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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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kentucky Legislature: Senator Jimmy Higdon )〕 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Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, and Russell counties.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gregory is county's new senator: Higdon no longer represents Taylor County )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Calen McKinney, County could lose Higdon as senator, August 21, 2013 )〕 The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down the 2012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."〔 ==Background== The oldest of seven children of James Cecil and Alice Higdon, Jimmy Higdon was reared in Lebanon, Kentucky, where he graduated in 1971 from Marion County High School. In 1975, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in industrial arts technology with a minor in business administration from Morehead State University in Morehead in Rowan County in northeastern Kentucky. Thereafter, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army, trained at Fort Lee, in Prince George County near Petersburg, Virginia.〔 In 1976, Higdon returned to Lebanon to become a partner in Key Market, subsequently Higdon's Foodtown IGA, or Independent Grocers Alliance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Jimmy Higdon )〕 On January 22, 2011, after three consecutive years of losses, Higdon's IGA closed. Higdon sold the business to Houchens Industries, based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Houchens established a Save-A-Lot outlet at the former IGA location. Higdon compared independent grocers such as himself to "dinosaurs. There's a few less every." He continued to operate his Higdon's Appliance Service in Lebanon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stephen Lega, "Higdon's Foodtown closing Jan. 22: Save-A-Lot will move into Higdon's location," December 15, 2010 )〕 Higdon is a former board member of the Lebanon Housing Authority, the Kentucky Grocers Association, and the Marion County Chamber of Commerce. He is affiliated with Rotary International.〔 Higdon is married to the former Jane Miles, a native of Loretto, also in Marion County. The couple has two grown children, Brittany H. Nagle, and James Cecil Higdon, III.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy Higdon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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