Tom Buford (May 23, 1949 – July 6, 2021) was an American politician who served in the

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from the 22nd district from 1991 until his death in 2021. In

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, Buford was the Republican nominee for , losing to incumbent Democratic representative

Ben Chandler Albert Benjamin Chandler III (born September 12, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, United States representative for from 2004 to 2013. A United States Democratic Party, Democrat, ...

. He died of cancer on July 6, 2021, in

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at age 72.

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* 1949 births 2021 deaths Republican Party Kentucky state senators Politicians from Lexington, Kentucky 21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly 20th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly {{Kentucky-politician-stub