ENG: Thomas Harold Massie (born January 13, 1971) is the United States Representative of Kentucky's 4th congressional district, a seat he won in a 2012 special election. He is a former Judge-Executive of Lewis County, Kentucky. The seat was held by Congressman Geoff Davis, who announced his decision to retire in December 2011, and resigned from office in July 2012.
In 2010, Massie announced his intention to seek the office of Lewis County Judge Executive; he went on to defeat the incumbent by a large margin. In 2012, Massie announced his run for the seat most recently occupied by Congressman Geoff Davis. On November 6, 2012, Massie defeated Bill Adkins in both the special and general election.
Early life, education, and business career
Thomas Massie was born in Huntington, West ...
EN.wiki: United States Representative of Kentucky's 4th congressional district, a seat he won in a 2012 special election. He is a former Judge-Executive of Lewis County, Kentucky. The seat was held by , positive
New congressman will take his oath Tuesday
One week after winning a seat in Congress, Thomas Massie will go from his peaceful Lewis County farm to the middle of the high-stakes showdown at the nation’s Capitol over the national debt and avoiding the “fiscal cliff.”
Massie will take the oath of office on Tuesday to succeed U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis, who resigned July 31 citing family health issues.
Massie will take the oath of office earlier than others who won in the general election because he also won the special election to fill Davis’ unexpired term that ends ...
Thomas Massie has our endorsement in his race to complete Rep. Goeff Davis’ term in the U.S. House of Representatives from the 4th Congressional District and to serve a full two-year term beginning in January.
Our endorsement is based on both what we know about the candidate and also on a deep-seated hope – but we’ll get to that in a minute.
Judge Massie’s life story and his stunning rise from judge executive of a hardscrabble eastern Kentucky county to GOP congressional candidate has been well documented both in this newspaper and elsewhere.
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U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie is co-sponsoring legislation that would require the federal government to honor state laws allowing production of industrial hemp.
The proposed Industrial Hemp Farming Act would exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana. A similar bill is being co-sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Kentucky Republican Rand Paul.
Massie said industrial hemp, a cousin to marijuana, could be an important agricultural product for Kentucky farmers if the feds would allow it to be grown in the U.S.
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