Andy Barr (U.S. politician)

Hale Garland "Andy" Barr IV ( born July 24, 1973 in Lexington, Kentucky) is an American politician. Since 2013 he represents the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Andy Barr attended to 1992, the Henry Clay High School in his hometown of Lexington and then studied until 1996 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. After studying law at the University of Kentucky and his 2001 was admitted as a lawyer, he started working in a law firm in this profession. Politically, he joined the Republican Party. During his studies he worked for U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and the Republican National Committee. Then he was on the staff of Congressman Jim Talent of Missouri. Later he was a member of Governor Ernie Fletcher. But he was not involved in the scandals surrounding this governor. Later he taught at the University of Kentucky constitutional law. In 2010, he ran unsuccessfully for even the U.S. House of Representatives.

In the congressional elections of 2012, Barr was but then in the sixth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrat Ben Chandler took on January 3, 2013, he was defeated at the election.

Andy Barr is married and has one daughter.