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Kenneth R. Lucas

Kenneth R. Lucas served as a representative for Kentucky (1999-2005).

  • Democratic
  • Kentucky
  • District 4
  • Former
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Role Representative

Current assignment referenced in the congressional directory.

State Kentucky

Representing constituents across the Kentucky delegation.

District District 4

District insights and legislative focus areas.

Service period 1999-2005

Years of public service formally recorded.

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Biography

Kenneth R. Lucas served as a Representative from Kentucky in the United States Congress from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Kenneth R. Lucas contributed to the legislative process during 3 terms in office.

Kenneth R. Lucas’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the House of Representatives, Kenneth R. Lucas participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.

Kenneth Ray Lucas (born August 22, 1933) is an American politician. Lucas, a Democrat, was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky’s 4th congressional district from 1999 until 2005. Lucas did not run for reelection in 2004, honoring a promise to serve only three terms. However, he made a bid for his old congressional seat in 2006 against Geoff Davis, the Republican who won the seat in 2004. Lucas narrowly defeated Davis in 2002, even as popular Republican Senator Mitch McConnell breezed to a fourth term in a big midterm cycle for Republicans. On February 2, 2009, he was appointed as Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs by Governor Steve Beshear.

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