Thomas Massie

Thomas Harold Massie is the Judge-Executive of Lewis County, Kentucky. He is one of several Republican candidates seeking the position of United States Representative of Kentucky's 4th congressional district in the 2012 election. The seat is currently held by Congressman Geoff Davis, who announced his decision to retire in December 2011.

A native of Lewis County, Massie is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received two engineering degrees. After inventing a human-computer interface, he founded a technology company. He later sold the company before moving back to Kentucky to start a farm and build his own off-the-grid house.

In 2010, Massie announced his intention to seek the office of Lewis County Judge Executive; he went on to defeat the incumbent by a large margin. In 2012, Massie announced his run for the seat currently occupied by retiring Congressman Geoff Davis.

Early life, education, and business career
Thomas Massie was born in Vanceburg, Kentucky, where he grew up and met his wife, Rhonda. Massie attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and went on to develop a successful company that created a human-computer interface. After selling the company, he and his wife decided to move back to their birth place of Lewis County, Kentucky to raise their family and start a farm.

Electoral history
In 2010, after attending several local political meetings in Lewis County, Kentucky, Massie decided to pursue the office of Judge Executive of Lewis County, in order to fight what he considered wasteful spending and intrusion into the lives of the county's citizens by the government. Massie won the primary election, defeating the incumbent by a large margin, and went on to defeat his Democratic opponent by nearly 40 points. Massie also campaigned for then-U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul, speaking to various Tea Party groups on his behalf.

In December 2011, Congressman Geoff Davis announced his decision to retire from his seat in Kentucky's 4th congressional district. After several other officeholders announced their candidacies for the seat, Massie announced his decision to join the race on January 10, 2012. Massie has been endorsed by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and his father, Texas Congressman Ron Paul.

Personal life
Massie resides in Garrison, Kentucky, with his wife, Rhonda, and four children, in a solar-powered home that Massie built himself.