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'''Hilda Gay Legg''' (born October 7, 1952)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/hilda-legg/hilda-legg?valid=true&\|title=Hilda Legg|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref> is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] appointed official based in Somerset, [[Kentucky]]. In December 2018, [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] named her the Kentucky state director for rural development within the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]].

'''Hilda Gay Legg''' (born October 7, 1952)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/hilda-legg/hilda-legg?valid=true&\|title=Hilda Legg|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref> is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] appointed official based in Somerset, [[Kentucky]]. In December 2018, [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] named her the Kentucky state director for rural development within the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]].

A former classroom teacher in her native Adair County in south Kentucky, Legg grew up in the [[rural]] community of Knifley. She graduated in 1974 from [[Campbellsville University]] in Campbellsville, Kentucky. She obtained a graduate degree from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. She completed the senior executive program at [[Harvard University]]. Legg worked in the [[U.S. Department of Education]] in the administration of President [[Ronald Reagan]], whom Legg said set the tone for the [[conservative]] movement. Reagan's successor, [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], named Legg as the alternate federal co-chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, with the principal duty of promoting economic policy. In that capacity, she managed a budget of $190 million set aside to create jobs in Appalachia, improve education, and build infrastructure for a region of 21 million inhabitants.<ref name=legg>Linda Waggener, "Having served four United States presidents, Hilda Legg is USDA's Kentucky State Director for Rural Development," ''Campbellsvillian,''Summer 2019, p. 5.</ref>

A former classroom teacher in her native Adair County in south Kentucky, Legg grew up in the [[rural]] community of Knifley. She graduated in 1974 from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Campbellsville University]] in Campbellsville, Kentucky. She obtained a graduate degree from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. She completed the senior executive program at [[Harvard University]]. Legg worked in the [[U.S. Department of Education]] in the administration of President [[Ronald Reagan]], whom Legg said set the tone for the [[conservative]] movement. Reagan's successor, [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], named Legg as the alternate federal co-chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, with the principal duty of promoting economic policy. In that capacity, she managed a budget of $190 million set aside to create jobs in Appalachia, improve education, and build infrastructure for a region of 21 million inhabitants.<ref name=legg>Linda Waggener, "Having served four United States presidents, Hilda Legg is USDA's Kentucky State Director for Rural Development," ''Campbellsvillian,''Summer 2019, p. 5.</ref>

President [[George W. Bush]] named Legg as the administrator for the Rural Utilities Service, at which she managed a budget of $6 billion in loan and grant funds. She saw all presidents on a regular basis, but had more interaction with G.W. Bush, whom she calls "truly the kindest."<ref name=legg/> Though G.W. Bush has been highly critical of current President Trump, Legg called Trump "bold enough, independent enough and [one] who cannot be controlled by policy makers or [[lobbyist]]s. He's exactly what the country needs to address the challenges that it has today."<ref name=legg/>

President [[George W. Bush]] named Legg as the administrator for the Rural Utilities Service, at which she managed a budget of $6 billion in loan and grant funds. She saw all presidents on a regular basis, but had more interaction with G.W. Bush, whom she calls "truly the kindest."<ref name=legg/> Though G.W. Bush has been highly critical of current President Trump, Legg called Trump "bold enough, independent enough and [one] who cannot be controlled by policy makers or [[lobbyist]]s. He's exactly what the country needs to address the challenges that it has today."<ref name=legg/>

Legg is a long-time advocate for the expansion of broadband [[Internet]] into rural portions of Kentucky.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvY9bb97NOA|title=Hilda Legg|publisher=[[You Tube]]|date=March 26, 2018|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref>

Legg is a long-time advocate for the expansion of broadband [[Internet]] into rural portions of Kentucky.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvY9bb97NOA|title=Hilda Legg|publisher=You Tube|date=March 26, 2018|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref>

In 2011, Legg nearly won the Republican nomination for Kentucky Secretary State. She lost out to the [[Moderate Republican]] choice, William Ejner "Bill" Johnson, Jr., who in turn was defeated in the [[general election]] by the [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and current secretary of state, Alison Lundergan Grimes. In the two-candidate [[primary]] contest against Johnson, Legg received 49.58 percent of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Bill_Johnson_(Kentucky)|title=Bill Johnson (Kentucky)|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref>2  

In 2011, Legg nearly won the Republican nomination for Kentucky Secretary State. She lost out to the [[Moderate Republican]] choice, William Ejner "Bill" Johnson, Jr., who in turn was defeated in the [[general election]] by the [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and current secretary of state, Alison Lundergan Grimes. In the two-candidate [[primary]] contest against Johnson, Legg received 49.58 percent of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Bill_Johnson_(Kentucky)|title=Bill Johnson (Kentucky)|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref>2