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'''James Cecil Higdon, Jr.''', known as '''Jimmy Higdon''' (born July 15, 1953), is a [[Republican]] member of the Kentucky State Senate from District 14, which encompasses Marion, Mercer, Nelson, T

'''James Cecil Higdon, Jr.''', known as '''Jimmy Higdon''' (born July 15, 1953), is a [[Republican]] member of the Kentucky State Senate from District 14, which encompasses Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, and Washington counties in central [[Kentucky]].<ref name=lrcky>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/s014.htm|title=Kentucky Legislature: Senator Jimmy Higdon|publisher=lrc.ky.gov|accessdate=August 29, 2012}}</ref>

aylor, and Washington counties in central [[Kentucky]].<ref name=lrcky>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/s014.htm|title=Kentucky Legislature: Senator Jimmy Higdon|publisher=lrc.ky.gov|accessdate=August 29, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

A native and resident of Lebanon, Kentucky, Higdon won a special election for the state senate held in on December 8, 2009, when he defeated the [[Democrat]] Jodie Haydon of Bardstown, who like Higdon is a former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. The vacancy occurred when the Republican Senator Dan Kelly accepted an appointment as a district judge from Democratic Governor Steve Beshear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2009/11/25/haydon-reports-nearly-240000-in-state-senate-race/|title="Haydon reports nearly $240,000 in state Senate race," November 25, 2009|publisher=bluegrasspolitics.com|accessdate=August 29, 2012}}</ref> Higdon was then elected to a full four-year term on November 2, 2010; his current term extends to December 31, 2014.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/35042/jimmy-higdon|title=Senator Jimmy Higdon|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=August 29, 2012}}</ref>

A native and resident of Lebanon, Kentucky, Higdon won a special election for the state senate held in on December 8, 2009, when he defeated the [[Democrat]] Jodie Haydon of Bardstown, who like Higdon is a former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. The vacancy occurred when the Republican Senator Dan Kelly accepted an appointment as a district judge from Democratic Governor Steve Beshear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2009/11/25/haydon-reports-nearly-240000-in-state-senate-race/|title="Haydon reports nearly $240,000 in state Senate race," November 25, 2009|publisher=bluegrasspolitics.com|accessdate=August 29, 2012}}</ref> Higdon was then elected to a full four-year term on November 2, 2010; his current term extends to December 31, 2014.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/35042/jimmy-higdon|title=Senator Jimmy Higdon|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=August 29, 2012}}</ref>