Thomas M. McKee (born March 13, 1941) is an American politician and farmer who served as a member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives
The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form ...
for the 78th district from 1997 to 2017.
Career
McKee, a tobacco farmer and resident of
Cynthiana, Kentucky
Cynthiana is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Harrison County, Kentucky, Harrison County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 6,402 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is the county seat, seat of its ...
, was first elected to the house seat in 1996. His district includes Harrison, Pendleton and Robertson counties and part of
Campbell County, Kentucky
Campbell County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,076. Its county seats are Alexandria and Newport.[Falmouth, Kentucky
Falmouth is a home rule-class city in, and the county seat of, Pendleton County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,169 according to the 2010 census. It lies at the confluence of the South and Main forks of the Licking River ...]
Republican, and won by collecting approximately 57 percent of the vote, according to ''The Campbell County Recorder''. During his tenure in the House, McKee served as chair of the House Agriculture Committee.
References
External links
Kentucky state representative site
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1941 births
Living people
People from Cynthiana, Kentucky
Democratic Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians