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Geoff Young's Biography

On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (KY) - District 3

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2430 Millbrook Drive
Lexington, KY 40503

Full Name:

Geoffrey 'Geoff' M. Young

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Claire

Birth Date:

06/25/1956

Birth Place:

Boston, MA

Home City:

Lexington, KY

Religion:

Unitarian Universalist

MA, Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky, 1987-1988

MEng, Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1979-1981

BS, Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974-1977

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Kentucky, District 3, 2024

Candidate, Governor of Kentucky, 2023

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Kentucky, District 6, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022

Candidate, Kentucky House of Representatives, District 45, 2012

Assistant Director, Kentucky State Energy Office, 1992-2005

Environmentalist Principal, Kentucky Division of Energy, 1991-1994

Environmental Engineering Technologist Senior, Kentucky Division of Waste Management, 1990-1991

Staff Engineer, Kentucky Small Business Development Center, 1982-1983

Staff Engineer, Technology + Economics, Incorporated, 1978-1979

Member, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Attendee, Lexington Friends Meeting

Member of Central Kentucky Chapter, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, 1989-2016

Member of Energy Committee, Sierra Club, Cumberland Chapter (Kentucky), 2006-2016

Founder, Kentucky Chapter of the Green Party, 2009-2013

Founder, Peacemaking Committee, Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, 2010-2012

Board President/Treasurer, Good Foods Co-Operative, Incorporated, 1991-2000

Board Member, Good Foods Co-Operative, Incorporated, 1988-1991, 1993-1995

Favorite Book:

Catch-22

Priority Issues:

Peace

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