Deb Lavender

Deb Lavender
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 98th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
2023
Preceded byTrish Gunby (redistricting)
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 90th district
In office
2015–2021
Preceded byRick Stream
Succeeded byBarbara Phifer
Personal details
Born (1956-10-11) October 11, 1956 (age 67)
Ridgefield, Connecticut
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceSt. Louis, Missouri
ProfessionPhysical therapist, politician

Deb Lavender (born October 11, 1956) is an American politician who from 2015 to 2021 served in the Missouri House of Representatives, and is serving again as of 2023. A Democrat, Lavender represented the 90th district from 2015 to 2021, which comprised all or part of the cities of Glendale, Kirkwood, Oakland, Sunset Hills, Warson Woods, and Webster Groves in St. Louis County.[1][2] In 2020, she unsuccessfully ran for the Missouri Senate against incumbent Republican Andrew Koenig.[3] As of 2022, she was elected to the House again from District 98, which includes the cities of Manchester, Twin Oaks, and Valley Park.

  1. ^ "Representative Deb Lavender". house.mo.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  2. ^ "Missouri Legislative Districts". ogi.oa.mo.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  3. ^ O'Dea, Janelle (November 24, 2020). "Voter turnouts in St. Louis area were large, but not record-breaking". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved December 1, 2020. The biggest surprises for Evans: The 9,000-vote margin of victory for state Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester, over state Rep. Deb Lavender, D-Kirkwood.