About Tom Jensen
Born 1948. Tom Jensen is an American politician.
Thomas Lee Jensen (born December 29, 1948) is an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, the Kentucky Senate, and the 27th Kentucky Circuit Court.
Jensen was first elected to the house in 1984, defeating incumbent Republican representative Albert Robinson for renomination. Robinson challenged Jensen in 1986, defeating him for renomination. Jensen was elected to the house again in 1988 when Robinson unsuccessfully ran for the Kentucky Senate. Jensen did not seek reelection to the house in 1996.
In 2004 Jensen ran for the senate and defeated Robinson for renomination, who had been elected senator in 1994.
In 2012 Jensen was elected to the 27th Kentucky Circuit Court after incumbent judge John Knox Mills resigned to teach at the University of the Cumberlands. He resigned from the court in February 2016 and was replaced by Commonwealth's Attorney Danny Evans.
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