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inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives">Kentucky House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 88th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Farmer_(politician)" title="Bill Farmer (politician)">Bill Farmer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cherlynn_Stevenson" title="Cherlynn Stevenson">Cherlynn Stevenson</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1966-08-31</span>) </span>August 31, 1966<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 58)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">University of Kentucky</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">MPA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://robertbenvenuti.com">Campaign website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert J. Benvenuti III</b> (born August 31, 1966) is an American politician and a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives">Kentucky House of Representatives</a> representing District 88<sup id="cite_ref-PVS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PVS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 2013 to 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-KYH_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KYH-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not seek reelection in <a href="/wiki/2018_Kentucky_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2018 Kentucky House of Representatives election">2018</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Benvenuti&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Benvenuti earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a> in <a href="/wiki/Communication" title="Communication">communication</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a> in <a href="/wiki/Science_communication" title="Science communication">science communication</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">MPA</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">University of Kentucky</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky_College_of_Law" title="University of Kentucky College of Law">University of Kentucky College of Law</a>. </p> <div 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