Damon Thayer (born September 16, 1967) is an American politician. He is a

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member of the Kentucky Senate, representing the 17th District. Thayer was raised in

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. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1989 with a

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in communications. He is the owner of Thayer Communications and Consulting LLC, a marketing communications firm. Thayer was vice chairman of the

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from 1999 to 2004. In 2003, Thayer was elected to the Kentucky Senate in a special election to represent the 17th District, which encompasses Grant, Scott and southern Kenton Counties. In 2017, he was selected Senate Majority Floor Leader. As a member of Senate leadership, he serves on the Committee on Committees, the Rules Committee, and the Legislative Research Commission. He appeared on ''

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'' in 2013. In March 2020 during the first session of the Kentucky Senate since Democrat Andy Beshear took office as governor, Thayer proposed legislation to limit the powers of the executive branch.

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