Julie Carman Denton | |
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| Member of the Louisville Metro Council from the 19th District | |
| In office January 5, 2015 –January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jerry T. Miller |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Piagentini |
| Member of the Kentucky Senate from the 36th district | |
| In office January 1,1995 –January 1,2015 | |
| Preceded by | Susan Johns |
| Succeeded by | Julie Raque Adams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 16,1960 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Louisville,Kentucky |
Julie Carman Denton (born June 16,1960;formerly Julie Carman Rose) is a former member of the Kentucky Senate. She represented the 36th senate district from 1995 to 2015 as a Republican. [1] [2] [3] She succeeded Democrat Susan Johns,who had previously been the only woman in the state senate. [4] Denton was noted to be pro-life. [3] In 2000,she was the co-chair of the Kentucky Senate's Brain Injury Task Force. [2] For chair assignments after 2009,she chaired the Health and Welfare Committee and co-chaired the Banking and Insurance Committee during the 2011/2012 legislative session. In the 2013-2014 legislative session,she chaired the Health and Welfare Committee again. In 2015,she was elected to the city council of Louisville,Kentucky,but did not seek re-election in 2018. [1]
Denton was born in Louisville,Kentucky,on June 16,1960,and attended Asbury University from 1977 to 1979 before transferring to the University of Louisville,where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in dental hygiene in 1981. [2] After graduation,she worked as a dental hygienist until 2002 and as a consumer representative for General Electric from 1983 to 1986,while founding CPMC Corrections (a prison inmate phone call service) [5] in 1986 and owning it until 2002. [2] In 2012,she worked as the Vice President of Operations for Family Scholar House. [6] In 2013,she began working in real estate with RE/MAX and,in 2015, [2] became president of her own lobbying group. [7] Denton is married and has four children. [2]