Marie Rader (born June 10, 1941) is a former Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. She has served in the Kentucky House from 1997 until December 2017. Rader was first elected to the state house in 1996, defeating Democratic incumbent Jim Maggard. She resigned from the house in December 2017.
In 2017, Rader resigned from the house for health reasons.[2] At the time, she chaired the House Committee on Transportation and was a member of the Natural Resources and Energy Committee.[2]
In the newly redrawn 89th district that now consist of Northern Laurel County, Southern Madison County, and Jackson County; Marie Rader faced Michael Bryant of London, KY and Gerardo Serrano of Tyner, KY in the Republican Primary. Rader, the winner, faced educator Joey Jayson Taylor II in the General Election on November 4, 2014. Taylor automatically clinched the Democratic Nomination because he was unopposed in the Democratic primary on May 20, 2014. This race was rated in the Top 10 state house races in 2014 by the CN2 News Network.
