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

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, representing House District 6; he took office on January8, 2013.

Education

Van Huss completed his BS with a major in

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and a minor in E-Business and

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from

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during 2003. After graduating from

, Van Huss started up his online Christian video gaming site, LordPickle.com, and other related web sites.

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

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."''

Professional career

In 2021, the conservative publicly policy organization

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announced that Van Huss would lead their grassroots activities in upper

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. In 2022 Van Huss published his first book through Southwest Radio Ministries.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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Campaign site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Huss, James Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives Military personnel from Tennessee Pensacola Christian College alumni People from Washington County, Tennessee United States Marines 1978 births 21st-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly