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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 aylor, and Washington counties in central Kentucky.[1]
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.[2] Higdon was then elected to a full four-year term on November 2, 2010; his current term extends to December 31, 2014.[3].Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Higdon is chairman of the Transportation subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee. He is a member of the Kentucky Grocers Association Board and the Marion County Economic Development Board. He is a former board member of the Lebanon Housing Authority and the Marion County Chamber of Commerce.[1]
In 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008, Higdon was elected to the House from District 24, which includes Marion, Casey, and a portion of Pulaski counties. Thereafter, he was elected to the Senate. Higdon's House seat was won by a Democrat, Terry Mills, also from Higdon's Lebanon, Kentucky. Higdon is a recipient of the Joe Kelly Education Award from the Kentucky Department of Education and holds the "Friend of Education" designation from the Kentucky School Board Association. In 2008, Higdon was endorsed by the Kentucky Education Association.[4]
Senator Higdon is pro-life and a supporter of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, having been previously endorsed by both Kentucky Right to Life and the National Rifle Association.[4]In 2010, Higdon tackled a shoplifter in his Foodtown store.[5]
In 2012 Higdon introduced Senate Bill 158, which would exempt Kentuckians from state laws which contradict the individual's religious beliefs.[6]
Higdon and his wife, the former Jane Miles, originally from Loretto, Kentucky, have two grown children, Brittany H. Nagle, and James Cecil Higdon, III. He is Roman Catholic.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kentucky Legislature: Senator Jimmy Higdon. lrc.ky.gov. Retrieved on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Haydon reports nearly $240,000 in state Senate race," November 25, 2009. bluegrasspolitics.com. Retrieved on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Senator Jimmy Higdon. votesmart.org. Retrieved on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedhigdon - ↑ "State Sen. Jimmy Higdon Tackles Shoplifter," September 15, 2010. pageonekentucky.com. Retrieved on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ Jimmy Higdon's Sharia law bill. bluebluegrass.com. Retrieved on August 29, 2012.