Luke Messer

A Representative from Indiana. Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. , February, 27, 1969. Graduated from Greensburg Community High School, Greensburg, Ind. , 1987. B. A. , Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. , 1991. J. D. , Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. , 1994. Lawyer, private practice. Staff, United States Representative John J. Duncan, Jr. , of Tennessee, 1997. Staff, United States Representative Ed Bryant of Tennessee, 1998. Staff, United States House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform, 1999. Executive director, Indiana Republican Party, 2001-2005. Member of the Indiana state house of representatives, 2003-2006. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Seventh Congress in 2000. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Twelfth in 2010. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-January 3, 2019). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate.