From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Luann Ridgeway
Luann Ridgeway
Luann Ridgeway is an American attorney and politician, House, Ridgeway served on the House Judiciary Commit-
currently a Republican member of the Missouri State Se- tee and was Ranking Member of that committee from
nate. 1995-2002. She was elected to the Missouri State Senate
in 2004. In 2007, she was elected Majority Caucus Chair by
Biography fellow senators. She is the Chair of the Joint Committee
of Administrative Rules. She is currently the Vice Chair of
Ridgeway was born and raised in Moberly, Missouri. She the following committees: Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions
attended William Woods University and Westminster and Ethics; Small Business and Insurance; and also serves
College, Missouri where she received a BA degree with on the following committees: Appropriations, Commer-
Magna Cum Laude honors with a double major in polit- ce, Energy and the Environment and the Joint Committee
ical science and history. She received her JD degree at on Capital Improvements.
University of Missouri-Kansas City, and also studied at
American University and Oxford University.
She is a Baptist Home Missionary to New Harvest
References
Church (St. Joseph, Missouri). In addition to her mission- • Official Manual, State of Missouri, 2005-2006. Jefferson
ary work, Ridgeway serves as pianist for the church. She City, Missouri:Secretary of State.
is a member of the Missouri Farm Bureau, the Kiwanis
Club (past president), the Rotary Club, the Chamber of
Commerce, the Missouri County Bar Association, the Clay
External links
County Bar Association, the Missouri Baptist Theological • Webpage at Missouri State Senate (includes photo)
Seminary Board of Regents, and the William Woods Persondata
University Board of Trustees. Name Ridgeway, Luann
Senator Ridgeway resides in rural Clay County, just
north of Smithville, Missouri. When the State Senate is Alternative names
not in session, Ridgeway operates her own general-prac- Short description American politician
tice law firm in Smithville. She has been married to Date of birth
Richard Dennis Ridgeway since 1984. The Ridgeways
Place of birth
have no children.
Date of death
Political career Place of death
She was first elected to the Missouri House of Represen-
tatives in 1992, and served there until 2002. While in the
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• Alumni of the University of Oxford
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