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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 [[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>

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>

In 2012, Legg withdrew from the Republican primary for the District 15 state Senate seat for Adair, Casey, Russell and Pulaski counties. Legg said that a redistricting order left doubt over what counties the district would include. The seat was vacated by Republican Vernie McGaha off Russell Spring in Russell County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.somerset-kentucky.com/news/local_news/legg-drops-out-of-senate-race/article_b567a8cb-6df5-5695-93ce-a1f8192426d4.html|title=Legg drops out of Senate race|author=Jeff Neal|publisher=''Somerset Commonwealth Journal''|date=March 2, 2012|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref>Republican Chris Girdler, the deputy director for [[U.S. Representative]] Hal Rogers, went on to win the primary and the general election in Senate District 10.

In 2012, Legg withdrew from the Republican primary for the District 15 state Senate seat for Adair, Casey, Russell and Pulaski counties. Legg said that a redistricting order left doubt over what counties the district would include. The seat was vacated by Republican Vernie McGaha off Russell Spring in Russell County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.somerset-kentucky.com/news/local_news/legg-drops-out-of-senate-race/article_b567a8cb-6df5-5695-93ce-a1f8192426d4.html|title=Legg drops out of Senate race|author=Jeff Neal|publisher=''Somerset Commonwealth Journal''|date=March 2, 2012|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref>Republican Chris Girdler, the deputy director for [[U.S. Representative]] Hal Rogers, went on to win the primary and the general election in Senate District 10.

Legg and her husband, Michael L. Potter (born June 28, 1952), reside in Nicholasville, sixty-three miles north of Somerset. The have a one son, Dane.

Legg and her husband, Michael L. Potter (born June 28, 1952), reside in Nicholasville, sixty-three miles north of Somerset. The have a son, Dane.

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