Damon Thayer | |
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Majority Leader of the Kentucky Senate | |
Assumed office January 8, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Robert Stivers |
Member of the Kentucky Senate from the 17th district | |
Assumed office February 4,2003 | |
Preceded by | Daniel Mongiardo (redistricting) |
Personal details | |
Born | September 16,1967 |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Michigan State University (BA) |
Website | Campaign website |
Damon Thayer (born September 16,1967) is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate,representing the 17th District. [1] He is not running for reelection in 2024.
Thayer was raised in Grayling,Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1989 with a B.A. in communications. He is the owner of Thayer Communications and Consulting LLC,a marketing communications firm. Thayer was vice chairman of the Republican Party of Kentucky from 1999 to 2004.
In 2003,Thayer was elected to the Kentucky Senate in a special election to represent the 17th District. 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. [2]
He appeared on The Daily Show in 2013. [3]
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. [4]
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