Luann Ridgeway is an American attorney and politician, currently a Republican member of the Missouri State Senate.
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Ridgeway was born and raised in Moberly, Missouri. She attended William Woods University and Westminster College, Missouri where she received a BA degree with Magna Cum Laude honors with a double major in political science and history. She received her JD degree at University of Missouri-Kansas City, and also studied at American University and Oxford University.
She is a Baptist Home Missionary to New Harvest Church (St. Joseph, Missouri). In addition to her missionary work, Ridgeway serves as pianist for the church. She 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 County Bar Association, the Missouri Baptist Theological Seminary Board of Regents, and the William Woods University Board of Trustees.
Senator Ridgeway resides in rural Clay County, just north of Smithville, Missouri. When the State Senate is not in session, Ridgeway operates her own general-practice law firm in Smithville. She has been married to Richard Dennis Ridgeway since 1984. The Ridgeways have no children.
She was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1992, and served there until 2002. While in the House, Ridgeway served on the House Judiciary Committee and was Ranking Member of that committee from 1995-2002. She was elected to the Missouri State Senate in 2004. In 2007, she was elected Majority Caucus Chair by fellow senators. She is the Chair of the Joint Committee of Administrative Rules. She is currently the Vice Chair of the following committees: Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics; Small Business and Insurance; and also serves on the following committees: Appropriations, Commerce, Energy and the Environment and the Joint Committee on Capital Improvements.
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