{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Emily Kinkead | honorific_suffix = | image = Emily Kinkead.jpg | alt = | state_house = Pennsylvania | district = 20th | term_start = {{start date|2021|1|5}} | term_end = | predecessor = Adam Ravenstahl | successor = | speaker = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|6|4}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = Democratic | children = | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania * University of Pittsburgh School of Law }} | occupation = | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Emily Kinkead''' is an American politician. She is a Democrat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.<ref name="official_bio">{{cite web |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1896 |title=Emily Kinkead |website=Pennsylvania General Assembly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201192701/https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1896 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Kinkead was elected to represent District 20, which encompasses several communities in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.<ref name="WESA:2019-09-06">{{cite web |url=https://www.wesa.fm/post/candidates-line-challenge-ravenstahl-and-more-primary-fights-likely-next-year#stream/0 |title=Candidates Line Up To Challenge Ravenstahl — And More Primary Fights Likely Next Year |last=Potter |first=Chris |date=September 6, 2019 |work=90.5 WESA-FM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909042056/https://www.wesa.fm/post/candidates-line-challenge-ravenstahl-and-more-primary-fights-likely-next-year |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
==Education== In 2009, Kinkead earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. In 2016, she earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.<ref name="official_bio"/>
==Background== Kinkead is a private-practice lawyer from the Brighton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Previously, Kinkead has worked in Washington, D.C., for Common Cause on government ethics reform, for the National Institutes of Health<ref name="WTAE">{{cite web |url=https://www.wtae.com/article/emily-kinkead-challenging-adam-ravenstahl-democratic-primary-pennsylvania-house-district-20/32662713 |title=PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE DISTRICT 20: Emily Kinkead challenging state Rep. Adam Ravenstahl in Democratic primary |author=Staff |date=May 25, 2020 |website=WTAE-TV |publisher=Hearst Television |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601063802/https://www.wtae.com/article/emily-kinkead-challenging-adam-ravenstahl-democratic-primary-pennsylvania-house-district-20/32662713 |archive-date=June 1, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref> and as a judicial law clerk for Allegheny County Commonwealth Court judge Michael Wojcik.<ref name="WESA:2019-09-06"/>
==Political career== In 2019, Kinkead and Emily Marburger, mayor of Bellevue, Pennsylvania, entered the Democratic primary against Adam Ravenstahl, the incumbent in their district.<ref name="PghCityPaper:2019-12-30">{{cite web |url=https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/north-side-state-rep-candidate-emily-kinkead-endorsed-by-progressive-elected-officials/Content?oid=16458502 |title=North Side state Rep. candidate Emily Kinkead gets boost from progressive elected officials Bethany Hallam and Liv Bennett |last=Deto |first=Ryan |date=December 30, 2019 |publisher=Pittsburgh City Paper |access-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122024139/https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/north-side-state-rep-candidate-emily-kinkead-endorsed-by-progressive-elected-officials/Content?oid=16458502 |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2019, Marburger dropped out of the race.<ref name="PghCityPaper:2019-12-30"/> Kinkead defeated Ravenstahl in the primary on June 2, 2020.<ref name="WTAE:">{{cite web |url=https://www.wtae.com/article/emily-kinkead-defeats-adam-ravenstahl-pennsylvania-state-house-district-20/32761886 |title=Emily Kinkead defeats state Rep. Adam Ravenstahl without party endorsement in Democratic primary |last=Clark |first=Mike |date=June 4, 2020 |website=WTAE-TV |publisher=Hearst Television |access-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121062338/https://www.wtae.com/article/emily-kinkead-defeats-adam-ravenstahl-pennsylvania-state-house-district-20/32761886 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Ballotpedia">{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Emily_Kinkead |title=Emily Kinkead |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=August 27, 2025 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124023457/https://ballotpedia.org/Emily_Kinkead |url-status=live }}</ref>
She was unopposed in the general election on November 3, 2020, and took office on December 1, 2020.<ref name="Ballotpedia"/>
Kinkead was unopposed in the Democratic primary election in April 2024 and won in the general election on November 5, 2024, defeating Republican Matt Kruth with 59% of the vote.<ref name="Ballotpedia"/><ref name="NSC-Nov-2024">{{cite web | url=https://www.thenorthsidechronicle.com/2024/11/30/november-poll-results-reported | title=November poll results reported |last1=Ray |first1=Sean P. |date=November 30, 2024 |website=thenorthsidechronicle.com |publisher=Northside Chronicle |location=Pittsburgh|access-date=August 27, 2025}}</ref>
=== Committee assignments ===
* Agriculture & Rural Affairs<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Representative Emily Kinkead |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1896 |access-date=January 14, 2022 |website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. |language=English |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126212928/https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1896 |url-status=live }}</ref> * Appropriations<ref name=":0" /> * Committee On Committees<ref name=":0" /> * Human Services<ref name=":0" /> * Judiciary<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1896 Official Pennsylvania House profile]
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