Meet the Republican running for Kentucky Senate District 19

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For Republican Misty Glin, Sullivan College is the place it began.

It’s the place she earned a number of levels and labored for a couple of years as an teacher within the pharmacy technician program. 

“With out Sullivan, with out the levels and the relationships that I made right here at Sullivan College, I don’t suppose I might ever have the boldness to do any of this,” she mentioned throughout a current interview on campus. 

Glin is now working for the seat beforehand held by Democrat Morgan McGarvey within the Kentucky State Senate, representing District 19. 

In November, Glin misplaced her race for the Jefferson County Public Colleges Board. 

“I needed to make faculties safer,” mentioned Glin. “I needed to deal with literacy and I needed to simply give mother and father again their voice. I felt like we’re actually missing in parental voice in our faculty techniques.”

Raised within the Portland neighborhood, Glin mentioned she was the primary in her household to go to school. 

The mom of two kids, she now works as a company coaching supervisor for a specialty pharmacy. 

In 2020, Glin pushed for the passage of Alex’s Regulation, a invoice associated to bullying named for her son. 

She and Alex testified earlier than lawmakers. 

“My son Alex was a pupil at JCPS and he was bullied virtually to the tip of his life within the second grade,” Glin instructed Spectrum Information 1. “My 7-year-old son instructed me he didn’t wish to reside anymore, and he needed to kill himself due to the abuse that he confronted at JCPS.” 

The measure handed the Home unanimously, however by no means made it out of the Senate. 

If elected, Glin would attempt to get the invoice handed and deal with schooling, crime and financial growth, she mentioned. 

“If we will get the crime down, and we will have nice workers which can be graduating from JCPS, there is no such thing as a motive why small companies wouldn’t wish to come again to Kentucky, again to Louisville and do their companies right here,” mentioned Glin. 

The particular election is about for Feb. 21. 

The Democratic nominee within the race is Casssie Chambers Armstrong. You may examine her right here. 

Former State Senator Morgan McGarvey represented the district till he changed retiring Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth in Washington. ​