Luke Messer
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 6th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Pence |
| Member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 57th district |
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In office May 21, 2003 – November 21, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Roland Stine |
| Succeeded by | Sean Eberhart |
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Allen Lucas Messer February 27, 1969 Evansville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer |
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Wabash College (BA) Vanderbilt University (JD) |
| Website | House website |
Allen Lucas "Luke" Messer (born February 27, 1969) is an American politician who has represented Indiana's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Evansville, Indiana, Messer is a graduate of Wabash College and Vanderbilt University Law School. After an unsuccessful run for the U.S. House in 2000, Messer served as the executive director of the Indiana Republican Party from 2001 to 2005. He was appointed to serve in the Indiana House of Representatives in 2003, after State Representative W. Roland Stine was killed in a car accident. Messer represented Indiana's 57th District from 2003 to 2007. In 2012, Messer defeated Democratic challenger Brad Bookout and was elected to a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Messer graduated from Greensburg Community High School in 1987.
Messer attended Wabash College where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and majored in speech. He graduated in 1991. He received a law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1994. Shortly after Messer graduated from Vanderbilt, he served as an Associate Counsel at Koch Industries from 1995 to 1996.
Messer started his political career serving as the press secretary for Tennessee Representative Ed Bryant in 1997. He served as the legal counsel on the House Subcommittee for Government Reform for Indiana Representative's David McIntosh and Dan Burton from 1998 to 1999, and as the legal counsel to U.S. Representative Jim Duncan later in 1999. In 1998, he served as the campaign manager for Virginia Murphy Blankenbaker's unsuccessful congressional campaign. In 1999, Messer returned to Indiana and was a practicing attorney at the Barnes & Thornburg Law Firm in Indianapolis.
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