28 Facts About John Yarmuth

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John Allan Yarmuth is a retired American politician and newspaper editor who served as the US representative for from 2007 to 2023.

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John Yarmuth's district encompassed the vast majority of the Louisville Metro Area.

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John Yarmuth is descended from Jewish immigrants from Russia and Austria.

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John Yarmuth later graduated from Yale University, majoring in American studies.

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John Yarmuth later worked as a vice president of University Relations at the University of Louisville from 1983 to 1986, where he was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa as an honoris causa initiate in 2014.

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John Yarmuth described himself as a Rockefeller Republican in his earlier years.

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John Yarmuth left the party during Ronald Reagan's presidency, saying, "I saw this unmistakable move away from moderation when he started hosting Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson and catering to the religious right".

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In 1990, John Yarmuth founded the Louisville Eccentric Observer, a weekly newspaper for which he wrote a generally liberal political column that usually ran on page one.

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John Yarmuth remained on board as a columnist and consultant until January 2006, when he put his column on hiatus to run for Congress.

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On January 31,2006, John Yarmuth filed candidacy papers to represent.

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John Yarmuth ran unopposed in the primary, and faced Northup again in the general election.

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John Yarmuth received 206,385 votes to Wicker's 111,452 and Devore's 4,819.

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John Yarmuth was challenged by Republican Harold Bratcher and Independent Everett Corley.

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John Yarmuth won with 212,388 votes of the vote to Bratcher's 122,085.

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On February 8,2008, John Yarmuth endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

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John Yarmuth voted for the second version of the bailout bill.

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John Yarmuth said he was so "nauseated" by a moment of silence for Michael Jackson on the House floor that he left the chamber.

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In 2011, John Yarmuth voted against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 due to a controversial provision that allows the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.

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In 2013, John Yarmuth introduced the Fair Elections Now Act, which would establish a public financing system for Congressional campaigns.

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In 2015, John Yarmuth made an attempt at removing "dark money" from the political sphere by proposing HR 2125, the Keeping our Campaigns Honest Act of 2015.

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John Yarmuth signed onto a "Medicare for All" bill along with 120 other House Democrats in 2018, supporting single-payer healthcare.

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John Yarmuth was the only Kentuckian member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

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On December 18,2019, John Yarmuth voted for both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the only House member from Kentucky to do so.

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In 2021, John Yarmuth introduced to the House the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, President Joe Biden's first major piece of legislation.

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On October 12,2021, John Yarmuth announced that he will retire from Congress at the end of his term in 2023.

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John Yarmuth appeared on the March 8,2007, episode of The Colbert Report in the show's "Better Know a District" series.

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John Yarmuth has served on many boards, including the Bingham Child Guidance Center and Kentucky Country Day School.

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John Yarmuth and his wife, Cathy John Yarmuth, have one son, Aaron, who is a graduate of Kentucky Country Day.