James "Micah" Van Huss (born December 31, 1978) is an American politician and former

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member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing House District 6; he took office on January8, 2013. Van Huss reported within his 2016 Tennessee Ethics Commission ss-8004 Statement of Disclosure of Interests that he receives compensation as an employee from the Watauga Recovery Centers, Inc.

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clinic of

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. In 2021, the conservative publicly policy organization

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announced that Van Huss would lead their grassroots activities in upper East Tennessee. In 2022 Van Huss published his first book through Southwest Radio Ministries.

Education

Van Huss completed his BS with a major in

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and a minor in E-Business and Graphic Design from

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during 2003. After graduating from

, Van Huss started up his online Christian video gaming site, LordPickle.com, and related web sites with different domain names, such as MicorShop.com (circa 2004–2006), LeviathanStrategies.com (circa 2006–2008), and TheLordClan.net (circa 2006–2011; 2013–2016) and DynastyTees.com

Legislative career

In 2012 Van Huss challenged District 6 incumbent Representative

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in the August 2, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 3,154 votes (53.9%), and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 16,391 votes (72.3%) against Democratic nominee Michael Clark. In 2018, Van Huss was widely ridiculed for quoting the well-known satirical website

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in connection with a bill on hazing. In January 2020, he introduced a bill that would recognize

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and the ''

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'' as

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. The

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gave him a 100% rating in 2013 and a 91% evaluation in 2017. On June 19, 2020, during the

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, the Tennessee House of Representatives passed House Resolution 340, introduced by Van Huss, resolving that the ''"mainstream media has sensationalized the reporting on COVID-19 in the service of political agendas."'' Van Huss registered his

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Designs, LLC business with the Tennessee Secretary of State on November 30, 2016.

Education

Legislative career

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