Katrina Shealy

Katrina Shealy
Member of the South Carolina Senate
from the 23rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2013
Preceded byJake Knotts
Succeeded byCarlisle Kennedy in 2025
Personal details
Born (1954-12-25) December 25, 1954 (age 69)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJames Shealy
Children3
ProfessionInsurance consultant, politician
WebsiteOfficial website

Katrina Frye Shealy (born December 25, 1954, in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American politician, and a member of the South Carolina State Senate.[1] She is a Republican but was elected as a petition candidate from District 23 in Lexington County. At the time of her election in 2012, she was the only woman in the South Carolina Senate and in May of 2023, was one of six women serving in the South Carolina State Senate.[2][3][4] She was defeated in a runoff in 2024.

She is an insurance executive and the former chairwoman of the Lexington County Republican Party. Shealy was the past Chair of the S.C. Friends of Juvenile Justice and is very active in Juvenile Justice reform.

  1. ^ "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography". www.scstatehouse.gov. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Katrina Shealy". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  3. ^ Zernike, Kate (2023-05-07). "The Unexpected Women Blocking South Carolina's Near-Total Abortion Ban". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  4. ^ "South Carolina Senate to get 6th woman as former Columbia city council member wins special election". The Associated Press. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.