RUSS MOBLEY

'Russell G. "Russ" Mobley' (born November 18, 1933) is a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from District 51 (Taylor and Adair counties) in the south central portion of the state. Prior to his legislative service, which began in 2001, Mobley was an associate professor of theatre arts at Baptist-affiliated Campbellsville University (formerly College) in Campbellsville, the seat and largest community of Taylor County. During his teaching career, from which he retired in 2005, Mobley directed many student plays, such as an acclaimed 1988 performance of ''Fiddler on the Roof''.
Mobley holds bachelor and master of arts degrees from the University of Kentucky in Lexington. He served in the United States Air Force from 1951-1955. He is a former member of Rotary International. He is a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church.
Mobley was elected to the Kentucky House on 2000. He defeated the Democrat Russell Montgomery by 1,305 votes. He won by an even larger margin in 2002, when he defeated the Democrat Henry "Butch" Wheatley by 2,417 ballots. He was reelected in his his largely Republican district in 2004 and 2006 as well.
He serves on the House Labor and Industry, Transportation, and Education committees. One of Mobley's legislative priorities is the ongoing widening of Kentucky Highway 210 and Kentucky Highway 55, an $18.7 million project announced by Governor Ernie Fletcher. The widening project in Taylor County is part of the larger Heartland Parkway, which will ultimately connect the existing Cumberland Parkway and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Mobley is considered one of the more conservative members of the legislature. He supports the right to life and has endorsed the anti-abortion legislator Stan Lee of Lexington, the controversial Republican nominee for Kentucky attorney general in the November 6, 2007, general election. Mobley is a strong supporter of Governor Fletcher whom he describes as "a man who keeps his promises." He backs English as the official language and opposes same-sex marriages.
In the middle 1970s, Mobley made an unsuccessful race for the United States House of Representatives from the Lexington-based Sixth Congressional District.
Mobley and his wife, Carole M. Mobley (born ca. 1938), a pharmacist, are the parents of a son, Gregory Mobley (born ca. 1957), a professor of Old Testament at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton, Massachusetts. Gregory Mobley is the coauthor of ''The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots''.

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http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/H051.htm
http://www.campbellsville.edu/news/images/cvillianspr06.pdf
http://kytcnewsroom.ky.gov/News/2_16_07%20Taylor.htm
http://www.cknj.com/articles/2002/11/08/news/04news.txt
http://kytcnewsroom.ky.gov/News/2_16_07%20Adair%20County.htm
http://www.brahttp://kytcnewsroom.ky.gov/News/2_16_07%20Adair%20County.htmtcher.cc/Stan/stan_lee_endorse.htm
http://adairprogress.com/News/574.html