Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p James Cecil Higdon, Jr., known as Jimmy Higdon (born July 15, 1953), is a businessman from Lebanon, Kentucky, who has been a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate since 2009. He represents District 14, which until August 23, 2013 included Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, and Washington counties in Central Kentucky.Under redistricting legislation signed by Governor Steve Beshear, Taylor County, where Higdon was born, was immediately removed from Higdon's District 14 and placed in District 16, represented by Republican Sara Beth Gregory of Monticello in Wayne County. Higdon now has a vastly revised district: Casey, Marion, Nelson, and Spencer counties as well as a portion of Jefferson County. In addition to Taylor County and her own Wayne County, Gregory represents Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, and Russell counties.The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down the 2012 districting on the grounds that it did not comply with the federal "one man, one vote" concept.Higdon said that he is "just really, really disappointed in the way that the plan worked out, as far as my losing Taylor County.". }
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- Jimmy_Higdon abstract "James Cecil Higdon, Jr., known as Jimmy Higdon (born July 15, 1953), is a businessman from Lebanon, Kentucky, who has been a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate since 2009. He represents District 14, which until August 23, 2013 included Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, and Washington counties in Central Kentucky.Under redistricting legislation signed by Governor Steve Beshear, Taylor County, where Higdon was born, was immediately removed from Higdon's District 14 and placed in District 16, represented by Republican Sara Beth Gregory of Monticello in Wayne County. Higdon now has a vastly revised district: Casey, Marion, Nelson, and Spencer counties as well as a portion of Jefferson County. In addition to Taylor County and her own Wayne County, Gregory represents Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, and Russell counties.The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down the 2012 districting on the grounds that it did not comply with the federal "one man, one vote" concept.Higdon said that he is "just really, really disappointed in the way that the plan worked out, as far as my losing Taylor County."".