1. Gregory D Stumbo was born on August 14,1951 and is an American lawyer and former speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
14 Facts About Greg Stumbo
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Greg Stumbo was the Democratic candidate for the 2019 election for attorney general.
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Greg Stumbo then received his JD degree from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.
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Greg Stumbo served as trial commissioner to the Floyd County District Court for one year.
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Greg Stumbo returned to the House of Representatives not long after his attorney general term ended.
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Greg Stumbo was elected as attorney general in November 2003, taking office in January 2004.
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Greg Stumbo's office led an investigation into the hiring practices of Kentucky Republican governor Ernie Fletcher which resulted in indictments, but was dismissed by agreement with the prosecutors.
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On September 12,2007, Greg Stumbo sued Fletcher for appointing too many Republicans to the governing bodies of state universities.
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Greg Stumbo was, in his time as Attorney General, known for leading a somewhat controversial and very effective attack on the sale of prescription drugs over the internet and through "pill mills", which led to the most stringent laws preventing these sales in the nation.
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The Ryan Haight Act, the federal law that prohibits the internet-only-based sale of narcotic prescription drugs by these same websites was modeled on the law Greg Stumbo passed in Kentucky.
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Greg Stumbo faced considerable criticism from pain patient's rights groups, particularly The Pain Relief Network and its president, Siobhan Reynolds, who threatened to file lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the proposed law.
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In 2019, Greg Stumbo became the Democratic nominee for attorney general , running unopposed in the Democratic primary.
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Greg Stumbo formed an exploratory committee to run against Senator Mitch McConnell in 2008, but did not run for the office.
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Greg Stumbo advocates creating new usable land for recreational opportunities from strip mining techniques, as well as other forms of post-mining economic reclamation.