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 a ...
for the 78th district from 1997 to 2017. He was defeated for reelection in
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
by Republican
Mark Hart
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Career
McKee, a tobacco farmer and resident of
Cynthiana, Kentucky
Cynthiana is a home rule-class city in Harrison County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 6,402 at the 2010 census. It is the seat of its county.
History
The settlement developed on both sides of the South Fork of the Lick ...
, 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 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.