Candidate · State Senate, District 16
George Maxwell "Max" Wise
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Kentucky Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, approve some of the governor's appointments, and with the House can override the governor's veto with a majority of each chamber. A term is four years.
- Current office
- State Senator, Senate District 16 (since 2015); Senate Majority Floor Leader
- Occupation
- Professor, Campbellsville University and University of Kentucky
- Lives in
- Campbellsville
Background
- Wise has served in the Kentucky Senate since 2015 and is Majority Floor Leader. source: legislature.ky.gov
- Wise earned a B.A. from Campbellsville University and studied at the University of Kentucky's Patterson School of Diplomacy (1999). source: legislature.ky.gov
- Wise previously worked as an FBI intelligence analyst. source: branch.vote
- The district covers Adair, Allen, Metcalfe, Monroe and Taylor counties and part of Warren County. source: legislature.ky.gov
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