Dan Seum | |
Office: | Majority Whip of the Kentucky Senate |
Term Start: | January 4, 2005 |
Term End: | January 8, 2008 |
Predecessor: | Elizabeth Tori |
Successor: | Carroll Gibson |
State Senate1: | Kentucky |
Constituency1: | 38th |
Term Start1: | January 1, 1995 |
Term End1: | November 16, 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Danny Meyer |
Successor1: | Mike Nemes |
Constituency2: | 37th |
Term Start2: | January 1, 1989 |
Term End2: | January 1, 1993 |
Predecessor2: | Larry Saunders |
Successor2: | Larry Saunders |
State House3: | Kentucky |
District3: | 38th |
Term Start3: | January 1, 1982 |
Term End3: | January 1, 1989 |
Predecessor3: | Dexter Wright |
Successor3: | Denver Butler Sr. |
Birth Date: | 28 January 1940 |
Party: | Republican (since 1999) Democratic (until 1999) |
Daniel DeVerl "Malano" Seum (; born January 28, 1940) is an American politician. He was a member of the Kentucky Senate, representing the 38th district from 1995 to 2019.[1]
Seum began his career as a member of the Democratic party. He was first elected to the state house in 1981, defeating incumbent Republican Dexter Wright. Seum continued in the house until he was elected to the senate in 1988, defeating incumbent Democratic senator Larry Saunders for renomination. Saunders challenged Seum again in 1992, defeating him. Seum was elected to the senate again in 1994 following the retirement of senator Danny Meyer. In July 1999 he changed party affiliation, joining the Republican party.[2]
He resigned from the senate in November 2019.[3]