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{{Infobox Officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=James Cecil Higdon, Jr.
| name=James Cecil Higdon, Jr.
| image name=
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| preceded=Dan Kelly
| preceded=Dan Kelly
| succeeded=
| succeeded=
| office2=[[Kentucky House of Representatives|Kentucky State Representative for District 24 (Marion, Casey, and Pulaski counties)]]
| office2=Kentucky State Representative for District 24 (Marion, Casey, and Pulaski counties)]]
| term_start2=January 1, 2003
| term_start2=January 1, 2003
| term_end2=December 2009
| term_end2=December 2009
| footnotes=
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'''James Cecil "Jimmy" Higdon, Jr.''' (born July 15, 1953) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Kentucky State Senate for 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>
'''James Cecil "Jimmy" Higdon, Jr.''' (born July 15, 1953) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Kentucky State Senate for District 14, which encompasses the [[Kentucky]] counties of Casey, Marion, Nelson, and Spencer and a portion of Jefferson County.<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 on December 8, 2009, when he defeated the [[Democratic Party|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 on December 8, 2009, when he defeated the [[Democratic Party|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>