Mary Lou Marzian

Mary Lou Marzian is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. She first won her seat in a January 1994 special election after the resignation of the incumbent Mike Ward, and represented district 34 until 2023. After redistricting placed her in the same district as fellow Democrat Josie Raymond, she retired from the house in 2022, but she ran again in 2024 and has represented district 41 since January 2025. Her record of elections runs from 1994, when she beat the Republican nominee John Brasch, through 2016, and in most of them she faced no primary or general opposition, such as 2000 when she won unopposed with 13,867 votes. She earned an associate degree from Jefferson Community College and a nursing degree from the University of Louisville. Her placement here follows her primary role as a state legislator rather than a head of government.