What is Gerald Neal?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Gerald Neal | birth_name=Gerald Anthony Neal | image=Gerald Neal.jpg | state_senate=Kentucky | state=Kentucky | district=33rd | term_start=1988 | preceded= | succeeded= | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] | birth_date= {{birth date and age |1945|9|22}} | birth_place=[[Louisville, Kentucky]], U.S. | death_date= | death_place= | education=[[Kentucky State University]]<br>[[University of Louisville]] | profession=[[Attorney at law (United States)|Attorney]] | spouse=Kathy Cooksie-Neal | children=Brandon and Kristin Neal }} '''Gerald Anthony Neal''' (born September 22, 1945) is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician and lawyer. He is a member of the [[Kentucky Senate]], representing District 33 since 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/s033.htm|publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky|title=Kentucky State Legislature|access-date=December 19, 2014|archive-date=November 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127101206/http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/S033.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is the first [[African Americans|African-American]] man elected to the Kentucky Senate.<ref name=COVID/> He was born in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]. Neal was hospitalized in Louisville with [[COVID-19]] on September 7, 2020.<ref name=COVID>{{cite web|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/09/07/kentucky-coronavirus-senator-gerald-neal-tests-positive-covid-19/5742664002/|title=Louisville Sen. Gerald Neal diagnosed with coronavirus, admitted to hospital|publisher=Courier-Journal|access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Neal, Gerald}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:lawyers from Kentucky]] [[Category:State legislators of the United States]] [[Category:Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}