |date=December 30, 2019 |publisher=Pittsburgh City Paper |access-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122024139/https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/north-side-state-rep-candidate-emily-kinkead-endorsed-by-progressive-elected-officials/Content?oid=16458502 |url-status=live }} In November 2019, Marburger dropped out of the race. Kinkead defeated Ravenstahl in the primary on June 2, 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.wtae.com/article/emily-kinkead-defeats-adam-ravenstahl-pennsylvania-state-house-district-20/32761886 |title=Emily Kinkead defeats state Rep. Adam Ravenstahl without party endorsement in Democratic primary |last=Clark |first=Mike |date=June 4, 2020 |website=WTAE-TV |publisher=Hearst Television |access-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121062338/https://www.wtae.com/article/emily-kinkead-defeats-adam-ravenstahl-pennsylvania-state-house-district-20/32761886 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Emily_Kinkead |title=Emily Kinkead |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124023457/https://ballotpedia.org/Emily_Kinkead |url-status=live }}

She was unopposed in the general election on November 3, 2020, and took office on December 1, 2020.

= Committee assignments =

Agriculture & Rural Affairs{{Cite web |title=Representative Emily Kinkead |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1896 |access-date=January 14, 2022 |website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. |language=English |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126212928/https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1896 |url-status=live }}
Appropriations
Committee On Committees
Human Services
Judiciary

References

External links

[https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1896 Official Pennsylvania House profile]

Category:Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Category:Women state legislators in Pennsylvania

Category:Politicians from Pittsburgh

Category:Living people

Category:Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania alumni

Category:University of Pittsburgh School of Law alumni

Category:1987 births

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:21st-century American women politicians

Category:21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly