Louis Kafka

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = File:1995 Louis Kafka Massachusetts House of Representatives.png | image_size = 150px | name = Louis Kafka | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|11|28}} | birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]] | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | website = | occupation = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | spouse = | alma_mater = [[University of Miami]]<br>[[New England School of Law]] | title = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Norfolk district|8th Norfolk District]] | term_start = January 2, 1991 | term_end = January 6, 2021 | predecessor = [[Marjorie Clapprood]] | successor = [[Ted Philips]] }}

'''Louis L. "Lou" Kafka''' (born November 28, 1945, in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]<ref>{{cite book |title=2007–2008 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof20072008bost#page/146/mode/2up }}</ref>) is an American former politician. He represented the 8th Norfolk District in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from 1991 to 2021.<ref>[http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Profile/LLK1 Massachusetts Legislature profile]</ref>

On September 1, 2020, Kafka's staff director, [[Ted Philips]], won the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] primary over Andrew Flowers to succeed him in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results {{!}} U.S. ELECTIONS|url=https://elections.ap.org/wburfm/results/2020-09-01/state/MA/race/Y/raceid/22171|access-date=2020-09-05|website=elections.ap.org}}</ref> On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, Philips won the Norfolk 8th District general election unopposed. He assumed office on January 6, 2021.

==See also== * [[2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature]] *[[1991–1992 Massachusetts legislature]]

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