Lew Nicholls

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name = Lew Nicholls

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| state_house = Kentucky

| district = 98th

| term_start = March 15, 2016

| term_end = January 1, 2017

| predecessor = Tanya Pullin

| successor = Danny Bentley

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| party = Democratic

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Lew Nicholls is an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from March 2016 to January 2017. Nicholls was elected in a March 2016 special election following the resignation of Democratic incumbent Tanya Pullin after being appointed to a judgeship by governor Matt Bevin.{{cite news |date=January 25, 2016 |title=Fields set for 4 state House seats in crucial special elections |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=1A}} He was defeated in November 2016 by Republican Danny Bentley in the November general election.{{cite news |date=December 21, 2016 |title=Family courts take priority in redrawing of judicial map |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=3A}}