Jim Wayne

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name=Jim Wayne | image= | state_house=Kentucky | state=Kentucky | district=35th | term_start = January 1, 1991 | term_end = January 1, 2019 | preceded= Carl Nett | succeeded= Lisa Willner | party=Democratic Party | birth_date= {{birth date and age |1948|5|21}} | birth_place=Louisville, KY. | death_date= | death_place= | alma_mater=Maryknoll College (B.A), Smith College (M.S.W.), Spalding University (M.F.A.) | occupation=Psychotherapist | spouse=Deborah K. Wayne }}

'''James Stuart Wayne''' (born May 21, 1948) is a politician from Kentucky and was a Democratic Party member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 35 from 1991 until 2019. Wayne was first elected to the house in 1990, defeating Democratic incumbent Carl Nett for renomination. He served on the Appropriations and Revenue, State Government, Local Government and Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committees as well as the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform (2012) and the Kentucky Housing Policy Advisory Board. He is a champion of tax reform, affordable housing, campus safety, enhancing penalties for sexual abuse of minors and protection of workers and the vulnerable. Former Representative Jim Wayne was the only mental health professional in the KY State House of Representatives. He chose to retire in 2018. His old state congressional seat is now occupied by Lisa Willner, the only current mental health professional in the KY State House.

==External links== *[http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/H035.htm Kentucky Legislature - Representative Jim Wayne] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511231726/http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/H035.htm |date=2008-05-11 }} '''official KY Senate website''' *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=4142 Project Vote Smart - Representative Jim Wayne (MT)] profile *''Follow the Money'' - Jim Wayne **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=101172 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=82989 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=63585 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=2468 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=33074 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=61589 1998] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32996 1996] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32660 1994] campaign contributions

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