Outside of politics, Belcher worked as an elementary teacher and was a member of the Little Flock Christian Academy School Board.
She succeeded her husband Larry Belcher in the Kentucky General Assembly after he was killed in an auto accident.
[3] Johnson committed suicide in December 2017, two days after elements of his criminal past had been exposed.
Belcher ran again for the open seat in a district which president Donald Trump had won with 72% of the vote.
Dan's widow, Rebecca, was chosen by Republican officials as their replacement nominee, to oppose Belcher in a special election.