Amber "Holly" Boykins (born April 4, 1969) is an American politician. She represented a portion of North St. Louis in the Missouri House of Representatives. She is a Democrat Boykins is a St. Louis native. She graduated from in 1987 and from Columbia College in 1991. She is currently pursuing both an MBA and a JD. Boykins was elected State Representative in 1998 in a closely contested Democratic primary election [1] and was elected without opposition in the general election [2]. She was re-elected in 2000, 2002, and 2004.