Josie Raymond

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Josie Raymond

| office = Member of the Louisville Metro Council

| constituency = 10th District

| term_start = January 9, 2025

| term_end =

| residence = Louisville, Kentucky{{cite web |title=Representative Josie Raymond |url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=31 |website=Kentucky General Assembly |access-date=21 June 2020}}

| alma_mater = Columbia University (BA, MS)
Marian University (M.Ed.){{cite web |title=Josie Raymond's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/177942/josie-raymond |website=Vote Smart |access-date=21 June 2020}}

| spouse = Adam

| children = 3

| image = Josie Raymond.jpg

| constituency1 = 31st district (2019–2023)
41st district (2023–2025)

| office1 = Member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives

| termstart1 = January 1, 2019

| termend1 = January 1, 2025

| preceded = Pat Mulvihill

| preceded1 = Steve Riggs

| succeeded1 = Mary Lou Marzian

| district =

}}

Josie Doll Raymond (born May 29, 1985) is an American politician. She is a Democrat who represented District 41 in the Kentucky House of Representatives.{{Cite web |title=Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission |url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=41 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=legislature.ky.gov}} She previously represented District 31 until new boundaries were drawn during the 2022 election cycle.{{Cite web |title=Josie Raymond for State Representative |url=https://www.josieraymond.com/about-district-41 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Josie Raymond for State Representative |language=en-US}} She did not seek reelection to the house in 2024, instead running for the Louisville Metro Council, in which she won and was sworn in on January 9, 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-09 |title=Newest Louisville Metro Council members sworn in |url=https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-01-09/newest-louisville-metro-council-members-sworn-in |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Louisville Public Media |language=en}}

Early life

Raymond holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University, where she wrote for the campus newspaper, Columbia Daily Spectator.{{Cite web|title=Josie Swindler|url=http://spectator-spectator-prod-classic.web.origin.aws.arc.pub/pb/contributors/Josie-Swindler/|access-date=2020-12-01|website=Columbia Daily Spectator}}{{Cite web|last=Swindler|first=Josie|date=February 2007|title=Political Children Approach Politics Differently|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan_feb07/quads2.html|website=Columbia College Today}} She also holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Marian University. Her past experience includes working at the Student Success Center at the University of Louisville and with Teach for America.{{cite web |title=Josie Raymond |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Josie_Raymond |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=21 June 2020}}

Political career

Raymond was elected to represent the 31st district in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2018, replacing fellow Democrat Steve Riggs, who was retiring.{{cite news |title=Josie Raymond taking a lifetime of "doing" to Frankfort |url=https://forwardky.com/josie-raymond-taking-a-lifetime-of-doing-to-frankfort/ |access-date=21 June 2020 |work=Forward Kentucky |date=25 August 2018}}

= Electoral record =

{{Election box begin no change|title=2024 general election: Louisville Metro Council, District 10}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Josie Raymond|votes=9,309|percentage=100%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=|candidate=|votes=|percentage=}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2022 general election: Kentucky House of Representatives, District 41}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Josie Raymond|votes=16,014|percentage=73.5%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Carrie Sanders McKehan|votes=5,782|percentage=26.5}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2022 Democratic primary election: Kentucky House of Representatives, District 41}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Josie Raymond|votes=3,753|percentage=77.5%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Darryl Young Jr.|votes=1,088|percentage=22.5%}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2020 general election: Kentucky House of Representatives, District 31}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Josie Raymond|votes=15,775|percentage=100%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=|candidate=|votes=|percentage=}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2018 general election: Kentucky House of Representatives, District 31}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Josie Raymond|votes=10,512|percentage=59.7%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Leigh Boland Jones|votes=7,101|percentage=40.3%}}

References

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
from the 31st district|years=2019–2023}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
from the 41st district|years=2023–2025}}

Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:Democratic Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives

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

Category:21st-century American educators

Category:21st-century American women educators

Category:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni

Category:Columbia College (New York) alumni

Category:Marian University (Indiana) alumni

Category:Women state legislators in Kentucky