{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Laura Kimble | image = Laura Kimble by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg | caption = Kimble at the 2024 Hazlitt Summit hosted by Young Americans for Liberty Foundation | term_start = 2020 | term_end = | predecessor =Tim Miley | successor = |state_delegate = West Virginia |district =48th | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|06|11}} | birth_place = Loveland, Colorado, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = Jeffrey Kimble | education =BA, West Virginia University }}
'''Laura Kimble''' (''nee'' Critchfield; born July 11, 1967) is an American politician who has served as a Delegate from the 48th district to the West Virginia House of Delegates since 2020. Kimble is a member of the Republican Party.
==Early life and education== Kimble was born on July 11, 1967, in Loveland, Colorado to parents Clark and Diana Critchfield.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=Laura Kimble (R - Harrison, 48) |url=http://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/biography.cfm?member=Delegate%20Kimble |website=wvlegislature.gov |access-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref> Her family moved to Clarksburg, West Virginia when she was nine years old and she graduated from Washington Irving High School. Upon completing her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from West Virginia University, she married Jeffrey Kimble. They have three children.<ref name="Young">{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Charles |title=Laura Kimble: Candidate for WV House of Delegates - 48th District |url=https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/laura-kimble-candidate-for-wv-house-of-delegates---48th-district/article_343735b5-24bb-5567-84d9-71187f37701e.html |website=wvnews.com |access-date=May 6, 2021 |date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>
==Career== After spending three years on the Harrison County Republican Executive Committee, Kimble was elected to serve as a Delegate from the 48th district to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Charles |title=Four Republicans elected to represent Harrison County, West Virginia, in House of Delegates |url=https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/four-republicans-elected-to-represent-harrison-county-west-virginia-in-house-of-delegates/article_7ea7d6e0-e56e-5022-b68a-e99d30a1c240.html |website=wvnews.com |access-date=May 6, 2021 |date=November 3, 2020}}</ref>
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{{West Virginia House of Delegates}}
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