WHAS11, Kentucky State Rep. Mary Lou Marzian withdraws from May primary

Mary Lou is from Louisville, Kentucky. She graduated from Assumption High School, attended Jefferson Community College, and earned her bachelor's in nursing from the University of Louisville. Mary and her husband, Bill, have one child and two grandchildren.

Mary Lou is a Transplant Coordinator at the University of Louisville. She has also been a member of the Kentucky Nurses Association and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Mary Lou Marzian previously served as Kentucky State Representative for District 34 for 28 years. During this time period, she served on numerous committees, including the House Judiciary Committee and the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee.

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Supports helping seniors stay in their homes.

Supports job creation by helping small businesses.

Supports increasing the minimum wage, improving workplace safety, advocating for collective bargaining, and ensuring prevailing wage standards.

Supports policies that benefit working families.

- Supports helping seniors stay in their homes.
- Supports job creation by helping small businesses.
- Supports increasing the minimum wage, improving workplace safety, advocating for collective bargaining, and ensuring prevailing wage standards.
- Supports policies that benefit working families.

Economy

Believes in removing "dangerous guns" from the streets.

Public Safety

Supports maternal and child health, paid child care, and reproductive freedom.

Supports investing in mental health resources.

Sponsored legislation to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on the public.

Believes in protecting access to healthcare for all.

- Supports maternal and child health, paid child care, and reproductive freedom.
- Supports investing in mental health resources.
- Sponsored legislation to prohibit insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other administrators of pharmacy benefits from imposing certain requirements on the public.
- Believes in protecting access to healthcare for all.

Healthcare

Supports increasing education funding, improving school safety, and raising salaries for teachers.

Supports improving school safety and raising salaries for teachers.

- Supports improving school safety and raising salaries for teachers.
- Supports fully funding public education.

Education

As a state representative, sponsored legislation banning non-recycled single-use plastics, such as bags, straws, and Styrofoam, and balloon releases.

Sponsored legislation banning non-recycled single-use plastics.

- Sponsored legislation banning non-recycled single-use plastics.

Energy & the Environment

As of August 20, 2024, Mary Lou Marzian’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Mary Lou Marzian

Mary Lou is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. She graduated from Assumption High School, attended Jefferson Community College, and earned her bachelor's in nursing from the University of Louisville. She is married to Bill and they have one child and two grandchildren.

Mary Lou Marzian previously served as a State Representative for District 34 (before redistricting) in the Kentucky House of Representatives. She has served on multiple committees, including the House Local Government Committee, House Natural Resources and Energy Committee, Elections, Construction Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, House Education Committee, Health and Welfare, Judiciary, Labor and Industry, State Government, and Health and Family Services Committee.

Supports accessible healthcare by creating the Brain Injury Trust Fund, providing urgent need insulin, and establishing the 9-8-8 mental health hotline.

Believes experience is crucial and opposes "attacks on public education."

Supports fully investing in public education.

Supports serving on the House Education Committee.

- Supports increasing education funding, improving school safety, and raising salaries for teachers.
- Supports public education.

As of August 20, 2024, Mary Marzian’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Mary Lou Marzian is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. She graduated from Assumption High School, attended Jefferson Community College, and completed her Bachelor's in nursing from the University of Louisville. She is married to Bill and they have one daughter, Nicki, and two grandchildren.

Mary Lou Marzian is a Transplant Coordinator at the University of Louisville. She has also been a member of the Kentucky Nurses Association and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Mary Lou Marzian previously served as a State Representative for District 34 in the Kentucky House of Representatives. She has served on multiple committees, including the House Local Government Committee, House Natural Resources and Energy Committee, Elections, Construction Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, House Education Committee, Health and Welfare, Judiciary, Labor and Industry, State Government, and Health and Family Services Committee.

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Kentucky State House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Kentucky General Assembly.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. 
- There are 100 members of the Kentucky House of Representatives, each representing a single district. Representatives must be at least 24 years old and reside in the state for at least two years before their election. 
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They only serve in the role part-time. 
- In addition to a $203 per day salary, state representatives also receive mileage reimbursements and a daily expense stipend of $182. 